HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/12/2010 - PRESENTATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S 2011-2012 RECOM DATE: October 12, 2010 WORK SESSION ITEM
STAFF: Darin Atteberry FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
Mike Freeman
Pre-taped staff presentation: none
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION
Presentation of the City Manager's 2011-2012 Recommended Budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Manager's 2011-2012 Recommended Budget was delivered to City Council on September
3, 2010. In September and October the City Council will have a series of work sessions and two
public hearings on the Budget to gather input from the community.
Staff believes City Council will have many challenging decisions ahead with the 2011-2012 Budget
as the Budget is finalized. Numerous opportunities have been provided to hear from community
members about the recommended Budget and the reductions that are needed to balance the Budget.
A detailed public input schedule follows.in this Agenda Item Summary.
For the October 12, 2010 Work Session, staff will present three sections of the budget:
• Economic Health
• High Performing Government
• Environmental Health.
GENERAL DIRECTION SOUGHT AND SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
1. What clarifying questions does City Council have on the three result areas being presented?
2. What follow-up items are there on Budget issues related to the result areas being presented?
BACKGROUND
The 2011 and 2012 Budget process began following the City Council retreat in February 2010.
Since then, significant progress has been made by the staff that has lead to the City Manager's
Recommended Budget. The Budgeting for Outcomes process included the following major steps:
• Documented City Council priorities and shared these priorities with interdepartmental City
teams (Results Teams) and department staff(sellers).
• Solicited community feedback on Budget priorities; gathered input from boards and
commissions on key result areas; conducted boards and commission/public forum.
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• Developed Requests for Results with input from ,City Council, board and commission
members and the public.
• Developed Budget offers categorized in seven key result areas.
• Results Teams reviewed offers and performance indicators, negotiated with sellers and
submitted their prioritized list of funding recommendations to the City Manager and Budget
Lead Team.
City Manager and the Budget Lead Team reviewed the Results Teams recommendations and
made adjustments based on the overall Budget situation.
• The City Manager finalized the Recommended Budget and submitted it to City Council on
September 3, 2010.
City Council Budget Meetings
The City Council has a series of work sessions scheduled in September and October to discuss the
proposed 2011-2012 Budget. Each work session will include staff presentations regarding specific
result areas, followed by an opportunity for questions and discussion. The final work session has
been reserved for City Council discussion regarding overall priorities, policy issues and funding
allocations between results.
September 13, 6:30—8:00 p.m., Drake Centre - COMPLETED
• Budget public meeting for boards and commissions and the general public
September 14—COMPLETED
• City Council Work Session—Budget Overview and Transportation
September 21 —COMPLETED
• First Budget Public Hearing at City Council Meeting
September 28 - COMPLETED
• City Council Work Session—Culture,Parks&Recreation, Safe Community,Neighborhood
Livability
October 12
• City Council Work Session - Economic Health, High Performing Government,
Environmental Health
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October 19
• Second Budget Public Hearing at City Council Meeting
October 26
• City Council Work Session— Summary Review
November 2
• First Reading of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance and Adoption of the 2011-2012
Budget
November 16
• Second Reading of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance and Adoption of the 2011-2012
Budget