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Complete Document - City of Auburn

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<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Auburn</strong>Biennial Budget Calendar♦ <strong>City</strong> Manager, Finance and other departments involved in capital projects review andtentatively revise the six-year goals and Capital Improvement Plan based on Councilpriorities.♦ Department heads develop and submit to the <strong>City</strong> Manager proposed goals addressingCouncil priorities.♦ Budget forms and instructions distributed to department headsLate April 2004♦ Finance Department submits revenue estimates to <strong>City</strong> Manager for review.♦ Department Heads submit budget requests to Finance for compilation and review.May 2004♦ Finance compiles departmental budget requests and provides results to <strong>City</strong> Manager forreview.♦ <strong>City</strong> Manager reviews expenditure requests in context <strong>of</strong> revenue projections.♦ <strong>City</strong> Manager gives Finance Director guidelines for fund balance target, reductions inexpenditure requests, changes in the Capital Improvement Plan and revision <strong>of</strong> revenueprojections to include debt issuances.♦ Expenditure requests returned to department heads, if necessary, for decisions aboutreductions to be made.♦ Through this iterative process, a balanced budget that meets the fund balance target isdeveloped.♦ Proposed Budget document for FY 03 & 04 is published.June 2004♦ <strong>City</strong> Manager introduces the balanced biennial budget proposal to the <strong>City</strong> Council.♦ <strong>City</strong> Council conducts budget hearings with <strong>City</strong> Manager and department heads.♦ <strong>City</strong> Council makes Key Decisions presented by <strong>City</strong> Manager.♦ Capital Improvement Plan is revised to reflect Council’s decisions.♦ Public hearing on the budget is held at a regularly scheduled <strong>City</strong> Council meeting.July 2004♦ Biennial budget ordinance is adopted. State law requires adoption no later than the firstregular <strong>City</strong> Council meeting in October, which is the first month <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong>'s fiscal year.August 2004♦ Working Budget document, reflecting approved amounts per the budget ordinance, ispublished for use by the <strong>City</strong> staff in preparing purchase orders and bid invitations.September 2004♦ Conduct end <strong>of</strong> year budget review for fiscal year 2004. Amending budget ordinance isadopted to <strong>of</strong>ficially authorize budget changes approved by Council since mid-bienniumreview.November 2004♦ Comprehensive Budget document for FY 03 & 04 is published, reflecting amounts per thebudget ordinance.48

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