Only one agenda item dominated agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting, and it was a topic that has been discussed at many city meetings lately: Priority-Based Budgeting (PBB). The council spent the meeting discussing and debating the specifics of what exactly would be in the PBB, adding or eliminating words to clarify the text. A […]
Priority-Based Budgeting presented to HPRC
For the past month, the city has been promoting Priority Based Budgeting (PBB), an economic approach centered around local governments reassessing their priorities to make long-term funding decisions and establish a results-driven budgeting process. The city partnered with ResourceX to assist with the process and created a Benicia Town Hall survey to solicit feedback from […]
Council discusses Priority-Based Budgeting
It was a night for numbers as Benicia’s City Council discussed a proposed system for the city’s budget at Tuesday’s meeting. The only item on the agenda for the council was Priority-Based Budgeting (PBB) and the confirmation of strategic results. PBB is an economic approach being used by local governments across America with the goal […]
Council to talk budget at Tuesday’s meeting
The introduction of priority-based budgeting and confirmation of strategic results is the only agenda item for the City Council’s short Tuesday meeting. According to a staff report by City Manager Lorie Tinfow, Benicia’s budget has been described as “fragile.” This fragility, Tinfow wrote, is caused by expense growth outpacing revenue increases, and future challenges associated […]