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LCity COMMU N UPDATE A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Don't tell me what you value,show me your budget,and I'll tell you what you value. CITY COUNCIL -Joe Biden Mayor Robert P.Muckle ear Louisville Resident: 303.981.0697 The Louisville City Council works on many issues important to our citizens each BobM@LouisvilleCO.gov year but none of them are as important as the budget.Most residents,including myself,tend to think about the City in terms of the services and events we provide.We •WARD I plow the streets,sponsor the Street Faire,repave the roads,buy open space,operated a li- Jay Keany brary,provide water,and ensure public safety.How we balance all the services we provide 303.665.4818 is decided in the budget process.The City Council spends a lot of time on this.Having just JayK@LouisvilleCO.gov completed the 2018 budget in November,we recently had our first meeting to discuss the 2019-2020 one. In a series of meetings we will discuss specific parts(parks and open Chris Leh space,infrastructure),culminating in a budget retreat in the summer.At this meeting 303.668.3916 the staff will provide 5-year estimated projections of revenues and expenses.With this Leh@LouisvilleCO.gov information the Council will then consider the capital projects portion of the budget.We will review and update the 5-year capital improvement project list.Then in early fall the •WARD II City Manager will provide a proposed operational budget.This will cover staffing issues, general operations and new initiatives.We'll have several meetings to consider the overall Susan Loo budget with a goal to approve it this November. 303.665.4945 SusanL@LouisvilleCO.gov We have made two major changes to our budget process in recent years.One I've already alluded to--we are budgeting in a 2-year cycle.2018 is the 2nd year of our first 2-year pro- Jeff Lipton gram.As I noted,this process is very time consuming and we are trying to gain efficiency 303.665.9776 by looking at two years at a time. I believe our first effort at this has been successful,as we Lipton@LouisvilleCO.gov were able to spend much less time during 2017,freeing up time for both staff and Council to do other work. •WARD III A much larger change is that in 2017 we started the transition to a Program Budgeting Dennis Maloney structure.For many years we have budgeted for our Departments.We've now identified 303.494.9257 10 programs that cover all the City's activities.These are:Transportation,Utilities,Public DennisM@LouisvilleCO.go : Safety and Justice,Parks,Open Space and Trails,Recreation,Cultural Services,Community Design,Economic Prosperity and Administration and Support Services.The objective Ashley Stolzmann of this is to organize our budget around the priorities of our citizens and to be able to 303.570.9614 assess whether we are meeting the goals and objectives of our programs.Each of these AshleyS@LouisvilleCO.gov programs has goals,objectives and sub-programs.By way of example,the goal for the transportation program is"A safe,well-maintained,effective and efficient multi-modal City Manager transportation system at a reasonable cost."The transportation subprograms are:plan- Heather Balser ning and engineering,transportation infrastructure management,streetscapes,snow 303.335.4530 and ice removal,and public works administration.Each of the sub-programs has objec- HeatherB@LouisvilleCO.gov tives.Again,by way of example,the snow and ice removal sub-program objective is,"Safe City Council Meetings are traveling conditions for pedestrians and motorists;cost effective snow and ice control held the first and third services;assist Police,Fire and Emergency Medical Services in fulfilling their duties;safe, Tuesdays of each month at passable streets,school bus routes and hard surface trails;safe access to City facilities; 7:00 PM at City Hall, and snow cleared within 24 hours from sidewalks that are the City's responsibility:'Each 749 Main Street. of these sub-programs has associated measurements of efficiency and effectiveness that we will track annually.This will help us determine where we need to allocate more or less To find out in which resources in the future.If you would like to review the budget this link will lead you to the Ward you live,please call 2018 budget document:www.LouisvilleCO.gov/2018Budget.If you want to follow the 303.335.4536. progress of the 2019-2020 budget discussions check the website for the council's budget discussion schedule. www.LouisvilleCO.gov Continued on Paget