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City budgets are really about people and the communities' shared priorities. The budget accomplishes four things:
Captures the cities priorities
Explains where the money comes from and how the city will spend it
Outlines the ways the city will provide the services
Communicates information to city council and the community
The city provides many services and programs to ensure community safety and an enhanced quality of life. The city is responsible for building and maintaining roads, providing police and emergency management services, and maintaining parks, open spaces, and recreational centers.
The budget is the primary policy document for prioritizing and planning the city’s service levels and addressing capital needs. The city uses a “budgeting for outcomes” approach to building the budget, referred to as “Renton Results.” Using Renton Results, the budget is built around the city’s six key service areas, directly tied to the council's adopted business plan. These key service areas are:
Safety and health
Representative government
Livable community
Mobility
Utilities and environment
Internal support
As governed by state law, the city prepares a biennial budget and fee schedule every two years, which includes a mid-biennial review and adjustment before the end of the first year of the biennium. The city's Finance Department will build the biennial budget for 2025 and 2026 this year.
Since late May, the city's Finance Department has been accepting feedback from residents. Efforts included:
The Community Budget Survey was directly sent to a sample of 12,500 randomly selected households via postcards, emails, text messages, and phone calls. The survey was translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, and Chinese (simplified and traditional).
An animated budget informational video explaining the budget process and how residents can engage in it was publicly communicated through social media, the city's weekly newsletter (TWIR), and the city's YouTube channel.
An article about engaging in the budget process was included in Our Renton, a mailed and digital newsletter with utility bills sent out to 20,000+ residents.
Survey launched to the public on June 12 and closed on June 19.
Additional feedback from the public can be provided via the survey below or during the upcoming public hearings during Monday night council meetings in October.
City budgets are really about people and the communities' shared priorities. The budget accomplishes four things:
Captures the cities priorities
Explains where the money comes from and how the city will spend it
Outlines the ways the city will provide the services
Communicates information to city council and the community
The city provides many services and programs to ensure community safety and an enhanced quality of life. The city is responsible for building and maintaining roads, providing police and emergency management services, and maintaining parks, open spaces, and recreational centers.
The budget is the primary policy document for prioritizing and planning the city’s service levels and addressing capital needs. The city uses a “budgeting for outcomes” approach to building the budget, referred to as “Renton Results.” Using Renton Results, the budget is built around the city’s six key service areas, directly tied to the council's adopted business plan. These key service areas are:
Safety and health
Representative government
Livable community
Mobility
Utilities and environment
Internal support
As governed by state law, the city prepares a biennial budget and fee schedule every two years, which includes a mid-biennial review and adjustment before the end of the first year of the biennium. The city's Finance Department will build the biennial budget for 2025 and 2026 this year.
Since late May, the city's Finance Department has been accepting feedback from residents. Efforts included:
The Community Budget Survey was directly sent to a sample of 12,500 randomly selected households via postcards, emails, text messages, and phone calls. The survey was translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, and Chinese (simplified and traditional).
An animated budget informational video explaining the budget process and how residents can engage in it was publicly communicated through social media, the city's weekly newsletter (TWIR), and the city's YouTube channel.
An article about engaging in the budget process was included in Our Renton, a mailed and digital newsletter with utility bills sent out to 20,000+ residents.
Survey launched to the public on June 12 and closed on June 19.
Additional feedback from the public can be provided via the survey below or during the upcoming public hearings during Monday night council meetings in October.
