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The budget is one of the City Council's strongest policy-making tools. Spending guidelines are a reflection of numerous policy decisions. Setting policy through the budget is a continuous, year long process. It involves setting goals and establishing priorities. Public participation is critical to the budget process, as well as being required by law, because of the many policy decisions involved. Once a budget is adopted, Council Members monitor program progress through periodic reports from the Administration and from the community. If programs are not effectively implementing policy decisions, revisions can be made.
The Council deals with three types of budgets:
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The general fund budget is the operating budget for delivering services like police, fire, and parks. The general fund budget is financed from the City's ongoing general revenue sources such as property and sales taxes.
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The capital budget determines what capital improvements will be bought or constructed over several years, and how they will be financed. The Council also needs to budget for debt payments on capital projects that were financed through issuing bonds.
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Budgets for enterprise funds provide authorization from the Council for operating expenses and capital improvements of the Airport; water, sewer, and stormwater utilities; golf courses; and refuse collection.
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2009-2010 Salt Lake City Budget
Council Budget
Overview for Fiscal Year 2009-10
SLCTV
schedule for 2009-10 budget Council briefings
Listen to Council
briefings relating to 2009-10 fiscal year
Dan
Jones City-Wide Budget Survey
Graph
Illustrations of Survey (note:
graph illustrations do not include all survey questions)
2008-2009 Salt Lake City Budget Documents
Click here for
current budget
2008-09 Audio/Video Budget Sessions
(click here)
Status Report to City Council on Current Revenue & Budget
(Windows audio/video link)
(Podcast audio/video link)
2008 Utah League of Cities & Towns "Making Sense of Dollars"
Utah
League of Cities & Towns
"Truth in Taxation Presentation at the
June 17,2008 City Council meeting
(Windows audio/video link)
(Podcast audio/video link)
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