Great Neighborhoods

Budget Games Report

Transforming communities with the power of every voice

Steve Dodds, AmbassadorEvery Voice Engaged Foundation

Goals

• Gather prioritized input from citizens on Missoula’s programs and services

• Educate both citizens and staff on issues, values, and alternatives to Missoula challenges

• Provide actionable quantitative and qualitative citizen feedback to Missoula’s leaders

Missoula New Program Priorities

Item Proposal Cost # Tables Rank

4 Implement broadband plan $200,000 12 1

6 Improve park maintenance $200,000 11 2

11 Conservation & Climate Action Plan: Seed revolving loan fund $200,000 9 3

5 Double number of trees removed and replanted (from 100/yr to 200) $100,000 8 4

2 2-3 additional police officers for downtown and parks safety $200,000 6 5

8 Police station facility enhancements $1,000,000 5 6

1 Wet Housing for Transients $100,000 5 7

10 Conservation & Climate Action Plan: Implement Foundations $150,000 5 8

3 Increase neighborhood grants funding $80,000 4 9

9 Create and implement urban deer management $200,000 2 10

7 Partner with ArtSpace for live/work rent-fixed housing for artists $250,000 0 11

Missoula Cost & Revenue Options

Item Proposal Savings # Tables Rank

D. Transfer cemetery ownership $500,000 9 1

E. Eliminate $100,000 in lawn irrigation from Parks $100,000 5 2

G. Extend vehicle/equipment replacement schedule $1,000,000 5 2

K. Increase misdemeanor fines by 10% $150,000 5 4

I. Re-assign Missoula in Motion grant money $300,000 4 5

J. Eliminate Aquatics subsidy $200,000 3 6

B. Increase employee healthcare contribution 2.84% to 12% $180,000 2 7

C. Increase city healthcare deductible by $1,000 $200,000 2 8

F. Eliminate Arts subsidies $100,000 1 9

A. Adjust Non-union employee COLA $150,000 1 10

L. Increase misdemeanor fines by 20% $300,000 1 11

H. Reduce non-public safety, non-union staff to 2006 levels $1,000,000 0 12

M. Increase Streets Division by 2 full time equivalents $300,000 2

N. Accelerate sidewalk building $400,000 2

O. Redo Hillview Way $700,000 1

P. Increase Road District assessments by 5% for each $100,000 in project cost 0

Q. Increase Gas Tax by .2 cents a gallon for each $100,000 in project cost 2

Missoula Budget Game Totals

Table # Participants Available to spend (start $575,000) Spent Difference Percentage

Spent1 6 $2,325,000 $1,830,000 $495,000 79%2 7 $925,000 $925,000 $0 100%3 4 $1,025,000 $780,000 $245,000 76%5 5 $855,000 $800,000 $55,000 94%6 4 $1,705,000 $1,700,000 $5,000 100%7 4 $2,525,000 $500,000 $2,025,000 20%8 5 $1,125,000 $930,000 $195,000 83%9 6 $2,275,000 $1,900,000 $375,000 84%

10 4 $1,325,000 $750,000 $575,000 57%12 7 $2,275,000 $2,230,000 $45,000 98%14 7 $1,525,000 $600,000 $925,000 39%15 5 $1,275,000 $1,000,000 $275,000 78%17 6 $1,525,000 $1,400,000 $125,000 92%

Total Participants 70 Facilitators 26 Council & SME's 9

Missoula Ideas Capture• Fare free bus system (4)

• Additional monies toward broadband plan to build out faster

• Drought tolerant plants

• Empower the Neighborhood Councils

• Left turn arrow at Higgins & Broadway

• Own our own water company

• Pedestrian policeman downtown

• Prisoner labor community service

• Prop. Tax credits for homeowners for planting trees (removal)

• Property Tax review

• Raise healthcare deductible to $550 instead of $1000

• Reduce FTE’s by 5 or 6 instead of to 2006 levels

• Reverse the road diet! - undo all the traffic calming

• Urban deer bow hunting

Transforming Communities with the Power of Every Voice

• Experienced facilitators provide support and manage structure/process, not outcome

• Online and/or in-person events, facilitator training

• Quantitative & qualitative feedback

• Measurable results

• Empowered by The Innovation Games Company

Every Voice Engaged FoundationThanks you!