Objective
• Your City Council Team must decrease spending (or increase revenue) by $2,000,000 by the end of the fiscal year.
Picture of board
• Team members consecutively roll the die and draw cards. Each card describes:– a service that can be cut or reduced, and – the amount of the savings
To Begin
• Pick a Mayor and a City Clerk– The Mayor is the group facilitator
– The Clerk keeps the record
Administration 3%
Comm. Dev. 9%
Other 15%
Council & Comm. 1%Administrative
Services 13%
Public Works 29%
Public Information 3%
Parks & Recreation 7%
Law Enforcement 20%
General Fund Expenditures$31,365,000
Non Department Squares
Grant Application Grant Award
Econ. Devel. Opportunity
Econ. Devel. Project Fails
Bad EconomicNews
Pot O’Gold
The Clerk keeps the record
City Clerk’s Ledger Sheet
DEPT SERVICE TOTALOF PROGRAM
AMOUNTCUT
COMMENTS
Council
Commissioners’ dinner
$5,000
$3,000Scale event down to a reception
Sample
Midyear Budget Adjustment
• Our Fiscal Year is July 1 to June 30. “Midyear” is January 1. When you reach January:– Stop and review your
ledger sheet– Are you going to reach
your goal?• After midyear – the cuts are only worth ½ as much
End of the Fiscal Year
• At the end of the fiscal year, the team will review the cuts and discuss what they learned about priorities for City spending.
• Your group’s “Mayor” will report back to the rest of the Congress on how well your team did:
1. What cuts did you make?
2. What cuts were the easiest or hardest to make?
3. How did the Team Council prioritize its spending?