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BUDGET OVErVIEW
GUIDE TO THE BUDGET DOCUMEnT
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• Public hearings;
• Live, televised coverage of City Council work sessions, meetings
and public hearings;
• Presentations to City boards and commissions;
• Access to all volumes of the Adopted and Adopted budgets HAVE A BUDGET COMMENT
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In addition to communication provided during the budget process, the TALKTOUS@CITYOFSOUTHLAKE.COM.
budget is developed using feedback from the City’s biennial Citizen
Satisfaction Survey. In this survey residents tell the City what they think are the most important services and what
they are most satisfied with. Using this information, the budget is developed to ensure that these service priorities are
continually met. Figure 2 below shows the services rated with the highest importance in the last survey, conducted in
2019. The next survey will take place in October 2021, and be used in the development of the FY 2023 and FY 2024
budgets.
HOW WELL IS THE CITY PERFORMING IN MEETING
THE NEEDS OF SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS?
Top Ten Services - Importance
Very Important Somewhat Important
Responding To Calls For Police Service 93% 5% 98%
Providing Fire Services 92% 6% 99%
Providing Water Service 91% 8% 99%
Providing Emergency Medical Services (Ambulance) 89% 8% 97%
Maintaining Local Streets And Roads 87% 12% 99%
Managing Traffic Congestion 87% 11% 99%
Patrolling Neighborhoods, Buildings, And Businesses To… 83% 14% 98%
Providing Sewer Service 81% 11% 93%
Preparing The City For Emergencies 75% 21% 96%
Managing Storm-Water Drainage 74% 20% 94%
Figure 2: 2019 Citizen Survey top 10 Most Important Services
BASIS OF ACCOUnTInG
The City of Southlake utilizes the modified accrual basis of accounting which is a method of accounting for revenues
and expenses when earned or incurred instead of when cash is received or spent.
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