Getting Into the Details on Performance Based Accounting

The Manchester Board of Directors got into the details of Performance-Based Accounting on Tuesday night at the Board’s first December meeting and fleshed out more precisely the particulars of exactly what needs to be accomplished.  The Journal-Inquirer’s Kim Phillips covered the story:

“Republicans, including Deputy Mayor Matthew B. Peak who spearheaded the issue, campaigned this fall on implementing performance-based accounting, where residents and town employees are surveyed on what programs and services are most important to them.

From this survey, the success of those programs and services is measured through statistical analysis in a written report and budget decisions are made based on what the report concludes.”

This fall, the Republican candidates for the Board of Directors included ‘Performance-based Accounting’ in our Covenant with Manchester Taxpayers because local government needs to make fiscally responsible decisions.  This requires having easily accessible, readable reporting about the quality and quantity of town services that Manchester Town Government provides.  With Manchester’s debt obligations weighing heavily on the budget, every tax dollar needs to be carefully spent.  The Republican-led Board of Directors will do everything we can to ensure that this is the case.