The scores themselves are based not just on whether a program fits the priorities, but also on whether a program is mandated, how much it pays for its own operation, how much demand there is, how much of the community it serves, and whether the city is the only one providing the service.
The idea, said CPBB Co-founders Jon Johnson and Chris Fabian of the non-profit Center for Priority Based Budgeting, is to make it possible for a city council to plan and get a big
picture of the city, rather
than drown in a sea of line-items. Read the full story here.
What’s so interesting about Longmont is that the City took
it’s very first steps into implementing PBB back in 2009, shortly after the first
appearance of the process was published in ICMA's
PM Magazine. Following the outline of principles, the City put into place a
results-setting initiative, weighted the results through citizen
input, and even evaluated programs based on results. The City is to be
commended for it’s initial work in implementing components of the process!
We couldn’t be more pleased than to be part of the City’s
evolution of the process, fully incorporating the use of the Resource AlignmentDiagnostic Tool. This is a major advancement in the work, and has truly been
the breakthrough Tool to answer key policy questions surrounding resource
allocation, public-private / public-public partnerships, service sharing, fee
setting, policy review and revision, efficiencies, performance measures and so
many of the other inspiring ways organizations are balancing their budgets so
effectively.
To learn more about Priority Based Budgeting from CPBB and the nation's leading local government practitioners, be sure to attend the upcoming...
Center for Priority Based Budgeting 2013 Annual Conference
"A Summit of Leading Practices"
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