Maplewood Citizen's Budget Advisory Committee

Does this entity still exist?  

No!

Would you happen to know why is doesn't?

CBAC was run by the Civic Association.  Head of the CBAC one year was unable to run the CBAC due to personal problems.  Civic Association leadership still has not appointed a replacement.

I was part of this when I first moved to town... 20 years ago? It was interesting... Well, that might be the wrong word. It was like watching paint dry, but it was fun to see the numbers. Came away with a very clear understanding that there's no silver bullet with this stuff. 

I attended for some time when Chet Ensign was running it (at least I think it was Chet, or maybe I'm confusing him running it with the influx of detailed spreadsheets?).  It was informative and did provide some insights and minor savings for consideration.  That said, Soul-29's conclusion i one you couldn't help come away with-- there's no silver bullet.  Would love to rejoin a revived cmte, if only to see whether the margins are still as tight. 

One benefit of the CBAC was the special [management] studies that examined how other jurisdictions were performing services in their own municipality and looked at ways in which the most effective methods could be applied in Maplewood.  Some of this has since been taken over by the more active advisory committees.  More is needed.  I would like to see the CBAC resurrected.

ctrzaska said:

I attended for some time when Chet Ensign was running it (at least I think it was Chet, or maybe I'm confusing him running it with the influx of detailed spreadsheets?).  It was informative and did provide some insights and minor savings for consideration.  That said, Soul-29's conclusion i one you couldn't help come away with-- there's no silver bullet.  Would love to rejoin a revived cmte, if only to see whether the margins are still as tight. 

Chet was the head of our subcommittee during most of the time you were involved.  Spread sheets were developed by subcommittee member Bart Albini.