BUDGET

out the spending from the previous year. ey begin working on their spending plan for the coming year in spring, with department

Premier Members Credit Union hosting food drive ey include locations at 755 E. 144th Ave. in ornton, the sites at 10339 N. Federal Blvd and 8440 Federal Blvd. in Westminster and the locations in Firestone and Erie.

Premier Members Credit Union will be collecting donations for local food pantries during the entire month of August. Visit your local Premier Members Credit Union branch, or their corporate o ces in Broom eld to donate. Each branch chose a local food pantry to donate to ensure all donations stay local to that community.

Locally, ve branches of the credit union are hosting collections sites.

“We always want to provide support heads reviewing and considering requests in July. to our local communities,” said Carlos Pacheco, CEO of Premier Members Credit Union. “One of our company pillars is Premier: Gives, where we provide the communities we serve with funds and employee volunteers to support initiatives of education,nancial literacy, and basic needs. is food drive will help many members of our communities to thrive.”

“My team and I, we go through three and ve year averages, we look at trends, we look at state and local forecasting and basically everything until we can get to develop the best revenue forecast we can,” Johnson said.

Farm to Market tickets on sale

Tickets for Farm to Table, a fundraising event for the Platte Valley Medical Foundation scheduled for Aug. 17 or on sale now.

e Foundation’s biennial fundraising campaign will bene t women’s health services to help women connect with the care they

Johnson outlined some of the expected costs.

“If you look at the items, pretty much every one, in ation items for materials and services and salaries and bene t increases are the main drivers of cost for most departments,” he said.

For example, sta is suggested a $5.5 million increase in the general fund spending for most city departments — including public safety, public works, city administration and parks recreation and need throughout their adult years and to support area women who do not always prioritize their own health needs. e foundation hopes to raise $500,000 in the campaign cycle. ey conduct multiple fundraising e orts annually with Farm to Table as the largest event. e event garners so much support that it often sells out long before the date. is year, Muñoz reserved a block of tickets that are available to the public for $75 each. ey are available at https://ftt2023.cbo.io. golf. at includes departmental salary and wage increases of $1.3 million for police and re and $373,000 for public works.

Farm to Table will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 17 on the hospital campus. Platte Valley Medical Center’s Chef Mike Anderson uses produce donated by area farmers to create a gourmet meal for about 450 guests.

City Manager Rogers said he’s inclined to take a very pragmatic approach to municipal spending. “It leads us to think more about execution as opposed to just inputs,” Rogers said. “We are looking for measurable results as opposed to just looking at an account line and adding dollars to it. We want to know what we are actually getting.”