Part 1. Budget Review Assignment
Grading Rubric 42 pts
Name of City, State:
City’s website:
1 pt
1 pt
City’s Fiscal Year: from:
Budget Year: 202_
(month/day) to:
(month/day) 1 pt
1 pt
In no more than one page, describe the municipality. Provide a brief history of the government, its
mission, goals, and priorities. Provide some basic data: state and county, population, area, etc. Is this a
central city of a region, a suburb, or a free-standing city? What are a few major industries and other
significant contributors to the local economy? Be specific. Use the information found in the budget
and on the city’s website. Attach this page to the form.
5 pts
The Budget Message was signed by (Title): 1 pt
Total Budget Year Expenditures (all funds) $ 1 pt If less than 30 M or more than 100 M -4 pts
Total Budget Year General Fund expenditures: $
Percent change over the current year: %
1 pt
1 pt
Complete the following chart: 14 pts
Proposed
Budget
Department or Program
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Police
Fire
Public Works
Parks & Recreation
Community /Economic Development
IT
All Other General Funds
Total General Fund Budget Year revenue:
Percent change over current year:
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
1 pt
%
1 pt
Total number of city employees (Full-Time Equivalents):
1
1 pt
Percent of Total
General Fund
Expenditures
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Most cities have more than one fund in their annual budget. List the three (3) largest budgeted funds
and the appropriate dollar amounts for the Budget Year.
3 pt
Fund Name
General Fund
Revenues
$
$
$
Expenditures
Beginning
Fund Balance
$
$
$
Ending Fund
Balance
$
$
$
Good budgets include performance measures to assist decision-makers and readers better understand
the impact of the budget. Provide 5 examples of effective performance measurements found in the
budget. Each measure is to be from a different program.
5 pt
Department
Program
Measure
#
What are your initial impressions of this budget, both from the perspective of a professional budget
reviewer and as a citizen of the community? Justify your answer. 2 pt
What are two questions that you have about this city or its budget? 2 pt
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