Prioritizing Your Values

Priority Based Budgeting Creates Community Alignment in Duluth BY JENNIFER CARLSON The City of Duluth, Minnesota, is a beautiful, long city built narrowly on a hillside next to the world's largest freshwater lake, Lake Superior. Because of its dramatic landscape and geographic location, Duluth...

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Published in:Government Finance Review 2021-04, Vol.37 (2), p.18-6
Main Authors: Carlson, Jennifer, Olivares, Kimberly
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Budget deficits
Budgeting
Collective bargaining
Community
Costs
Expenditures
Fire stations
Government aid
Land use
Local government
Property taxes
Public administration
Social networks
Stormwater management
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Summary:Priority Based Budgeting Creates Community Alignment in Duluth BY JENNIFER CARLSON The City of Duluth, Minnesota, is a beautiful, long city built narrowly on a hillside next to the world's largest freshwater lake, Lake Superior. Because of its dramatic landscape and geographic location, Duluth experiences a lot of weather extremes from heavy snowfalls to powerful storms. Duluth's scenic location and 23-mile length make it challenging to provide core government services [public safety] and operate utilities [water, natural gas, stormwater, sewer, and steam], and to manage other community assets [two public golf courses and one public ski hill]. [...]the extreme weather often dictates the cityâeuro™s activities and services such as snow removal and street repair, as well as golfing and skiing, two very weather-dependent activities with revenue uncertainty. [...]in addition to the geography and weather extremes, the city also operates within a union environment with six collective bargaining units and an expensive employee benefit program.
ISSN:0883-7856