Budget Process/Timeline

January

  • Revenue projections (sales, property taxes, etc.) are estimated for coming year

February/March

  • Funding (projected revenues) is allocated to Departments
  • Departments begin creating spending plans

April/May

  • Department budgets are refined and adjusted

June

  • Public Hearings on the Recommended Budget before the Board of Supervisors
  • Board of Supervisors approve the budget

July 1- New Fiscal year begins

August

  • Implement budget
  • Monitor state budget

September

  • Adopt Budget, incorporating state impacts

October

  • Public outreach about next fiscal year's budget begins​

November

  • Begin working on next fiscal year budget

December

  • Complete year-end review
  • Monitor revenues and expenditures – adjust as necessary