Page 16 - Ord 866 Adopting a revised Fiscal Year 17-18 and new proposed Fiscal Year 18-19 budget

Section 1 Executive
Transmittal Letter

September 24, 2018

Honorable Mayor and Town Council:

On behalf of the Town of Westlake’ s Department Directors and our staff teams, I am pleased to
present the Proposed FY 2018- 19 Budget for the Town Council’ s consideration. This year’s budget
theme is “ Investing in our Community. Investing in our Vision”. For the past several budget seasons,
we have identified a theme to help communicate the budget message along with the measured
growth and development of our community. Shown below are the most recent themes:

FY2016- 17
FORGING WESTLAKE: MANAGING THE IMPACT OF GROWTH”
This fiscal year’ s budget emphasized moving from implementing our new Comp
Plan, to inculcating it into our budget with sufficient resources to properly
administer our planning and development review services in a way that more
effectively deals proactively with the impact of growth in all the Town’ s services.

FY 2015-16
FORGING WESTLAKE: WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER”
The first fiscal year where we began to utilize our new Comprehensive Plan
Comp Plan), Forging Westlake, to plan for our growth.

FY 2014- 15
COMMUNITY GROWTH ON THE HORIZON”
Recognizing the growth that was about to occur and identifying ways to
address potential expansions.

In keeping with this tradition, we have identified this year’ s theme as a continuation of the impact
development has had in Westlake and the need to reinvest in the community to ensure we
maintain our values and provide exceptional customer service.

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