Budgeting to Maintain City Services

When preparing our annual budgets, the Administration uses as its “road map” the vision and mission statement of the City and how the budget must reflect the priorities set forth by the City Council in its eight core goals.

• City of Durham Vision Statement

  Durham will be North Carolina’s leading city in providing an excellent and sustainable quality of life.
  
  

• City of Durham Mission Statement

  To deliver cost effective, highly responsive services with integrity and friendliness.
  
  

• City Council Goals

  • All Durham citizens are safe.
  • Every citizen in Durham has access to adequate, safe, and affordable housing.
  • Durham enjoys a prosperous economy.
  • Durham citizens enjoy a healthy environment.
  • Durham citizens enjoy sustainable, thriving neighborhoods with efficient and well-maintained infrastructure.
  • Durham citizens enjoy a City rich in aesthetic beauty.
  • Durham citizens enjoy a vibrant City that embraces and promotes its cultural diversity and heritage.
  • Durham citizens enjoy an efficient and accountable City government.

Included in this document are the 2008-2009 Department Programs and Budget Allocations.