Option A: In-Class Role Play
Part 1: Post-Budget Adoption Unanticipated Revenue
Role: Facilities management director
How do you (or how does your group) feel about the adopted budget?
The adopted budget is wanting. Firstly, it is clearly evident that the budget revenue forecasting is way off as revealed by the excess unanticipated property revenue. Proper forecasting would have anticipated the experienced revenue increase given the robust growth in the real estate market. At the same time, there is minimal to lack of collaboration between the county budgetary authorities, policy makers, and the state budgetary body during budget preparation otherwise the restoration of the discretionary fund by the state would have been foreseen. In addition, the budget does not embrace equality in resources allocations within University County. There is widespread biasness in resources allocations, especially between departments and county regions. For instance, public safety employees are spared for during the layoff of employees. The Westside region mostly consisting of minority groups has been highly neglected in terms of development projects despite its immense revenue potential. Lastly, the adopted budget represents a great extent of priorities mix-up by the county. Deferring general maintenance and repairing of roads is unnecessary because further deterioration will lead to increased cost of repair by the county. Secondly, it reduces the efficiency in service delivery. …show more content…
The new found revenues represent a ‘God-send’ gift for the county to help address some of the deferred projects from its piled-up list. However, there is no guarantee that the $12.6 million discretionary fund from the state and the $16 million property tax revenue will be available in the following fiscal