We asked local government leaders attending the 2021 ICMA Conference in
Portland, Oregon, how they would define a 21st-century budget:

"Value-Based Process, Cross-Organizational, Goal Aligned, Equity Focused, Collaborative, Prioritized, Inclusive, Program Based, and Outcome-Driven"

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ICMA University Attendees

How Can ResourceX Bring Your Budget Process in the 21st Century?

Priority Based Budgeting is a recognized best practice, and ResourceX has implemented this methodology in over 300 municipalities across North America. Our web-based software, OnlinePBB, makes the process efficient, scalable, and accessible for your entire organization.
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"You included council in a budget meeting that was fully inclusive. You laid it out. It wasn't just thrown in a book and left for us to interpret and make some guesses at. It's a much-improved and open process. That's the way government should operate."

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Matt Dalby
City Council Member | City of Ottumwa

Build Your Proposed Budget in OnlinePBB

With OnlinePBB Budgeter, you can create budget requests at the program level with built-in cost and program data to serve as a fully built decision package. Programs increase accessibility and communicability between organizational staff and elected officials tasked with understanding requests and making decisions.

Start Programmatically

Utilize your Priority Based Budgeting data to contextualize your request making it easy to communicate and understand for all parties.

Create Program Requests

Indicate the budget change and other customizable characteristics for each program request. Identify the associated line item impact for each request.

Refine Each Request

Customize additional fields to capture necessary information for a complete budget decision package. Utilize reports to review all data associated with every request.

Review & Approve Requests

Evaluate requests according to overall priorities and attributes. Easily use the Excel output to create a new budget reflecting the approved requests in OnlinePBB.

Programs Build a Shared Language that Improve Outcomes

Because budget requests occur at the program level, a wealth of data already exists when the request is created. As each budget request moves through the review process, the information tied to that program budget request becomes more robust. The process also includes checkpoints when requests become recommendations and then can become approved budget requests. Once the request process is complete and the approved requests are determined, that year's PBB data reflects your next year's proposed budget.
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Budgeter Solves the Line-Item Challenge

Line item budget requests are "all or nothing." They tell decision-makers an all-in number, but nothing about the programs impacted by the increase or decrease being requested.

These budget requests don't provide the opportunity to departments to genuinely consider, "What do I need this year?" "Do I need more?" "Can I justify what I had last year?" "Can I use these resources somewhere else?"

Program Requests Offer More Transparency

For Both Departments and Decision-Makers

Program-centric budgeting, where budget recommendations are communicated by departments and evaluated by decision-makers regarding the programs they impact and the results they'll achieve, is a game-changer in understanding budgets. It clarifies each request so that organizations are sure about what they are approving and how each approval goes towards achieving their overall vision.

"The magic happens when you're not just telling a compelling story, but you're solidifying your budget data in the tools and preparing next year's budget."

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Chris Fabian
CEO and Co-Founder | ResourceX

Bridging the Gap

OnlinePBB Budgeter Bridges the gap between your PBB data and your budget process. Organically create your proposed budget through a budget requester built into your OnlinePBB tools. Work programmatically to allow for budget accessibility and strategic discussion at the program level while utilizing your budget data for decision-making accuracy.
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Learn more about OnlinePBB Budgeter

Quick Overview

Budgeter Demo

Program Budgeting