Current Budget Information

Click here to view our new interactive budget website. 

Click here to view Amendments to the Tentative Appropriation Ordinance.  Per meeting rules, changes to the proposed amendments are listed as substitutions below:

Substitution to Amendment No. 9 (9-S)

FY 2020 Executive Budget Recommendation

(click the titles below to view the related budget document in PDF format)

Volume I Budget Overview FY 2020 Executive Budget Recommendation

Volume I Budget Overview FY 2020 Executive Budget Recommendation

• Introduction

  Introduction

• Executive Summary

  Executive Summary

• Revenue Estimate

  Revenue Estimate

• Proposed Expenditures

  Proposed Expenditures

• Capital Improvement Programs

  Capital Improvement Programs

• Resolution 

  Resolution 

• Financial Policies

  Financial Policies

• Appendices 

  Appendices 

Volume II – Department Line Item Budgets 

Volume II – Department Line Item Budgets 

• Finance and Administration

  Finance and Administration

• Healthcare

  Healthcare

• Property and Taxation

  Property and Taxation

• Public Safety

  Public Safety

• Fixed Charges and Special Appropriations

  Fixed Charges and Special Appropriations

Volume III – Classification and Compensation Schedule

Volume III – Classification and Compensation Schedule

About the Budget Process

The budget process begins in early summer when departments inform the Department of Budget and Management Services (DBMS) of their expected personnel and non-personnel needs for the next year. DBMS prepares revenue estimates and analyzes other resources available to accurately forecast the fiscal outlook for the coming year. 

DBMS prepares the preliminary budget forecast based on the departmental request and estimated collected revenues. A preliminary budget hearing was held in July to allow residents to express their opinions concerning items within the proposed budget. After receiving input from residents, the President of the County Board and DBMS worked with each department to develop a final executive budget recommendation.

The proposed executive budget recommendation will be available for public review at various locations throughout the County, as well as in the documents posted for download above and in the sidebar. Public hearings are conducted during which the Committee on Finance considers testimony from service providers, program staff, and the general public. 

After the hearings have been completed and any amendments inserted, the Board of Commissioners approves and adopts the Appropriation Bill, which authorizes funding and staffing levels for each department.