Financial Sustainability Task Force
The City of Port Townsend has established a Financial Sustainability Task Force to assist City leadership with the review and recommendation of long-term financial sustainability options. The Task Force began its work at their first meeting on November 18, 2022.
Financial sustainability is important so that the City can continue to meet ongoing and evolving community needs and aspirations over the long-term. Providing basic infrastructure and services that underpin a healthy natural environment, meaningful economic development, and a high quality of life for residents means carefully balancing the community’s ability to generate revenues and to match the cost of services and obligations over the long term.
Over the next few months, the Task Force will review information and materials regarding municipal budgeting and the City’s current department budgets and service levels. They will then be part of wider community engagement and subsequently provide recommendations to City Council by mid-2023 on potential revenue and expense options to ensure long-term viability of City services. You can learn more by visiting our Engage PT Hot Topics Page.
Task Force Members
- Catharine Robinson
- Earll Murman
- John Nowak
- Rick Jahnke
Meetings
The Task Force will meet five times between now and mid-2023. After the kick-off meeting in November 2022, subsequent meetings will be held in January, March, May and June. All scheduled meetings can be found on the Meeting Calendar and meeting agendas and minutes in the records and documents directory.
