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Yakima County finance director outlines six-year planning, personnel ‘drift’ model and new coordination framework
Summary
Financial services director Brian Carlson presented a long-range financial planning framework, proposed a new coordination model for elected officials, and described a personnel-cost "DRIFT" model to quantify automatic budget increases.
Brian Carlson, Yakima County financial services director, briefed the Board on proposed long-range financial-planning policies, a new stakeholder coordination structure, and an analytical model he calls “DRIFT” to quantify automatic personnel-cost increases.
Carlson framed the long-range plan as a six-year view that aligns capital-improvement planning with budgeting and fund-balance targets. “The primary features of long range planning is that it’s meant to provide a 6 year forward looking view,” Carlson said, adding that fund-balance targets should be justified with reasons, not formulas alone.
Carlson described a procedural calendar that ties budget close dates, audited books and the annual budget cycle together so departments and elected…
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