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Committee asks staff for five-year trends on department budgets and program participation
Summary
Committee members requested five-year trend reports (revenues and participation) from department heads to better evaluate which services to prioritize; staff agreed to provide targeted data if given clear parameters.
Members said having five-year trend data for departments (for example, parks and recreation participation and revenues, and building-permit trends) would help the committee make informed prioritization choices. "The 5 year trend, I think, would be valuable for us and the council," one committee member said.
Staff agreed to supply the requested information if the committee provides narrow, clear parameters. The finance presenter asked members to avoid overly broad national comparisons and instead focus on locally relevant metrics the staff can assemble without excessive workload.
