Duluth Calling All Interested Citizens to Take Part in Budget Committee

Submitted by City of Duluth

The City of Duluth just completed a comprehensive 10-year budget forecast in preparation for the FY2016 budget process. The City is always looking for ways to be more efficient and effective in its daily operations and previous Citizen’s Budget Committees reflected a great cross section of the citizenry and provided helpful feedback and recommendations. It is important to the City that citizens have confidence in our financial health and practices and be provided full access to all financial data. The City is set to begin its 4th collaboration with the Citizen’s Budget Committee on February 24, 2015 for the FY2016 budget.

The first meeting establishes an overview of the City’s budget process and what the Budget Committee’s role will be in the process. All Budget Committee participants will be given the City’s current operating budget (FY2015) and ten (10) year forecast presentation. They are asked to study the material and be ready to discuss them at the next meeting.

The second (March 10th) meeting involves review of draft figures for the preliminary FY2016 budget and provides time for questions and clarification of any items presented thus far.

The third (March 24th) meeting is geared toward recommendations from the Citizen’s committee, addressing any concerns with the budget and finally discussion of visionary opportunities for the City.

City Officials believe communication with and guidance from the citizens of Duluth is instrumental in having a healthy community. Officials and staff look forward to working with the citizens again this year. For additional information or if you would like to be a part of this committee please contact, Kim Jackson at kjackson@duluthga.net or 770-497-5321.