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Casper City Council asks for more time to review priority-based budgeting tool
Summary
City staff presented a priority-based budgeting worksheet and scoring approach; councilmembers said the package is too large and requested more time, with staff to return at the first April work session and the full budget crosscut due in May.
Casper City Council members on Wednesday reviewed a staff-produced priority-based budgeting worksheet and asked for more time to examine the material before council-level decisions.
The council’s discussion centered on how the worksheet — which staff said feeds into a quadrant-style prioritization and a scoring rubric called the Basic Program Attributes (BPA) — will be used to analyze the fiscal 2026 budget. Carter, the city manager, said the worksheet “is vital information” that will provide a new lens on programs and help staff translate council priorities into the line-item budget that will be presented in May.
Councilmembers…
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