Community Budget Forum Feedback
Between October 2025 and November 2025, the City held 6 community budget forums throughout the City titled “Your Money, Your Voice”. The City took a theme-based approach for these community budget forums with the goal of providing more focused discussions, giving residents the option to attend sessions on topics that matter most to them, and gather input to guide the budget. Staff selected three meeting themes based on areas where staff historically receive the most community feedback and where resident input can best inform funding priorities including:
1. Public Safety/Housing & Human Services,
2. Parks/Library/Museum and
3. Public Works/Community and Economic Development.
During these community budget forums, attendees were asked to prioritize among several programs.
Attendees had the opportunity to prioritize the identified programs within each department and among the various departments and were provided 4 budget coins per department and 4 budget coins to be prioritized among all the programs. Below are the outcomes of this prioritization exercise.
Public Safety and Housing and Human Services
30 24
9 9
7 4
2 1
0 5
10 15
20 25
30 35
PSET CBAT Crime Analysis Traffic Bureau PANS K9 Unit Aviation Unit Technical Services Unit
Police
24 16
12 11 10
6 4 3
0 5
10 15
20 25
30 Wildland
Firefighter/
Mitigation
EMS Community
Risk Reduction
/ Fire
Prevention
Public
Education &
Community
Engagement
Training &
Professional
Development
Fire
Suppression
Technical
Rescue
Hazardous
Materials
Response
Fire
24 16 15
13 6 5 4
0 0
5 10
15 20
25 30
PSET Down
Payment
Assistance
Program
Case
Management
for Rental
Assistance
Program
Participant:
Development
of affordable
housing for
seniors
Senior
Housing
Rehabilitation
Program
Case
Management
through
Outreach
Workers
Tiny Homes Make it Cozy
Program
Housing and Human Services
16 9 9
8 7
6 6
4 4
3 3 3
2 1 1 1 1 1
0 2
4 6
8 10
12 14
16 18
PSET (PD) Case
Management
for Rental
Assistance
Program
Participant:
Tiny Homes CBAT Case
Management
through
Outreach
Workers
Down
Payment
Assistance
Program
Wildland
Firefighter/
Mitigation
Public
Education &
Community
Engagement
PSET (HHS) EMS Fire
Suppression
Development
of affordable
housing for
seniors
Senior
Housing
Rehabilitation
Program
PANS Traffic Bureau Community
Risk
Reduction /
Fire
Prevention
Technical
Rescue
Hazardous
Materials
Response
Public Safety and Health and Human Services
Parks, Library and Museum
19 14
13 12
10 8 8
0 2
4 6
8 10
12 14
16 18
20 Parks Safety Caring for Parks &
Facilities
Fairmount Park
Improvements
Vulnerable
Communities
Fire Prevention &
Safety
Enhance
Community
Special Events
Develop City-
Owned But
Undeveloped
Parcels
Parks, Recreation, & Community Services
20 16
15 12
11 5
3 3
0 5
10 15
20 25
Children's and
Teen Programs
Library
Facilities
Technology
Services
Adult Programs Literacy
Programs
Access to
Materials
Information
Services
Library
Outreach
Events
Library
23 15
13 13
8 4 4
2 0
5 10
15 20
25 Recurring
Public
Programs
Heritage
House
Main Museum
Renovation
and
Expansion
Annual Events Harada House
Rehabilitation
New
Exhibitions
Downtown
Museum
Collections
Care and
Archives
Requests
Harada House
Interpretive
Center
Construction
Musem
10 6 6
5 5 5 5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1
0 2
4 6
8 10
12 Parks/Library/Museum
Public Works and Community and Economic Development
12 9
7 5
4 4
3 0
0 2
4 6
8 10
12 14
Pavement
Management
Program
Neighborhood
Traffic
Management
Street Services Solid Waste Animal Control
Services
Urban Forestry Sewer Stormwater
Public Works
14 8 8
4 4 4
1 1
0 2
4 6
8 10
12 14
16 Development
Streamline
Strategy Team
Riverside
Workforce
Connect
City Property
Maintenance
Program
Enhanced
Technology for
Review and
Permitting
Services
MRFI Program Demolition for
Dilapidated
Structures
Program
Virtual Visits Development
Communication
Tools
Community and Economic Development
6 5 5
4 4
3 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1
0 1
2 3
4 5
6 7
Public Works/Community and Economic Development