Overview

BP Process in Review

Budgeting by Priorities (BP) requires governments to work differently from past budgeting practices. Instead of starting with the last year's budget, adding a factor for inflation and perhaps a few new initiatives, this budgeting process is a bottom-up approach. Budgeting by Priorities requires citizen involvement and a new way of thinking for City staff. All the services the City provides are reconsidered through the prism of what services the citizens' value most. The final budget "buys" only those services most valued by the citizens.
 

Objectives

 

Other jurisdictions have also used this process, including the State of Washington, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Mesa County.