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City staff roll out early results from priority‑based budgeting review; wastewater capital drives large low‑impact/high‑cost category
Summary
City finance staff presented initial results from a comprehensive priority‑based budgeting (PBB) review of 441 city programs, showing many programs clustered as high‑impact/high‑cost and a notable bottom‑right cluster of low‑impact/high‑cost items dominated in part by wastewater capital included in the 2026 request.
City finance staff on Sept. 29 presented an initial, citywide priority‑based budgeting review covering 441 programs across general, enterprise and internal service funds and the HRA/port authority. Staff asked council for early feedback on how the analysis should inform the 2026 budget process.
The PBB scoring method used five demand and service criteria (demand trend, portion of the community served, cost recovery, reliance and mandate) and separate alignment criteria tied to the city’s…
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