The City of Bellevue currently produces a budget book that spans 730 pages every biennium. While it must contain certain elements per the RCW, the book also needs to tell the story of the city to help policymakers, staff, and citizens understand the work the City performs. As part of this project, we would be looking for an analysis on how well the current budget book performs this task and seeking suggestions on how to make it better.
Deliverables would include concrete feedback on how various sections of Bellevue’s budget book tell the story; reviews of budget books from other cities and how well these products succeed in this goal; and potentially reworking either discrete portions, or even the entire Bellevue budget book, into a new, superior product. This project would be great for Finance, Accounting, Public Administration, or Public Policy students to learn the workings of the Bellevue budget and budget process.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Livable City Year Contact Info
Teri Thomson Randall
Program Manager
terir@uw.edu
206.221.9240
University Faculty Contact
H. Pike Oliver
Real Estate
Professor
hpo@uw.edu
Local Government / Community Contact
Jesse Canedo
Cultural and Economic Vitality | Community Development