Huntington City Budget Proposal

TO: Burnis Morris
FROM: Laura Hatfield
RE: 2012 Huntington City budget
03/17/11

Subject: Proposed 2011-2012 Huntington City Budget

Scope: I will research the city budget to find where the City of Huntington’s money goes and what the major sources of the funding are. I will report on the entire budget as a whole and the Huntington Sheriff’s Department in terms of the budget.

Need: The people of the city need to be aware as to where their money is going. The people have a right to be informed of the business aspects of the city.

Methods: This story can be documented by retrieving the 2012 city budget. I will also conduct interviews with the people involved with the budget and look for past articles about the past 3 budgets for comparisons.

Sources: I will search the 2012 city budget for all of the exact numbers in the budget to calculate increases and decreases. I will also conduct interviews with the Mayor of Huntington regarding the budget and the Sheriff regarding the money proposed for the Sheriff’s Department in the budget.

Presentation: I will do a main article on the overall proposed budget. I will use charts and graphs to show where the money is coming from and what departments it goes to. I will also write a side bar article about the Sheriff’s Department to determine how much money is proposed for the Sheriff’s Department and why.

Follow-up: Once the budget is finalized, I will write a story about the adoption of the budget and any changes made to it.