2024 Budget Priorities Community Engagement

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It's that time of year again to focus on the next City budget, and we want your participation! We need you to tell us what programs and services matter to you. Resident input is vital to building a budget that reflects what's most important to residents. The community engagement process will include a survey and in-person listening sessions. Results from the survey and sessions will then be presented to the Monterey City Council in Spring 2024 and residents will have another opportunity at the Study Session to provide additional comments.

PHASE I – COMMUNITY SURVEY

Beginning in February, the Finance Team will launch a survey for residents that will focus on three primary questions:

  1. How important are various City services to you?
  2. In an environment of strong fiscal health for the City, which services should be added/expanded?
  3. In an environment of declining fiscal health for the City, which services should be removed/decreased?

TAKE THE SURVEY

The survey will be promoted through social media channels, and in-person pop-up events around the City. The survey will close on March 10, 2024.


PHASE II – LISTENING SESSIONS

Residents will be invited to attend a ‘Listening Session’ hosted by the Finance Team. The “Listening Sessions” will focus on the questions below, as well as be shaped by the results of the online survey.

  1. What are the top needs of the City in the next 12 months?
  2. What do you think the City can do to meet its top needs in the next 12 months? For example, should the city increase taxes or fees? Decrease a service area?
  3. Name a service the City currently provides that you would like to see it maintain or improve over the next 12 months?

Our goal is to make these “Listening Sessions” interactive, educational, and engaging. After an introduction and background, we will break up into small groups to listen to community members, and discuss and identify residents’ needs and priorities that will help develop the budget picture. The community meetings are tentatively scheduled for the following dates:

  • Monday, February 26, Scholze Park Center: 6:30pm
  • Thursday, February 29, Monterey Library Community Public Room: 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 2, Casanova Oak Knoll Park Center: 10:00am

Listening sessions will be approximately 90 minutes - look forward to seeing you there!


PHASE III – PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL AT STUDY SESSION

Results from the survey and listening sessions will be presented to the Monterey City Council at a Study Session on April 24, 2024.

It's that time of year again to focus on the next City budget, and we want your participation! We need you to tell us what programs and services matter to you. Resident input is vital to building a budget that reflects what's most important to residents. The community engagement process will include a survey and in-person listening sessions. Results from the survey and sessions will then be presented to the Monterey City Council in Spring 2024 and residents will have another opportunity at the Study Session to provide additional comments.

PHASE I – COMMUNITY SURVEY

Beginning in February, the Finance Team will launch a survey for residents that will focus on three primary questions:

  1. How important are various City services to you?
  2. In an environment of strong fiscal health for the City, which services should be added/expanded?
  3. In an environment of declining fiscal health for the City, which services should be removed/decreased?

TAKE THE SURVEY

The survey will be promoted through social media channels, and in-person pop-up events around the City. The survey will close on March 10, 2024.


PHASE II – LISTENING SESSIONS

Residents will be invited to attend a ‘Listening Session’ hosted by the Finance Team. The “Listening Sessions” will focus on the questions below, as well as be shaped by the results of the online survey.

  1. What are the top needs of the City in the next 12 months?
  2. What do you think the City can do to meet its top needs in the next 12 months? For example, should the city increase taxes or fees? Decrease a service area?
  3. Name a service the City currently provides that you would like to see it maintain or improve over the next 12 months?

Our goal is to make these “Listening Sessions” interactive, educational, and engaging. After an introduction and background, we will break up into small groups to listen to community members, and discuss and identify residents’ needs and priorities that will help develop the budget picture. The community meetings are tentatively scheduled for the following dates:

  • Monday, February 26, Scholze Park Center: 6:30pm
  • Thursday, February 29, Monterey Library Community Public Room: 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 2, Casanova Oak Knoll Park Center: 10:00am

Listening sessions will be approximately 90 minutes - look forward to seeing you there!


PHASE III – PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL AT STUDY SESSION

Results from the survey and listening sessions will be presented to the Monterey City Council at a Study Session on April 24, 2024.

  • Budget Survey Closed - Thank You for Your Contribution

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    As of March 10, 2024 the survey is no longer accepting responses. Thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute! City Staff look forward to reviewing the responses and incorporating input from the survey into the FY 2024-25 Budget! Please join the Finance Team on April 24 at City Hall for the Budget Study Session where City Staff will preview the upcoming year's budget and discuss the Community Engagement Process with the Monterey City Council. Thank you all!

  • RSVP for Community Engagement Session

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    The City's Finance Team is excited to meet with the community at next week's Community Engagement Session! To help with the Finance Team's preparation for the events, you may RSVP to one of the sessions through the form linked below. You are not required to RSVP; however, it will greatly help as the team prepares for each event.

    Click HERE to RSVP for a Community Engagement Session

  • City of Monterey Seeks Community Input on Budget Priorities: Take the Survey and Participate in a Listening Session

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    NEWS RELEASE

    Monterey, Calif. – The City of Monterey is launching an outreach campaign to hear from residents on the next fiscal year (FY) budget 2024 - 2025. The Monterey City Council and staff want to know what programs and services matter most to residents.

    “Input is vital to building a budget that reflects the community’s priorities,” said City Manager Hans Uslar. “The more responses we receive, the better the outcome, so please join in and make your voice heard.”

    The community engagement process includes a community budgeting and priorities survey and in-person listening sessions at locations throughout Monterey. Listening sessions provide an opportunity for staff to share information about the budget process and, most importantly, listen to the community. Results from the survey and listening sessions will be presented to the Monterey City Council at a Study Session on April 24, 2024.

    The survey is posted at https://surveymonkey.com/r/2024BudgetPriorities. The survey will close on March 10, and is available in English and Spanish.

    Three Listening Sessions are scheduled:

    • Monday, Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m., Scholze Park Center, 280 Dickman Ave.
    • Thursday, Feb. 29, 6:00 p.m., Monterey Library Community Room, 625 Pacific St.
    • Saturday, Mar. 2, 10:00 a.m., Casanova Oak Hill Park Center, 735 Ramona Ave.

    Follow this project at https://haveyoursaymonterey.org/budget-priorities

  • Budget Outreach Survey Launched

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    The City of Monterey's Budget Outreach Survey is now published, and we encourage Monterey residents to submit your feedback! Please take the survey. We will have more information coming soon about listening sessions and we hope you participate!

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