Data-Driven Governance & Measuring Success

Within AuthorityGovernance1 barrier · 0 statutes

Audit Verdict · Within Authority

Performance goals, dashboards, open data, and results-based budgeting are administrative tools the mayor can implement directly.

City can act directly, subject to budget, staffing, and execution quality.

The Promise

Set department goals, publish dashboards, pair quantitative and community feedback, create a Community Impact Scorecard, build civic-tech partnerships, and tie budgeting to results.

Authority Scope

Administrative, executive action, budget-process design

Florida public-records law already requires broad disclosure, so the issue is presentation, management discipline, and staffing rather than authority.

Analysis

This is one of the cleanest city-side planks in the matrix. The city does not need Tallahassee to publish data, define metrics, or run a performance office.

Legislative Record

No separate municipal delivery record exists yet; this is a managerial test of whether the administration would build the reporting machinery it promises.

Implementation Barriers

§4Funding Gap Analysis

Many pledges across the audited inventory arrive without cost estimates or recurring funding sources — even as the existing city budget is already heavily committed.

No cost estimate for universal childcare, transit pass subsidies, or a new disability office
No funding source for expanded CVI, legal aid, or business disruption insurance
Ignores personnel-heavy budget: 62% of general fund is payroll and 55% goes to public safety

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Within-Authority Path · What Orlando could actually deliver

Build the performance office, publish dashboard cadences, define department metrics in public, and pair results-based budgeting with the broader civic-engagement process.