Over 50% of Ashland citizens struggle to pay their rent or mortgage.  The pandemic only intensified our need to rebuild our economic health. We must work together to address solutions to close our city's budget gap without the continuous pressure of tax increases on already struggling residents. We have to change how our institution functions by looking to outcomes based budgeting techniques which place a premium on managerial efficiency. 

 

We can do this with standard budget practices that the Ashland school district has used to maintain a balanced budget year after year, combined with an outcomes based budgeting approach, we can reduce the pain of budget cuts for the community as a whole and maintain essential city services.

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Overspending in the past five years has created a sizable deficit and the next Council is going to have to make some difficult decisions. I am committed to ensuring that essential city services are not neglected in this process. We can do something to change our cities financial viability for the citizens of today and tomorrow. 

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