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§ C603 BROOME COUNTY CHARTER AND CODE § C606
(1) An operation and maintenance expense budget; and
(2) The capital budget covering debt service, down payments and other current capital
financing and proposed borrowing, if any.
All, or any portion of, unappropriated, unreserved fund balances at the end of each
completed fiscal year, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, and except where appropriated
for a capital improvement or other authorized continuing project, may be treated as revenues
for the County budget of the ensuing fiscal year. [Amended 10-19-2000 by L.L. No.
15-2000]
§ C604. Budget message.
The County Executive shall also submit with the proposed budget a message explaining the
main features of the budget, including, among other things, a general summary thereof with
such supporting schedules as he may deem desirable, or the County Legislature may by
resolution require. Such schedules shall exhibit the aggregate figures of the proposed budget
in such manner as to show a balanced relationship between the total estimated expenditures
and the total income for the ensuing fiscal year and shall compare these figures with the
actual receipts and expenditures for the last completed fiscal year and the appropriations for
the current fiscal year. Such budget message shall also outline the existing and any proposed
financial policies of the County relating to the capital program, describing each capital
improvement proposed to be undertaken within the ensuing fiscal year, showing the estimated
cost, the pending or proposed method of financing it and the projected operation and
maintenance expense. The budget message shall contain such additional information or
comments as are deemed advisable by the County Executive.
§ C605. Review of proposed budget; capital program and message. [Amended
10-2-1979 by L.L. No. 9-1979]
The County Legislature, or a committee designated by that body, shall review the proposed
budget, the capital program and the budget message as submitted by the County Executive
and shall file with the Clerk of the County Legislature its report, including any
recommendations proposed therein. Such report shall become a public record in the office of
the Clerk of the County Legislature, and copies thereof shall be made available by such Clerk
for distribution.
§ C606. Public hearing.
Not later than the 20th day of October, the Clerk of the County Legislature shall cause to be
published in the official newspapers and such other newspapers as may be designated by the
County Legislature a notice of the place and time, not less than seven (7) days after such
publication nor later than the first day of November, at which time the County Legislature
will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget, the capital program, the budget message
submitted by the County Executive and any report, if submitted, by the County Legislature or
a committee designated by that body.
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