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How the Budget is Amended

The City of Southlake Charter Sections 9.20 through 9.25 defines the
process for budget amendments (see Appendix). To meet these charter DID YOU
requirements, budget amendment requests, if necessary, are evaluated KNOW?
and processed each year and presented to City Council for review and
approval.

Citizen Input and Communication HAVE A BUDGET Budget Overview
The process leading to the budget adoption is participatory and includes COMMENT OR QUESTION?
a communications plan that encourages input from citizens, boards Contact the City Manager’s
and commissions, City departments, and the City Council. Office at (817) 748-8057 or
TalkToUs@cityofsouthlake.com
The communications plan includes:
- 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 Proposed and Adopted budgets through the Southlake Public Library
system; and,
- Internet access to all budget documents and videos of public meetings at www.CityofSouthlake.com.

In addition to communication provided during the budget process, the 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 October 2021. This
survey data will be used to inform budget recommendations for FY 2024 as well. The next survey will be
conducted in October 2023.

Figure 2

2021 Citizen Survey Top 10 Most Important Services

HOW WELL IS THE CITY PERFORMING IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF
SOUTHLAKE RESIDENTS?

Top Ten Services - Importance

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