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Budget Decoder Summit

Introduction to Strong Towns

Who is Strong Towns? (1:14)
The Strong Towns Priority Campaigns

Priority Campaign: Transparent Local Accounting

Transparent Local Accounting
What is the Struggle We are Trying to Address? (10:51)
Budget Decoder Dashboard (0:57)

Budget Decoder Summit: Event Details

Attendees
Agenda

The Receipts: Budget Documents

Shared Budget Documents
Shepherdstown, WV, Audited Financial Statement FY 21
Decorah, IA: Adopted Budget
Decorah, IA: Depreciation Schedules
Decorah, IA: Homebaked Budget Visualization
Saginaw, TX
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS
Medicine Hat, AB: Audited Financial Statement FY 22

Summit Presentations

Summit Presentations
Michel Durand-Wood
Chad Janicek
Shayne Kavanagh
Joe Minicozzi
Tom Reed
Randy Westlund
Steven Zittergruen
Alan Howze

Summit Notes

Summit Notes
Objective: Minumum Viable Product
Minumum Viable Product Working Sessions
Working Session Notes
Advanced Concepts or Processes
What the tool needs to do to get the following critical info?

Shared Resources and Deep Dives

Shared Resources
Essays in Taxation, Edwin R.A. Seligman
Bond Ratings Methods
Moody’s Older Methods
International Infrastructure Management Manual
GFOA Research that focuses on Psychology
SORP-4 from a financial statement for the Province of Nova Scotia
Why Some Cites Die Off, by Liz Farmer
When Traditional Economic Development Strategies Don't Work, By Liz Farmer
These Governments are Running Out of Time, By Liz Farmer
The Warning Signs of Insolvency, By Liz Farmer
The Cost of Becoming a 'Waste Magnet', By Liz Farmer
Becoming Mayor of A Bankrupt City
Auctioning Off Water Systems, by Liz Farmer
5 Things I've Learned After a Decade of Reporting on Municipal Bankruptcy, By Liz Farmer
4 Things Everyone Should Know About State Financial Takeovers
Rethinking Financial Reporting, a Report by the GFOA
GFOA Fiscal Fluency Challenge Winner
Fiscal Fluency Made Easy, a Report by the GFOA

Strong Towns Deep Dives

Why Cities are Flying Blind When It Comes to Their Own Debt

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