Gunnison County Produces First Performance Budget (and It's Our First Podcast!)

Congratulations to Gunnison County, Colorado, for their production of their first Performance-Based Budget!

Gunnison, with approximately 200 total employees and a total of six employees in their Finance Department, has created a staff-recommended budget that presents financial and performance information at the Activity level for all of their departments and offices. The new process and

approach are receiving strong feedback already from department leaders, elected officials, and the public.

We took a few minutes recently to talk with Gunnison's Finance Director Linda Nienhueser and Assistant Finance Director Ben Cowan about their accomplishment - and about how they were able to accomplish what governments many times their size struggle to make happen.

You can listen to the discussion by clicking here. It's about 15 minutes long and provides a great overview of their success.

(When you click the link, the mp3 file should play in your browser. If you have any problems please contact William Aaron at waaron@weidnerinc.com.)

You can download a PDF copy of Gunnison's staff recommended budget by clicking here.