Budget Calendar

DEKALB COUNTY GOVERNMENT

FY 2010 BUDGET

January 1, 2010 thru December 31, 2010

 CALENDAR 

 

 

July   1, 2009         Finance Committee adopts budget calendar and format.

 

 

July    2, 2009        Budget request forms distributed to all departments.  County Board members also receive a form to submit for areas that they feel should be specifically addressed and/or studied.

 

 

July   6, 2009         The County Administrator and Deputy County Administrator begin to meet with County Board members (one at a time), for those who so desire, to discuss the budgets for their Committees and any special areas of interest.

 

 

Aug   3, 2009         All budget request forms from Board Members, Department Heads, and Outside Agencies are due back to the Finance Office.

 

 

Aug   4, 2009         The County Administrator and Deputy County Administrator begin to meet with each of the departments, if necessary, to discuss potential budget changes that are needed in their departments because of legislation or service needs.

 

 

Sept   2, 2009        1.       Budget Work-Books are electronically distributed to County Board Members.  This workbook would include copies of all documentation submitted by Departments. 

 

2.       The Finance Committee receives a recommendation on the entire budget from the County Administrator and Deputy County Administrator.  The proposal will include recommendations for department line-items which could be changed through an appeal process open to both Board members and Department Heads.

 

3.       Finance Committee sends the budget recommendation to the County Board to place it on file for public inspection.

 

 

Sept 16, 2009        1.       County Administrator and Deputy County Administrator hold a “Question & Answer Forum” for Board Members to further clarify the rationale behind the budget recommendations.  This will be at 6:00 prior to the monthly County Board meeting.

 

2.       County Board places budget on file for public inspection.

 

 

Sept 21, 2009        Last day for Board members or Department Heads to file an appeal concerning Staff budget recommendations.  Appeals will be assigned a title based on purpose rather than by the member who filed the appeal.   Appeals will then be reviewed by the appropriate Board Committee.  If the Committee concurs with the appeal, it will then be forwarded to the Finance Committee for a decision in November.

 

Sept 23, 2009        Board Committees begin budget discussions.  Focus will be primarily on areas which are appealed from the Administrative recommendation

 

Oct 26, 2009         Publish notice of public hearing on proposed budget and tax levy.

 

Oct 30, 2009         Board Committees complete reviews of any appeals which were filed concerning budgets for which they have over-sight.

 

Nov 4, 2009                    Finance Committee hosts public hearings on the proposed Budget and on the Tax Levy Ordinance.  Any appeals successful at the Standing Committee level are decided at this meeting. Overall final budget adjustments are made at this time and the entire budget is forwarded to the County Board for adoption.

 

Nov 18, 2009        County Board adopts Annual Budget and the Tax Levy Ordinance prior to the start of the fiscal year January 1, 2010.