The State and Local Planning program serves as staff for the State Planning Coordinator in facilitating coordination among all levels of government. The program also provides technical assistance to local governments as requested for developing and implementing land use plans. This program provides strategic and comprehensive planning and technical assistance. The program fulfills the statutory obligations of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to staff the Utah Quality Growth Commission. The Quality Growth Commission administers local government planning grants and the LeRay McAllister Critical Land Conservation Program. Program staff members also make recommendations to the Legislature regarding growth issues and implementing quality growth principles.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $342,300 from all sources for State and Local Planning. This is a 41.3 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $342,300 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 76.2 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.