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2020 Budget Revision Process
The City has a biennial budget that spans two years, although only one year is appropriated (i.e., authorized) annually by City Council. During our Budgeting for Outcomes (BFO) process all submitted ideas are vetted with each other to create a prioritization that determines which budget requests will be approved. Accordingly, there is a very important focus on public outreach including community events, online tools and social media to help understand the voice of our community. We are currently in the 2019-2020 Budget that was approved by City Council in November 2018.
Two years is a long planning horizon, so it is important that City Council has the flexibility to approve changes to the budget based on new information that was not available at the time the Biennial Budget was adopted. One way this is accomplished is through our Budget Revision Process. There are very few requests that are considered during this off-cycle process; typically less than 20 compared to well over 400 in our competitive BFO process. Conceptually, these requests for Council’s consideration to revise year two of our budget should be exceptions based on business need, rather than want or interest. That is the reason public outreach is not conducted as part of the Budget Revision process.
The proposed changes will be first reviewed by the Council Finance Committee on Monday, Aug. 19 at which point all Budget Revision materials will be made public. The community is always welcome to voice their thoughts and opinions directly to their Councilmembers. Here are the upcoming dates scheduled for the Budget Revision Process:
- 19 Aug: Council Finance Committee meeting
- 10 Sept: Council Work Session #1
- 24 Sept: Council Work Session #2
- 15 Oct: 1st Reading of the 2020 Annual Appropriation
- 5 Nov: 2nd Reading
2019-20 Adopted Biennial Budget
Full version (580 pages)
The 2019-2020 Adopted Biennial Budget is based on the 2018 Strategic Plan. The links below contain details of the Offer Narratives of all funded and unfunded Offers by Outcome. Within each narrative there are links to view the performance measures included in the Offer.
2017-18 Biennial Budget
The 2017-2018 Adopted Biennial Budget is based on the 2016 Strategic Plan. The links below contain details of the Offer Narratives of all funded and unfunded Offers by Outcome. Within each narrative there are links to view the performance measures included in the Offer.
2017-18 Capital Projects Map
This map displays most of the capital projects included in the 2017-18 Adopted Biennial Budget. Please note that specific locations of some Offers have yet to be determined. Examples include bike infrastructure projects, pedestrian sidewalk improvements and Nature in the City. Additionally, master plan projects for the Water and Wastewater Utilities are shown as two large areas in Old Town. Further coordination and planning will be required to determine the exact locations of those projects.
View the Capital Projects Map | View Capital Projects List