Citizens'
Guide to the Metro Budget
How to Navigate this Guide
This web
site gives citizens access to the 2003-2004 budget for Metro Government
of Nashville and Davidson County. Several features are available to help
you find information that is interesting to you.
General
Budget Information
For general information about the budget, click the links in the left
navigation. To find out more information about a particular item in a
pie chart, click the text in the image. If more information is available,
a pop-up window with more information will be displayed or you will be
directed to another page.
The Budget
Book
The budget book is presented in PDF format. When you click on a link to
the budget book, it may take a few minutes to download the PDF file. Also,
when the file opens, there may be a short delay while your computer finds
the bookmarked location in the file. After you are finished reading a
section in the Budget Book, click the Back button on your Internet browser
to return to the budget web site. For
more detailed information on how to read the budget book, please click
here.
Department
Level Information
To find budget information about a specific department, use the drop-down
lists to the left. Information about both the operating budget and the
capital improvements budget is available. When you view a department page,
you will see a departmental organizational structure, links below it and
a box containing contact information.
The links
inside the organizational structure give you more information about a
specific division in the department. The links below the organizational
structure give you more information about a department's budget including
the following:
- At
a Glance
This is a Basic narrative that describes the department and summarizes
its budget.
- Budget
Highlights
This is a list of changes in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 budget.
- Capital
Improvements Budget
This is the department's listing in the Capital Improvements Budget.
Some departments do not have a capital improvement budget.
- Budget
Performance
This section measures achievement of objectives for each significant
activity or service, with projected targets for (FY) 2004.
The box at
the bottom of the department page gives you easy access to contact information
for the department including the following:
- Departmental
web site (if it exists)
- E-mail
links to the department head and the budget contact
- Phone
numbers
- Physical
mailing address
Streaming
Media
There is streaming media available of many of the budget related meetings:
Glossary
If you find a budget word that is not familiar to you, check the glossary.
Most of the budget key words are defined here. If you do not find the
word in the glossary, send an e-mail to OMB@nashville.gov.
The budget office staff will get back with you as soon as they can.
Other
resources
There are several miscellaneous resources available in the right-hand
navigation. If you have a budget-related question and cannot find your
answer on the web site, please contact the budget staff at OMB@nashville.gov.
Also, we welcome suggestions for improvements. If you have ideas of how
we can make this site better, please let us know. We want this site to
be useful to YOU, the citizen.
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