GENERAL BUDGET INDICATORS
Public Safety
Description: If the percent of Revenues allocated to Public Safety decreases or become lower, it may hamper the agency’s ability to maintain the existing level of services unless new sources of revenues or ways of trimming expenses can be found.
Warning Trend: Decrease as a Percent of Revenues allocated to
Public Safety
Parks and Recreation
Description: If the percentage of Revenues allocated to Parks and Recreation decreases or becomes lower, it may hamper the agency’s ability to maintain the existing level of services unless new sources of revenues or ways of trimming expenses can be found.
Warning Trend: Decrease as a percent of Revenues allocated to Parks and
Recreation
Senior Services
Description: If the percent of Revenues allocated to Senior Services decreases or become lower, it may hamper the agency’s ability to maintain the existing level of services unless new sources of revenues or ways of trimming expenses can be found.
Warning Trend: Decrease as Revenues allocated to Senior Services
Planning and Permits
Description: If the percent of Revenues allocated to Planning and Permits decreases or become lower, it may hamper the agency’s ability to maintain the existing level of services unless new sources of revenues or ways of trimming expenses can be found.
Warning Trend: Decrease as a percent Revenues allocated to Planning and
Permits
Concluding Analysis
Instructions (do not include in the final report ):
For each chart, the analysis should focus on the patterns and the implications as they linked to the warning trends and indicator description and warning trends of each indicator. /that is, the Concluding analysis should analyze each of the charts
Compare the data to the warning trends and indicator descriptions.
1. How does the data for each indicator compare to the warning trend and indicator description? (Did it decrease? If not, then it’s not a warning trend. If it stays the same, it’s okay. If it increased, it’s probably in pretty good shape.)
2. How does the data for each of the 4 indicators compare to the other 3 indicators? (How did the Public Safety trend compare with the data chart from Parks and Recreation, Senior Services & Planning and Permits? How did the Parks and Recreation trend compare to Public Safety, Senior Services & Planning and Permits etc…do this for all 4 )
3. Your analysis then should explain why what occurred, occurred and its implications. Should the organization be concerned? Can it be corrected? How? (You need to explore the internet for information and include those sources on the references page)
