Attachment B

ALTERNATIVE FY 09/10 OPERATING BUDGET CALENDAR

August 2008

   13      Operating budget instruction manual and forms posted to budget site

   22      CIP project requests due to OMB

   29      Community agency applications distributed

October 2008

    1      Joint Compensation meeting with School Board

   17      Department budget submissions due to OMB

November 2008

    5      Preliminary FY 09/10 revenue projections, school allocation, and capital transfer estimates to the Board of Supervisors (BOS)

    5      BOS Work Session – Five Year Financial Plan    

   12      BOS Work Session – Five Year Financial Plan    

   12      CIP project information to Oversight Committee

   14      Community agency applications due to OMB

   17      CIP Oversight Committee Meeting #1

   24      CIP Oversight Committee Meeting #2

   26      CIP Oversight Committee Meeting #3 (if needed)

December 2008

    3      BOS Work Session – Five Year Financial Plan

   10      Oversight Committee CIP Recommendation to Joint meeting of BOS/School Board

   19      Special revenue fund requests due to OMB

January 2009

   27      General fund and local government special revenue funds balanced

February 2009

    4      Summary Recommended Budget Information to BOS – Local Government

    6      Summary Budget Information to BOS – Schools

    9      BOS Work Session – Local Government

   11      BOS Work Session – School Division

   18      Public hearing on the County Executive’s Recommended Budget

   25      BOS Work Session – Set Proposed Tax Rate for Public Hearing                    

   26      County Executive’s Recommended Budget document published

March 2009

    1      Advertise tax rate for April public hearing

   2      BOS Work Session – General Government

    4      BOS Work Session – School Division

    9      BOS Work Session – CIP

11      BOS Work Session (if needed)

April 2009

    1      Public Hearing on the 2009 calendar year tax rate

    1      Public Hearing on the FY 09/10 Proposed Operating and Capital Budgets  

6-10      Spring Break

    8      BOS adopts FY 09/10 budget

    8      BOS adopts the 2009 calendar year tax rate

June 2009

    3      BOS approves the FY 09/10 Appropriation Resolution