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Consultants present 0‑based budgeting review for Evanston Public Works; council presses for follow-up
Summary
A Raftelis evaluation converted Public Works operations into 24 program decision units and estimated a $26M–$45M operating range; consultants and staff urged using the work as a policy tool for 2027 budget planning, and councilmembers requested more staffing, cost and seasonality details before decisions.
Consultants from Raftelis on March 9 presented a final 0‑based budgeting evaluation of the City of Evanston’s Public Works department, outlining program‑level service buckets, staffing allocations and a range of operating investment scenarios for council consideration.
Emily Esselton, project manager for Raftelis, told the council the project re‑cast the department into 24 programmatic decision units, assessed core/target/value‑added service levels and reconciled workload drivers with staffing and non‑personnel allocations. "Our goal here was to really follow the spirit of 0 based budgeting," Esselton said, describing the…
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