Olympia moves to priority‑based budgeting; draft program reports expected before June retreat
Staff updated council on the city’s priority‑based budgeting work: program inventories and cost allocations are nearly complete, program scoring and peer review are underway, and draft results will be available at the midyear retreat with a consultant presentation planned June 24.
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Assistant City Manager Debbie Sullivan and staff reported May 13 that Olympia has completed a program inventory and most cost allocations for a priority‑based budgeting (PBB) system and expects draft program insights for the 2026 budget deliberations.
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