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Resources: Review the City of Kelsey under the Government tab of the
Virtual Organization site. Access the public records of Kelsey under
the City Government to familiarize yourself with the city’s budget and
financial report. Review the following scenario: You work as a budget
director for the mayor of Kelsey and recently you have been getting
numerous complaints from citizens about the increase in crime in the
City of Kelsey and public demands for more police officers. The
population of Kelsey has grown, creating increases in crime. The
mayor has communicated to you as the budget director that this past
year is the highest increase in crime in the city’s history. The federal
government has reduced the federal pass-through money for the state,
and the budgeting group needs to revamp the budget for the coming
year. In addition to the limited budget, there has been a recent
budgetary reform at the federal level, which has put additional
pressure on local police agencies to use the federal money before it
expires. The state Chief’s of Police Association is lobbying the state for
a 15% public safety tax for a temporary 3-year period in order to make
up the deficit. The state legislature and local governments are wary of
adding any additional new taxes on citizens. In addition, the state’s
Sierra Club organization is putting pressure on state and local
government to hire less police officers, build more prisons, and
develop the state’s infrastructure. The mayor has pointed out that the
likelihood of getting any increase in tax money from the state is slim.
The mayor has called a meeting with your budget staff, the Chief of
Police and staff to address the following issues and come up with a
solution that is politically feasible. In the meeting, the mayor reminds
them that if he or she is not re-elected the new incumbent will replace
their jobs.
Create a 1,400-1,750- word report in which you, as the budget officer,
which details the following:
• How the changes affect the fiscal cycle of your budgeting.
• How the preparation, execution, and evaluation of the budgeting
cycle would change.
• Your budgeting approach based on the changes and the reasons.
• Differences of the chosen budgeting approach from those not used.