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Council task force frames six budget priority areas as Bloomington prepares for SB1-era uncertainty
Summary
A council-appointed budget task force proposed six outcome-focused priority areas (affordable housing and homelessness; high-performing government; economic development; public safety; transportation and mobility; community health and vitality) and recommended building a program inventory and software overlay to support priority-based budgeting.
The Bloomington budget task force told the council on May 14 that it had identified six top-level outcome areas to guide the 2026 budget: affordable housing and homelessness; high-performing government (including equity and transparency measures); economic development; public safety; transportation and mobility; and community health and vitality.
Deputy Mayor Knapp and council task force members said the framework is intended to move the city toward outcome-based budgeting by creating a master program…
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