Thanks for reviewing the spreadsheet! Perhaps it wasn't so easy to sift through:P
The basic method to build the budget request was to insert an amount in column F for each action, starting with the highest priority action until the total budget request equaled $100K. Limiting the budget request to $100K was a decision made by the BB last Thursday. Gunnar and I discussed this approach with Deputy City Manager Jeff Mikorski last Friday and he agreed with it.
Column G, Comments provides explanations of the values entered in Column F, including when a cell in Column F is blank.
As shown in column D, Action Type, most of the actions are "Administrative/Policy" type. The City should doing the Administrative/Policy type actions in the normal course of doing business. So, for most Administrative/Policy type actions, there is no budget request.
I hope this helps you to understand the spreadsheet but please don't hesitate to ask any other questions because answering them helps prepare me for defending it down the road.
Frank
On Jan 9, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Traci Liebig wrote:
Frank,
Sorry if I am repeating something that was said at the meeting last week-- The lefthand column has a priority ranking but then actual budget requests are scattered throughout. Are we going for projects we think have a higher likelihood of being funded? No objections to budget requests, just wanting to understand criteria a bit more.
Great spreadsheet. Easy to sift through.
Thanks!
Traci
>>> Frank Gmeindl <
frank.gmeindl@comcast.net> 1/8/2013 9:06 AM >>>
Attached is the budget that I propose to discuss with City Councilors and Terrence. Damien reviewed an earlier version and made comments and adjusted cost estimates. The attached includes his revised cost estimates but the amounts to include in the budget and the comments are mine.
Frank
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