Staff requests the Board’s approval of the attached proposed FY 2021 Budget calendar.  Adoption of a budget calendar provides a framework within which staff can reasonably expect to plan its work for the upcoming budget process.  Additionally, adoption of the calendar establishes certain dates that can be communicated to encourage public participation in development of the budget.

The budget process was kicked off with a meeting for departments on September 19.  The CIP development will run concurrently with the budget development process for FY 2021 with additional and earlier opportunities for Board members to ask questions about projects and provide input.

Please note that we have planned the calendar to ensure we meet the 30-day advertisement period that occurs during a reassessment year and have planned around the Schools’ Spring Break (March 16-20).  The date of the budget, tax rate, and CIP public hearings is planned for Tuesday, March 31 at Courtland High School.  Please also note that all dates pertaining to the Schools’ budget are tentative at this time because the School Board has not yet finalized its calendar.

Ed Petrovitch, County Administrator;

Mary Sorrell, Finance Director;

Bonnie Jewell, Deputy Director of Finance for Budget; and

Holly Dove, Budget Analyst 

Budget dates for the Schools have not yet been finalized and are tentative pending the School Board’s approval of its FY 2021 Budget calendar.

If the budget calendar is not approved, the Board will need to decide at a later date how to handle the scheduling of necessary budget work sessions and the required public hearing.