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DIVISION SUMMARY FY 2021-22 BUDGET

Function Department Division Account
GENERAL GOVERNMENT CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL 01-11-01

DIVISION DESCRIPTION:
The Mayor and six members of the City Council are the policy-making and legislative body of the City. The City Council is responsible for making policy decisions
relative to the types and levels of service provided to the residents of Benbrook. These duties include: adopting ordinances, approving major purchases and
contractual agreements, adopting the Annual Budget and Capital Improvements Report, and making appointments to various positions. Among the key
appointments make by the City Council are the City Manager, City Secretary, and the Municipal Count Judge. The City Council also appoints members to all of
the City's advisory boards and commissions.

CITYWIDE CORE TENANT(S) SUPPORTED:
• Quality of Life: The City of Benbrook endeavors to implement legislation, policies, projects, and services to ensure our community remains a great city, and to
enhance quality of life for current and future generations of residents.
• Approach to Governance: The City of Benbrook will provide governance that is effective, efficient, and equitable.
• Character: The City of Benbrook will govern with attentiveness, compassion, creativity, dedication, dependability, discretion, enthusiasm, fairness, flexibility,

honesty, humility, resourcefulness, respect, thoroughness, wisdom, and without bias.
• Inclusive Governance: The City of Benbrook believes that the best government is inclusive, communicative, and open.
DIVISION GOALS:
• To effectively represent the residents of the City of Benbrook.
• To formulate and enact public policy.
• To provide leadership as the legislative and policy-making body of the community.

DIVISION OBJECTIVES:
• To monitor expenditures and remain within + or - 5% of the Activity's budget allocation.
• To act as the elected representatives of Benbrook residents, formulate public policy to meet community needs, and seek ways
to increease citizen involvement.
• To consider, evaluate, and make decisions on varous items brought before the City Council.
• To allocate available funds in the most effective and efficient manner so that residents receive the highest level of services at

the lowerst possible cost.
• To review and evaluate the objectives of all municipal activities through study, evaluation, and adoption of the Annual Budget
and Capital Improvement Report.
DIVISION MEASUREMENTS: ACTUAL ACTUAL ESTIMATED PROJECTED
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Percent of Budget Expended 116.8% 118.9% 60.4% 100.0%

Number of City Council Meetings 24 24 23 24
Council Meeting Attendance (All Members) 124 156 156 153 168
Number of Ordinances 18 11 16 16