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How Departments Prepare the Budget
Budget Kick-Off
Each year, the Office of Management and Budget conducts an annual budget
kick-off meeting. In early February, representatives from each department
gather to receive guidance and information for preparing the next fiscal
year’s budget.
General Instructions
The Office of Management and Budget distributes general instructions for
preparing the budget, schedules budget hearings and provides specific
line item instructions for certain budget items. This information aids
departments in preparing their individual budget requests.
Budget Message
The Director of Finance delivers the annual Budget Message that sets forth
the vision for the budget process. Departments are urged to remain focused
on the goals and priorities that set the course for the Mayor’s
budget plan. The goals are to produce a budget that is balanced using
conservative assumptions, maintains low property taxes, and focuses on
Nashville’s future.
Streamlining the Process with Technology
The Office of Management and Budget uses an innovative tool to streamline
the budget preparation process. WEBudget is a web-based tool that allows
individual departments to submit budget requests. The tool also provides
the Office of Management and Budget the ability to review and consolidate
budget information into a single budget format.
Reviewing the Mission and Goals
Departments start the budget process by reviewing their mission and goals.
Each department’s mission and goals drive the programs and services
offered to the public. By focusing on a clearly defined mission and measurable,
concrete goals departments can ensure that their budget requests match
the needs of the citizens served.
Setting Priorities
Based on the review of their mission and goals, each department sets its
priorities for the coming budget year. These priorities may be new programs
or services, or new targets for existing programs and services. Each priority
must be measurable – that is, the results of the investment of dollars
must be clear -- and each department is accountable for reaching their
stated results.
Identifying Needed Resources
Once a department sets their priorities for the budget year, they identify
the corresponding resource requirements for the coming year.
Accomplishment Review
OMB reviews each department’s accomplishments from the previous
year, ensuring accountability to the prior year’s budget goals and
priorities.
Citizen Impact Review
As new budget requests are received, OMB reviews all potential impacts
on services provided to the citizens of Metro.
Review Departmental Priorities
After departments have submitted their budget priorities, the Office of
Management and Budget reviews the requests to ensure consistency with
Metro’s goals and priorities of Public Safety, Full Funding for
Schools, Quality of Life/Neighborhoods, and Valuing Our Employees. The
Office of Management and Budget then presents departmental funding requests
along with supporting priority alignment information to the Mayor for
consideration in the Recommended Operating Budget.
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