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2021-2022 Budget Questions

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Responses to Budget Questions and Requests for Information 

1. For the benefit of the public's understanding, could the police department's budget be split out to show actual CHPD costs from Inspections costs in the various pie charts and tables?

2. I noted the inclusion of a position entitled "Communications & Public Affairs Director/Town Clerk" - are there plans to replace the CaPA Director position as a stand-alone role?

3. How do we go about aligning/shifting staffing as Council priorities shift – for example, implementation of the climate action plan may require additional staff time/resources than we currently have and we have continued to ramp up activity of the housing & community department though I don’t know if we have added any resources accordingly?

4. How important is it to do the Community Survey every two years?  Might it make sense to shift it to every three or four years?

5. How will the addition of a Crisis Counselor to the Crisis Unit expand current service offerings?

6. How are we making up for the anticipated reduction in HUD subsidy?

7. How is the Town's participation in the county GARE reflected in the budget - is that staff time or are there other associated costs?

8. How is Council's direction to incorporate the use of the racial equity toolkit to Town efforts and initiatives reflected in the budget?

9. How is the Council’s interest in new/updated/improved data gathering, reporting and sharing – such as the data on policing performance and additional topic dashboards (affordable housing dashboard) reflected in the budget?

10. Could Human Resources (HR) provide data on staff turnover rates overall and by department?

11. How long has the Town been conducting the Biennial Community Survey?

12. When is the last fiscal year in which the Affordable Housing Development Reserve (AHDR) funding level was increased? How much was that increase in AHDR funding levels by over the previous funding level?