AGENDA DATE: 8/3/2016
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Program and Service Inventory Overview
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Overview of General Government's Updated Program and Service Inventory
ITEM TYPE: Regular Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Foley, Letteri, Walker, Catlin, Kamptner, and Lori Allshouse
PRESENTER (S): Lori Allshouse
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Thomas C. Foley
BACKGROUND: The Five-Year Financial Plan presented to the Board during the Five Year Plan and FY 17 Annual Budget process demonstrated that the cumulative impacts of community and Board aspirations, growing citizen expectations, and service obligations associated with population growth is anticipated to outpace available resources into the future. During this process, the Board, staff, and the public had significant discussions about the long-term structural fiscal imbalance facing the County and the critical need to address that gap on a long-term basis. The County recognizes that finding a balance between a realistic level of revenues going forward into the future and expenditures that can be supported by that revenue is a challenging task that must be accomplished through Board of Supervisors and community dialogue, and serious choices about the allocation of available resources.
Beginning this fiscal year, the County has undertaken a priority driven budgeting process that will result in the development of a recommended balanced Two Year (FY 18 - FY 19) Fiscal Plan. This Plan will reflect Board and community priorities, support essential County services, and set the County on a path towards the achievement of a more aspirational future. This process involves the Board, staff, and the public working through a comprehensive process of identifying priority services and necessary funding levels to support those services, then aligning resources and desired services in a sustainable way for the future.
On May 17, 2016, the Board held a strategic priority setting session that initia...
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