Participatory Budgeting: Give the People What They Want

When it comes to budgeting public money, every dollar comes into question. What if taxpayers could provide input on how their money was to be spent? What if diverse stakeholders could come together and agree on how to jointly achieve the public’s goals? What if there was a way to build consensus before spending the taxpayers’ money? It’s actually happening. Get the story and insights from agencies that are engaging the public and stakeholders in participatory budgeting to align expenditures with the desires of taxpayers and a vision of the future.

Moderator: George Fotinos, Chief Financial Officer, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO), Houston, TX
Elaine Clegg, Chief Executive Officer, Valley Regional Transit, Meridian, ID
Janneke Strause, Associate Transportation Planner, Transportation Agency for Monterey County, Salinas, CA
Steve Crosley, Transit Integration Program Manager, King County Metro Transit, Seattle, WA