Agenda - Retreat - 01-26-2018 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Presentation by Management Partners on County's Five Year Financial Plan (20 minutes) • Discussion as needed to clarify "budget drivers" for FYI 8-19 (40 minutes) (10:40) • FY 18 -19 Budget Exercise: "What do things cost, and how might we prioritize across new budget items in FYI 8 -19 ?" Prior to the retreat, the Manager will survey the Commissioners to identify potential budget priorities (i.e., new policies, programs, or projects for FYI 8-19) for which any of the Commissioners would like to see staff - researched cost ranges presented at the retreat. Consider asking for potential priorities within the six BOCC Goals (attached). At the retreat, the Manager will present all the potential budget priorities identified by Board members under each of the six BOCC Goals, with cost ranges for the potential budget priorities (20 minutes). (11:00) After the Manager's presentation on what things cost, Board discussion to clarify as needed (30 minutes) 11:30 Individual Board member would then have time to think quietly about how they would prioritize across all the potential budget priorities under the assumption that the tax rate will not increase beyond the amount needed to cover the school bond. No one's set of priorities may exceed the dollar amount that corresponds to that limit. (20 minutes) 11:45 The facilitator (working off of a list of potential priorities) will ask for each item on the list, "how many Commissioners included this item in their individual set ?" We'll note the items a majority of Commissioners included in their set of priorities, and then break for lunch. 12:00 Lunch Break 12:45 Continue Budget Exercise We'll focus on the set of items favored by a majority of the Board for the next discussion: • What Board values /goals is advanced by this set of potential priorities, and how? • What concerns would staff or Board members have if this (majority) set of budget priorities were adopted by the Board?