Case Study: Liberty Lake, Washington optimizes budgeting flexibility and priorities with Tyler Technologies Priority Based Budgeting

Liberty Lake, Washington ties 71% of new funding to priorities with Tyler Technologies

The city of Liberty Lake, Washington, faced a challenge with its outdated, line-item budgeting process, which was rigid and not strategic enough to handle future infrastructure and financial pressures. To achieve proactive planning and strategic alignment, the city partnered with Tyler Technologies to implement its Priority Based Budgeting solution.

Tyler's Priority Based Budgeting solution transformed the city's approach by using an AI-enabled platform to analyze program costs and align them with community priorities. This provided Liberty Lake with greater flexibility and transparency, enabling them to demonstrate that 71% of new funding requests were tied to top-priority programs. The implementation by Tyler Technologies helped the city council prepare for workshops and reinforced a strategic understanding of budget requests beyond mere dollars and cents.