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Budget Focus Areas

Strategic Plan
The city’s Strategic Plan guides the organization for the next 12-24 months and is organized
according to the following Strategic Focus Areas (SFAs):
• Operational Excellence
• Infrastructure
• Community
• Public Safety

In June and July of 2021, the City Council received briefings on potential updates to the

Strategic Plan for the coming year. The proposed revisions have been incorporated into
planning the proposed budget for FY 2021-22. The city council will be asked to formally approve
the updated Strategic Plan along with the budget itself in September.

Public Input
Over the past year, the city of Burleson has conducted numerous surveys, online forums, and
other outreach efforts. Additionally, the city launched a budget transparency web page earlier
this year, and a survey was conducted to gauge citizen interest in a variety of program areas.
This survey, and the feedback received throughout the year, have formed the basis of many of
the recommendations in the FY 2021-22 Proposed Budget.

The proposed budget has been developed to achieve the strategic items outlined above and
minimize the rates and fees charged to our citizens. To that end, the proposed budget
incorporates a number of cost containment initiatives that have been implemented over the
past year.

Cost Containment

• Organizational Changes The proposed budget maintains the staffing reorganization
changes that have eliminated several positions in prior years. It also includes the
reduction of an additional three positions for the upcoming budget. These changes are
designed to encourage a direct service delivery model, and collectively, these changes
have eliminated 13 FTEs and $1.7 million in annual costs.
• Sick and Vacation Leave Policies The proposed budget includes reductions to the sick
and vacation leave policies approved this past spring. The changes better align
employee benefits packages with our competitive market. The city will collectively

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