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WHY DOES THE BUDGET MATTER?
• Armed with the right information you can win projects for your community!• Uninformed your neighborhood risks losing valuable resources.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
• Asset owning department and divisions
• City Council • Disability Services• CIPRAC (Sr. Level CIP
Officials)• Community Residents
• Mayor • City Council• Asset owning
department and divisions
• Financial Management Department (FM)
• Development Services Department
• Mayor• City Council • Financial
Management Department
• City Council • Asset owning
department and divisions
• Public Works-Engineering & Capital Projects (E&CP) Department
• Development• Services Department• Comptroller’s Office
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Re q uire s o ng o ing m o nito ring .
KEY DATES FOR THE FY 2016 BUDGET
• February – Council adopts Budget Priorities Resolution & transmits to the Mayor
• Feb/March - COO/Mayor/CFO Develop annual budget working with City Departments
• April – Mayor releases proposed annual budget
• April /May - Council holds public hearings and Committee meetings to deliberate the budget
• June – Mayor/Council final decisions, budget adoption, &veto periods if necessary
• July – New Fiscal Year begins & budget takes effect!
HOW DO I MAKE MY PROJECT A PRIORITY?
IdentifyGet on the Priority
List
Petition for
Funding
Continue to
Advocate
Nail Down Implementation
(Timeline)
ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE BUDGET…ADVOCATE FOR SERVICES & PROJECTS
• Give input to the Community Planning Groups.• Contact your Councilmembers & the Mayor• Visit, email, call, Facebook/Tweet, etc.
• Attend budget hearings. • Consider joining the Community Budget
Alliance through your local non-profit.
WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU
• Join our email l ist to get budget updates.
• Visit OnlineCPI.org to read up on this important topic.
• LIKE us on Facebook at /CommunityBudgetAll iance
• Follow us on Twitter @OnlineCPI• Contact us to get involved or ask
questions:• Samer Naji, (619) 584-5744 x