Tell Pismo How to Spend Their Money

Don’t be an armchair financial planner. The City of Pismo Beach wants to you’re your ideas, priorities and suggestions for the 2015-2017 budget.
“The Council has expressed and interest to engage the community more, have more opportunities for public input and really have public input at the beginning of the process, so this is the very beginning of the City’s budget process,” said City Manager Jim Lewis during a recent City Council meeting.
Staff is in the process of setting up revenue targets and estimates, looking at expenditures, the basic level of service in the city, staffing costs and recurring contact costs for the next fiscal year. Members of the public are encouraged to express what they want to see in the city budget and what goals should be set.
The council will first be presented with suggestions at 11 a.m. on Thursday,
Jan. 22 and at10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 23 at the Hilton Garden Inn. The workshop will be facilitated by Ken Hampian, former City Manager of San Luis Obispo and his associate Michael Multar.
An all day budget meeting is set for April 2 and again on May 2 where the public will also have an opportunity to provide input. The budget will be adopted at the first meeting in June.
Comments can be made online at www.pismobeach.org or send and Email to individual council members.