Columbia Association
In August, 2004, I was appointed to the Budget Committee. This committee of five was charged with reviewing the pilot two-year budget process, making a five-year analysis of the internal economic model, and to examine the long-term debt management policy of the corporation.
Over the years, I was reappointed in 2005 through 2008 and after that, to the Financial Advisory Committee until 2010. In 2005, I was elected chairman by the committee, a position I held until 2009. The committees were asked to look at long term debt management, review the allocation formulae, review the budget format several times, financial projections, and look at the effects of redeveloping downtown Columbia. The committees were asked to start keeping minutes in 2007 and those should all be linked in the related posts, below.
As an aside, it was my experience on the Budget Committee that spurred me into studying public financial management. I had even wanted to write my dissertation on predicting municipal bankruptcy, a project that grew straight out of our 2005 charge, where board member Phil Marcus had asked us to look at the Altman’s Z-score.
Related Posts
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- Financial Metrics for Homeowners' Associations (14 Mar 2014)
- Review of the CA's Business Plan (13 Apr 2010)
- Review of the Columbia Association's Fiscal Targets (11 Mar 2010)
- Financial Advisory Committee Meeting Tonight (13 Oct 2009)
- The Financial Advisory Committee has Recommenced (30 Sep 2009)
- Thank You (26 Apr 2009)
- Who is a Stakeholder? (18 Apr 2009)
- Greening the Columbia Association (17 Apr 2009)
- Mass Transit Alternatives for Columbians (11 Apr 2009)
- CA Openness and Transparency (07 Apr 2009)
- Baltimore Sun Story on the CA Election (05 Apr 2009)
- Join My Facebook Page (31 Mar 2009)
- Fitch Affirms CA's AA Credit Rating (24 Mar 2009)
- My Candidate Statement for the Columbia Council (23 Mar 2009)
- Village Revitalization and the Columbia Association (17 Mar 2009)
- My Candidacy for the Columbia Council (16 Mar 2009)
- Financial Advisory Committee Reports to the Columbia Association (3) (13 Feb 2009)
- Financial Advisory Committee Reports to the Columbia Association (2) (13 Feb 2009)
- Financial Advisory Committee Reports to the Columbia Association (1) (13 Feb 2009)
- Budget Committee Renamed (29 Aug 2008)
- CA Budget Committee Report on the Proposal to Lower the Assessment Increase Cap (24 Apr 2008)
- New Budget Committee Meetings (27 Mar 2008)
- Columbia Needs Municipal Wireless (11 Mar 2008)
- CA Budget Committee Called Back (05 Mar 2008)
- Letter to the Columbia Association on the Availability of the Budget Committee during the Spring of 2008 (04 Mar 2008)
- Columbia Association Budget Committee Minutes (January 30, 2008) (13 Feb 2008)
- Engaging the Public Through Technology (09 Feb 2008)
- 2008 Budget Committee Final Reports (08 Feb 2008)
- 2008 Budget Committee Wrapup (02 Feb 2008)
- New City Upon a Hill: A History of Columbia, Maryland (02 Feb 2008)
- Correction, Budget Meeting on 1/30 (30 Jan 2008)
- Budget Committee meeting for 1/23 rescheduled (21 Jan 2008)
- Budget Committee Minutes, 10/24, 11/28 (18 Jan 2008)
- Columbia Association Budget Committee Minutes (November 28, 2007) (18 Jan 2008)
- Columbia Association Budget Committee Minutes (October 24, 2007) (18 Jan 2008)
- Budget Committee Letter on the Health Benefits Charge (07 Dec 2007)
- Follow-up Letter on Non-Disclosure Agreements (14 Nov 2007)
- Columbia Association Budget Committee Minutes (September 26, 2007) (29 Oct 2007)
- Columbia Association Budget Committee Minutes (September 20, 2007) (29 Oct 2007)
- Columbia Association Budget Committee Minutes (August 22, 2007) (29 Oct 2007)
- Regarding Non-Disclosure Agreements (15 Sep 2007)
- Budget Committee minutes, February 7, 2007 (29 Aug 2007)
- 2008 Budget Committee Meeting Schedule (22 Aug 2007)
- Letter regarding non-financial performance metrics (20 Jun 2007)
- Non-financial performance metrics (10 May 2007)
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