Community Priorities/Long-Range Financial Planning Advisory Committee
The City of Shoreline's long-term financial forecasts indicate that by 2010 the City's current resources will not be adequate to continue to provide the current level of basic services to the Shoreline community. Although the City has implemented budgetary reductions and service efficiencies for the last several years, inflationary costs for fuel, asphalt, jail, the police contract and other items are growing faster than the City's primary revenue sources such as the property tax (capped at 1%) and sales tax.
The City Council formed a community advisory committee representing a broad range of Shoreline residents and interests to recommend long-term strategies on service reductions, efficiencies and funding options.
The first phase of the group's process will be to learn more about current City services and finances and to identify unmet community needs.
The second phase will involve refining the lists of City services and unmet needs and then looking at financing options for those services to present as a recommendation to the City Council.
This may include identifying services that the committee recommends be maintained at current service levels, increased to meet community needs, reduced to shift funding to more critical services, or eliminated as the service is a lower priority and projected funding is not adequate. Staff will provide information on revenue sources available to provide services, analyze potential impacts of reduced service levels and offer information on service delivery alternatives.
The goal is for the City Council to review recommendations and make a decision on next steps during summer 2008.
Upcoming Meetings
Thursday, May 15
Thursday, May 29
Thursday, June 19
Wednesday, July 9
Thursday, July 31
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
6:30 p.m.
Spartan Room
Shoreline Conference Center
18560 1st Ave. NE
Shoreline, WA 98155-2148
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Gary Batch
Bill Bear
Gloria Bryce
Keirdwyn Cataldo
Bill Clements
Kathie Keil Crozier
Walter Hagen
Paul Herrick
Bill Hickey
Carolyn Mayer
Dick Pahre
Rebecca Partman
Renee Pitra
Mary Lynn Potter
Rick Stephens
Paul C. Sutphen
Shari Tracey
Hiller West
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Archives
Click the above link for meeting agendas and information packets.
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