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Blue Ribbon Budget Panel Reports to BOA

jeffrey.kerekes — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:58:48 +0000

The final recommendations to the New Haven Board of Aldermen from the Blue Ribbon Citizen’s Panel on the Budget is ready. Its a worthwhile read. Thanks to all the panelists and city staff that contributed to its construction.

Citizens Budget Commission – NYC

jeffrey.kerekes — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:46:57 +0000

The NYC Citizens Budget Commission provides an interesting website reviewing NYC finances. Their mission: “The Citizens Budget Commission is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civic organization devoted to influencing constructive change in the finances and services of New York City and New York State government.” Check out their Myth of Uncontrollables, which directly confronts the notion of “its all fixed costs,” the mantra of the New Haven BOA and Administration.

Correction

jeffrey.kerekes — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:24:28 +0000

Our latest doc on questions mentioned the Fire Department and it was regarding the Police department.

It should read:

2. Police Services. Contract reserve of $900,000 (p64). This is in addition to the existing contractual payments and signals to all that the City is prepared to increase wages by 5.3% in the next round of contract negotiations (Personnel costs in Police Services are $33.767 million so $900K over the new contract months in 2009 represents 5.3%. In the interest of transparency this item should be included in Dept 201 (Police Services)

Get the updated version here.

2008-9 Budget Questions & Concerns

jeffrey.kerekes — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:02:47 +0000

Looking through the 2008-9 City of New Haven budget document, we found a number of questions and concerns as well as things that we didn’t understand. We forwarded this list to all 30 Alders today for their review. Please let us know if you find discrepancies, questions or concerns in the budget and we will forward them along with ours.

See our list of Questions & Concerns.

Update Recommendations

jeffrey.kerekes — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:05:18 +0000

We have updated the budget recommendations document we released previously. We tried to simplify the process by listing the changes on pages 23 & 24 of the new document. We hope to save you some time in finding the updates in this manner. We continue to welcome the outpouring of recommendations and comments from readers.

See the new version here.

2008-2009 Mayor’s Budget

2008-9 Budget Recommendations

jeffrey.kerekes — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:39:22 +0000

(NHCAN) is pleased to announce the budget recommendations for the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year. We have prepared a list of recommendations including the ending of unsustainable subsidies, to the reorganization of departments, to the transformation of the budget document itself. Below you will find the link to the full document (2.3 MB), as well as, shorter versions of the document. We recognize that some of these recommendations may be impractical or even naïve. We invite you to consider these in the spirit in which it is offered and to offer superior alternatives for the general good. We look forward to continuing this discussion.

2008-2009 Budget Public Comments(2.3 MB)

Executive Summary Only (414 KB)
Full Document Without the Appendices (1.4 MB)
Appendices Only (2.0 MB)

Website Expands

jeffrey.kerekes — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:22:00 +0000

We are planning to continually update the website about fiscal responsibility in New Haven. We have added info to the BOA Accountability Project including info on how each Alderperson voted on the 2007-2008 Budget, their Ethics Disclosure Forms, as well as some facts on the budget in our White Papers Section.Â Please explore the site.