The online program the City of Lawrence uses to gather community feedback to help shape its budget is going online Saturday.
In budget talks beginning much earlier than usual this year, city commissioners were hesitant to rule out the possibility of a property tax increase, and they indicated they were interested in possibly charging user fees for Lawrence Parks and Recreation facilities.
A Balancing Act allows folks to tell the city in which areas of the budget they’d recommend increasing or decreasing funding. City staff members then use that feedback to help shape the budget they ultimately present to the commission for consideration.
The program will be online at this link from Feb. 1 through Feb. 28.
“Please note: Our team has combed through and refined the increments on A Balancing Act this year so they are much closer to actual service level costs. We highly encourage all users to click the ‘i’ icon for each service level for details,” according to a city news release on Friday.
In addition, the city will hold in-person engagement sessions from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 and Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St., to gather more feedback.
The city manager’s office anticipates bringing a capital improvement plan and budget to the commission in June and July.
Read more about the city budget and process at the links below.
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