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Committee reviews ranked budget priorities and seeks clearer links between programs and outcomes
Summary
The finance committee reviewed a ranked priorities memo tied to the city's long-range plans, debated how to assign staff time and dollars to priorities, and asked for program-level reporting on the housing development fund (about $5 million).
The Special Finance Committee reviewed a draft priorities memo that compiles council members— rankings and links those priorities to the city—s long-range planning documents. The memo author said the ranked list reflects individual council member point allocations compiled into a single spreadsheet and proposed hyperlinking the referenced plans for public clarity.
Committee members discussed how the priorities should inform budget presentations. Several members said outcome-based budgeting is a useful goal but cautioned that some objectives (for…
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