HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2022-09-26 Item 4E - Powerpoint Shown at Meeting -2023-2024 Biennial Budget Outreach2023-2024
BIENNIAL BUDGET
OUTREACH
September 26, 2022
Committee of the Whole
Overview
• Ways for community to provide feedback
• Budget outreach and engagement service
priorities
■ In-person and virtual engagements
Balancing Act:
Online budget tool that allows individuals to
propose ways to balance the City's budget
by identifying potential service cuts, service
increases, revenue reductions and revenue
increases. 61 individual responses were
received, though some of those were staff
tests.
Service Priorities & Revenue Ideas
Boards:
Staff attended a variety of community
events and gathered feedback on service
priorities and revenues by asking
community members to put dots on a
board. Boards were translated in
Spanish, Vietnamese, and Somali.
Online Survey:
The information on the boards discussed
above were also used in an online survey
format. 80 responses were received, and
the report is attached to packet.
Service Priorities:
Across all of the different engagement vehicles, below are
the top priorities provided to staff during the outreach
efforts. The majority of people both in person and
online preferred to maintain and increase services
rather than reduce them.
1. Teen, Youth & Senior Programs
2. Police Services & Public Safety
3. Fire & Emergency Medical Services
4. Communications & Community Engagement
5. Infrastructure Maintenance
6. Human Services & Rental Assistance
In -Person & Virtual Engagements:
Equity & Social Justice
Commission
Parks Commission
Human Services Advisory Board
Arts Commission
Planning Commission
Library Advisory Board
COPCAB
Civil Service Commission
Lodging Tax Advisory Board
In -Person & Virtual Engagements:
■ City Council Budget Town Hall
■ See You in the Park - 4 events
■ Tukwila Farmers Market - 7 events
■ FHS Black Student Union
■ Tukwila 2nd Annual Juneteenth
Event
■ Tukwila Community Center Senior
Engagement
■ SeaTac Tukwila Community
Coalition (STCC)
Questions?