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County Of Marin: Administrator's Office - Budget Cycle Calendar

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Administrator's Office - Budget Cycle Calendar

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January	Departments begin planning for the coming fiscal year and begin to prepare budget requests.
February	Departments submit estimates of current year expenditures and budget requests covering current and proposed programs or changes to the County Administrator and the County Auditor-Controller. The Auditor-Controller prepares an analysis of expected revenue. The County Administrator meets with departments to review current year department program results, priorities and budget issues mid-year to inform budget planning. Determination is made of funding available for the current budget.
March	Budget requests are reviewed and analyzed by the County Administrator. Preliminary comparison of total requests with total anticipated revenue is made in consultation with Auditor-Controller.
April	The County Administrator makes preliminary expenditure adjustments to bring proposed total expenditures in line with total anticipated revenues. The County Administrator meets with department heads to discuss budget requests and financing limits.
May	Departments amend their requests and the County Administrator prepares the final recommendation for a balanced budget based on the latest available information
June	The proposed budget is presented to the Board of Supervisors. Copies of the Proposed Budget are available at the County Administrator's Office for the public, or copies may be studied at local public libraries. The Proposed Budget is adopted by the Board and becomes the legal authority to continue services until the final budget is adopted.
July	Public budget hearings are conducted by the Board of Supervisors. The calendar for these hearings is published in local newspapers. Precise dates and times are available at the Office of the Clerk of the Board or in the departments concerned. Final budgets are approved by the Board at the end of the hearings.
August	At the end of the public hearings, the Board formally adopts the approved balanced budget and sets the tax rates within constitutional limits.
November	Departments submit capitol improvement requests for the next fiscal year.

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