As soon as John Marchione took office as the mayor of the City of Redmond, Washington, in January 2008, he announced that the city was going to adopt a ‘budgeting by priorities’ approach to developing its next biennial budget, which was slated to go before the city council for approval in the fourth quarter. For this article GFOA's Katie Ludwig interviewed staff from the City of Redmond to discuss their journey, culture, change, and the impact on the City's budget process.

• Publication date: December 2022
• Author: Katie Ludwig