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Washington law outlines
the process that cities use to prepare and adopt the budget.
Mountlake Terrace uses a two-year budget, currently for the
period of January, 2007 through December, 2008. The budget process
begins in the Spring, with the City Council identifying goals
to be achieved during the next two to three years. Department
directors then gather information, and make recommendations
to the City Manager on how best to achieve the Council’s goals.
This information includes everything from reductions in one
area to increases in another. After reviewing the information
with staff and the City Council, the City Manager presents the
Council with a balanced budget in the Fall. The City Council
then holds a series of public meetings to discuss the proposed
budget and to make changes. For the 2007-2008 budget the City
Council held a total of nine public meetings to discuss the
budget. The 2007-2008 budget was adopted by the Council on December
4, 2006.
2007 – 2008 Budget In Brief
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