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Board debates year‑round member suggestion process and earlier budget release to speed feedback
Summary
Staff proposed a budget calendar that includes a year‑round member suggestion portal and an earlier August release of draft budgets to get more board feedback in September; directors debated deadlines, how to queue late suggestions and how to ensure staff responses to suggestions.
Reston Association staff proposed narrowing the formal budget suggestion window while launching a year‑round member suggestion process that would let members submit ideas anytime. The board discussed changes to release dates that would move the first draft budget into late August so the first September meeting can include substantive review.
Chief Operating Officer Peter Lusk explained the staff plan: a formal, time‑boxed budget suggestions calendar plus a parallel, ongoing suggestion channel for members to submit feedback year‑round. “We want to launch a kind of secondary process at the same time…
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