SEC. 9.114. MISSION-DRIVEN BUDGET.
§ 9.114
Departments must submit budgets that describe their missions, goals, programs, customers served, desired outcomes, strategic plans, productivity measures, costs, and prior-year performance against those metrics. The Controller sets the format for these budget submissions in consultation with the Mayor.
When a city department asks for money in its budget, it has to explain what it does and why. It needs to describe who it serves, what it's trying to accomplish, how much each program costs, and whether it succeeded in meeting its own goals the year before. The city's financial officer (the Controller) decides what form these budget requests should take.
- Could be simpler:The eight numbered subsections could be grouped by theme (e.g., mission/goals, programs/activities, outcomes/metrics) to make the structure clearer without changing the requirement.
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Official text
Each departmental budget shall describe each proposed activity of that department and the cost of that activity. In addition, each department shall provide the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors with the following details regarding its budget:
1. The overall mission and goals of the department;
2. The specific programs and activities conducted by the department to accomplish its mission and goals;
3. The customer(s) or client(s) served by the department;
4. The service outcome desired by the customer(s) or client(s) of the department's programs and activities;
5. Strategic plans that guide each program or activity;
6. Productivity goals that measure progress toward strategic plans;
7. The total cost of carrying out each program or activity; and
8. The extent to which the department achieved, exceeded or failed to meet its missions, goals, productivity objectives, service objectives, strategic plans and spending constraints identified in subsections (1) through (6) during the prior year or prior budgetary cycle.
Departmental budget estimates shall be prepared in such form as the Controller, after consulting with the Mayor, directs in writing.
(Amended by Proposition A, Approved 11/5/2009)