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HELPING LOCAL FINANCE LEADERS RATE THEIR BUDGETING PRACTICES

Barrett & Greene

At the end of November, a survey was released that investigated how local government finance leaders feel about their current budgeting practices and their readiness to embrace modernized approaches. One cautionary note, according to the report which was titled Rethinking Budgeting: Results from the Local Government Budget Survey.

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Climate Action: Backed by Budget

Barrett & Greene

Without considering the environment in the budgeting process, all the commitments to change will be little more than words. Luckily, there are cities that are transforming the budget process to align resources with climate action. They spoke a whole different language: budget cycles and bond ratings.

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CPBB Teams with Toledo Regional Chamber to Bring Priority Based Budgeting to the City of Toledo, Ohio

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"The Toledo Chamber’s jointly funded venture with the City is the first of its kind public-private partnership in the world to bring Priority Based Budgeting into a community." At the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) , we're constantly impressed and amazed at just how innovative local government communities can be.

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: Metro’s prospects for replacing hundreds of millions of dollars in fare revenue that vanished during the pandemic appeared to be waning as stimulus money runs dry, particularly as weary elected officials watch the agency struggle during a year-long train shortage. Good luck with that. historic architecture 2.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the same time planners (and elected officials) are supposed to be helping the citizens. I think it is the job of an office of planning to name-identify these kinds of issues, for citizens and elected officials, and to help us work through them and come to as much of a consensus understanding as is possible.

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TOO MUCH DATA – TOO LITTLE TIME

Barrett & Greene

One element involved in considering this question (though not one that necessarily applies to the police data in New York City) is whether the managers or elected officials in an organization are really going to use the data that’s been painstakingly gathered.

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Writing Grants When You’re NOT a Grant Writer

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Typically, the individuals writing and managing grants for your organization are not people with titles like grant administrator, grant manager, or director of grants. They are firefighters, teachers, administrative assistants, program directors, accountants, and even elected officials and board members.