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Council hears participatory budgeting presentation; members discuss local funding options
Summary
Representatives from the Participatory Budgeting Project presented the PB process, best practices and funding options. Councilors asked about voting security, budgets that typically fund PB and whether local millage funds might be used.
The City Council received a presentation Oct. 21 from the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) explaining the participatory budgeting (PB) process, examples from other U.S. cities and best practices for equitable implementation.
Jane DeRoney (development manager, PBP) and Anita Dos Santos (advocacy manager, PBP) described the six typical PB phases — design, idea collection, proposal development, voting, funding and evaluation — and showed examples of…
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