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Budget Timeline
City departments work on the budget year round. Key dates and milestone are featured below. The process includes a public hearing, Budget Communities Priority Survey, and City Council work sessions.
Date Range |
Phase | Description |
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October - November | Engagement | Budget engagement efforts kick off early, with in-person and virtual listening sessions. From there, residents can vote on how to spend $1 million in capital funding, or $200,000 per district. |
December to January |
Budget Development |
Budget and Management Services (BMS) staff reviews input from listening sessions and the survey to vote on projects. BMS staff recaps engagement themes and priorities and comes up with a recommended plan to take to City Council for funding priority projects from the survey. Departments work on aligning their upcoming year budget requests with the Cities needs and priorities. Departments are reviewing their goals and the City's goals to ensure that resources align with community expectations. Departments also work on new programs during this time. These new programs meet a need that is in the community or address an area of service improvement. These requests for new resources go to the Budget and Management Services Department and City Manager's Office for review. |
February to April |
Budget Review |
Budget and Management Services staff work with the City Manager’s Office and City Council to finalize the recommendations that make up the budget. Budget Work Sessions happen during this time and provide Council the opportunity to provide feedback before the manager’s proposed budget presentation in May. |
May - June |
Budget Proposal, Public Hearing &
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At the second Council meeting in May, the city manager provides Council with their proposed and balanced budget. The proposal includes any fee or tax increases, new funding requests, and capital improvement projects. A public hearing on the proposed budget is typically held at the first Council meeting in June. The Council meets each week in June as they deliberate and request additional information on the proposed budget. The Council must adopt a budget by June 30. |