No more numbers, but a clear card with pictures. For example, the municipal budget of Coevorden must be presented from next year. “I’m thinking of a kind of placemat, nice to wake up with breakfast.”
Alderman Steven Stegen (BCC2014) said the latter on Tuesday evening during the budget meeting in Coevorden. According to the councilor, a kind of ‘budget at a glance’ should ensure that the amount of information from the budget is presented in an easy and readable manner, with the aim of allowing more people to get to grips with it. As accessible as possible.
The councilor was responding to a proposal from Jerry Stoker (PAC), who pointed to the way in which the municipality of Groningen has been presenting its budget for some time as an example. “It could all be a bit clearer and more transparent, because the way we have to read the documents now, it is difficult enough for an average council member.”