After months of deliberation, the Bend City Council will vote Wednesday on whether to adopt a new set of goals  that will inform how the city designs its budget for the next two years.Â
The council has preliminarily decided upon goals outlined in six categories. The city estimates it has between $2 million to $3 million available, outside of existing programs and funding, to spend on addressing these goals, according to city documents.Â
Roughly $500,000 would go toward making city government more accessible, up to $250,000 would go toward environmental projects, about $750,000 would go toward projects that address safety, health, accountability and justice issues, about $250,000 would go toward boosting economic development and $50,000 would go toward transportation and infrastructure.Â
The largest chunk of money, $1.2 million, is allocated to go toward housing, which includes homelessness issues.Â
After the council adopts these goals, the city will create a budget that would begin in July and last through 2023.
More information about what kinds of projects or concepts fall under each category can be found in the meeting agenda on the city's website.
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