Sedona AZ (January 20, 2021) – The city of Sedona encourages residents to apply for the Budget Work Group to serve as a citizen sounding board throughout the upcoming annual budget process.
More specifically, the group of up to nine volunteers will meet no more than four times this spring on the following topics:
- First, city staff will give a high level explanation of the budget, followed by facilitation of a meaningful discussion where city staff asks what’s missing and what needs to be reduced in the budget, what changes to programs and services need to be made and what community issues with budget implications need to be addressed that aren’t yet included in this budget cycle.
- Second, the work group will make recommendations on the additional major budget requests staff prepares for the coming year’s budget.
All of this will culminate with the Budget Work Group’s recommendations summarized for the City Manager and City Council so that they can make more informed decisions when refining and considering approval of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
Additionally as part of the budget process, city staff plan on launching an online survey for all residents to take that will ask about different community-wide issues that have significant budget implications.
The city invites anyone who is interested in this commitment to apply before Feb. 5, 2021, by filling out the volunteer questionnaire found here: http://www.sedonaaz.gov/your-government/departments/city-manager/citizen-engagement/volunteer-questionnaire. Please make sure and check the box on the questionnaire that indicates interest in budget oversight and include any relevant finance experience.
For more information, contact the city’s Public Relations Coordinator Ashley Hardy at ahardy@sedonaaz.gov.