PHOENIX IS YOUR CITY - YOUTH BUDGET FORUM EXERCISE

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Youth Budget Forum Exercise
Directions:
Listed below are areas the city considered spending money on. During this exercise, you are a council member and must decide how to spend the city's budget. Please rank the items listed below in order of importance. Start by using "1" as the item you think is most important, then "2" as the second most important item, and so on. For the items listed below, you only have $1,000, which means you cannot fund everything.

Rank

Department

Item

Number
of
Employees

Cost

Parks and Recreation Increase the number of youth who can participate in a program that requires community service to youth who have committed a misdemeanor (shoplifting, curfew violation, etc.) for the first time.
1

$44

Arts Program Give money to schools and the community for art projects and murals.
0

$50

Fire Department Fun the injury prevention program in schools, which teaches elementary and junior high students how to prevent injuries.
13

$450

Human Services Provide counseling to approximately 200 youth under the age of 12 who commit a crime for the first time.
5

$201

Library Hire staff to open the Burton Barr Central Library's Music Room.
6

$89

Library Hire librarians to staff the children's section at several of the branch libraries.
4

$79

Police Hire 11 new School Resource Officers - Police officers who are assigned to a school campus for safety.
11

$425

Police Expand the DUI (drunk driving) enforcement squads.
0

$35

Police Expand drug squads
0

$38

Public Works Buy three electric powered vehicles.
0

$137

Street Transportation Expand the downtown litter control and clean-up.
2

$27

Total
$1575.00

Last Modified on 05/26/2006 10:54:59

Rank	Department	Item	Number of Employees	Cost
	Parks and Recreation	Increase the number of youth who can participate in a program that requires community service to youth who have committed a misdemeanor (shoplifting, curfew violation, etc.) for the first time.	1	$44
	Arts Program	Give money to schools and the community for art projects and murals.	0	$50
	Fire Department	Fun the injury prevention program in schools, which teaches elementary and junior high students how to prevent injuries.	13	$450
	Human Services	Provide counseling to approximately 200 youth under the age of 12 who commit a crime for the first time.	5	$201
	Library	Hire staff to open the Burton Barr Central Library's Music Room.	6	$89
	Library	Hire librarians to staff the children's section at several of the branch libraries.	4	$79
	Police	Hire 11 new School Resource Officers - Police officers who are assigned to a school campus for safety.	11	$425
	Police	Expand the DUI (drunk driving) enforcement squads.	0	$35
	Police	Expand drug squads	0	$38
	Public Works	Buy three electric powered vehicles.	0	$137
	Street Transportation	Expand the downtown litter control and clean-up.	2	$27
		Total		$1575.00