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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/17/2005 - RESOLUTION 2005-057 APPROVING CERTAIN KEY OUTCOMES ITEM NUMBER: 27 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: May 17, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Darin Atteberry Diane Jones SUBJECT Resolution 2005-057 Approving Certain Key Outcomes for the Budgeting for Outcomes Budget Preparation Process. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY After years of using a base-plus incremental budget approach to the City's service and financial planning, the existing economic realities present an opportunity to move to an innovative and more responsive budget process—Budgeting for Outcomes. As policy makers, City Council has a key role in the development and adoption of the City's service and financial plan. In past years, the Council's policy agenda has been indirectly linked to preparation of the biennial budget. Budgeting for Outcomes offers a fresh approach to developing the budget more directly linked to Council policies and based on results. City Council strongly endorsed this approach and its role in the process. One of the initial steps in Budgeting for Outcomes is to identify key results or outcomes upon which the budget is to be prepared. Taking into account data from the community—feedback from citizens to Council members and survey data—the City Council, at its May 3 work session, identified seven results or outcomes on which the 2006-2007 biennial budget will focus. These include: Improve Economic Health: Fort Collins produces quality jobs, is economically diverse and builds on our core community strengths such as higher education, downtown, natural environment, and arts and culture. Improve Environmental Health: Fort Collins creates a clean and sustainable environment. Improve Neighborhood Quality: Fort Collins improves the safety, livability, choices and affordability of neighborhoods. Safer Community: People in Fort Collins are safer at home, work, and play. May 17, 2005 -2- Item No. 27 Improve Cultural, Recreational, and Educational Opportunities: Fort Collins provides quality cultural, recreational, open space/natural areas, and educational opportunities to enrich lives. Improve Transportation: Fort Collins improves the safety and ease of traveling to, from, and throughout the city. A High Performing Government: Fort Collins is a model for an entrepreneurial, high performing City government These outcomes or results form the foundation of the development of the 2006-2007 biennial budget and the City Manager's recommended budget that will be presented to City Council in September 2005. Additionally, the Council intends to use these key outcomes in the development of its 2005-2007 Policy Agenda. RESOLUTION 2005-057 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING CERTAIN KEY OUTCOMES FOR THE "BUDGETING FOR OUTCOMES" BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS WHEREAS,in Article III,Section 2 of the City Charter,the City Manager is responsible for preparing the budget annually, submitting it to the City Council (the "Council") and being responsible for its administration after adoption; and WHEREAS, under Article V, Section 2 of the Charter, the City Manager's recommended budget is to be filed with the City Clerk on or before the first Monday in September preceding each budget term; and WHEREAS, under Article II, Section 5(c)of the Charter, the Council is responsible for adopting the budget of the City; and WHEREAS, under Article V, Section 4 of the Charter, the adoption of the budget is to be by ordinance, which ordinance is to be adopted before the last day of November preceding the budget term; and WHEREAS, under Article II, Section 5 of the Charter, the Council is also responsible for determining all matters of policy for the City except as otherwise provided by the Charter and, toward that end, the Council has historically adopted an annual policy agenda; and WHEREAS, current revenue projections for the City indicate that anticipated revenues for the budget term 2006-2007 will fall substantially short of anticipated expenditures for such budget terms; and WHEREAS, in preparing a recommended budget for the upcoming budget term, the City Manager has recommended to the Council that the City utilize a new budgeting process that would reduce City expenditures while focusing on the provision of services and programs that are tied to certain "key outcomes" identified by the Council as the highest priorities of the community; and WHEREAS,this process,known as"Budgeting for Outcomes"was strongly endorsed by the Council at a recent Council retreat and was also the subject of Council discussion at a special work session on May 3, 2005; and WHEREAS, during these recent discussions, the Council has identified the key outcomes that it believes the City Manager should use in developing his recommended 2006-2007 budget;and WHEREAS, the Council intends to also use these key outcomes in the development of its 2005-2007 policy agenda; and WHEREAS, because of the time frame under which the City Manager's recommended budget must be prepared and submitted to the Council, City staff has begun work on the development of the City Manager's recommended budget and is in need of guidance from the City Council with regard to the same. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the key outcomes identified on Exhibit"A,"attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, should be utilized by the City Manager and City staff in preparing the City Manager's 2006-2007 recommended budget. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 17th day of May,A.D. 2005. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk EXHIBIT "A" KEY OUTCOMES FOR THE BUDGETING FOR OUTCOMES PROCESS Improve Economic Health: Fort Collins produces quality jobs, is economically diverse and builds on our core community strengths such as higher education, downtown, natural environment, and arts and culture. Improve Environmental Health: Fort Collins creates a clean and sustainable environment. Improve Neighborhood Quality: Fort Collins improves the safety, livability, choices and affordability of neighborhoods. Safer Community: People in Fort Collins are safer at home, work, and play. Improve Cultural, Recreational, and Educational Opportunities: Fort Collins provides quality cultural, recreational, open space/natural areas, and educational opportunities to enrich lives. Improve Transportation: Fort Collins improves the safety and ease of traveling to, from, and throughout the city. A High Performing Government: Fort Collins is a model for an entrepreneurial, high performing City government