City of Southlake

Strategic Management & Budget

This page is dedicated to the overview of the City's Strategic Management and Budgeting documents and processes.

Strategic Management
In the City of Southlake, results and accountability are driven by a Strategic Management System (SMS). The system is made up of many components; this page provides links to the SMS plan and the City of Southlake's yearly budget document. The architects behind the SMS is the City Manager's Office with the support of the Executive Team. The SMS is constantly being refined and we invite you to check this page from time to time to check on our progress.  For an overview of Southlake's Strategic Management System  - click on this link. (This is a large file - we recommended that you right click and save to your computer.)

Annual Operating Budget
The City of Southlake adopts an operating budget annually that follows a fiscal year basis starting October 1st and ending on September 30th of the following year. To explain the City of Southlake's budgeting process, the City has prepared Budget 101 a webpage detailing the budget structure, funds and fund uses.Preparation of the annual operating budget is a primary function of the City Manager's Office and Finance Department and, once finalized, it is submitted to the City Council by August 15th each year for further review and adoption.