The economic environment heading into FY2027 is asking government finance teams to do something most budget processes were never designed to do: plan for multiple futures at once. Federal funding is uncertain, inflation continues to pressure operating costs, and the end of ARPA relief has left many Southeast governments with structural gaps they’re still working through. At the same time, Florida’s HB 1329 is raising the bar on public transparency and financial accountability, adding new production requirements on top of an already stretched budget process. 

This webinar is for finance directors and budget officers in the Southeast who are navigating all of it at once. We’ll focus on scenario planning as a practical skill and show how governments that build multiple budget scenarios into their process are better positioned to respond when conditions shift, communicate clearly with elected officials, and build public trust in how decisions get made.

What you’ll take away:

• Why scenario planning has moved from best practice to baseline expectation
• How to build and use scenarios that actually inform decisions
• What ARPA runoff and HB 1329 reveal about your current process
• What a more resilient, defensible budget process looks like in practice
• A real peer example: we’ll share how the City of Lakeway, Texas streamlined their budget process and what the results looked like for their team