Budget Calendar Fiscal Year 2006 - 2007

9/05 to 1/06 Prepare long-range financial forecast and preliminary short-term revenue projections. Management team sets overall budget preparation policies.
2/2/06 Budget Kick-off meeting. Orientation and training to be held at the Long Term Care Building in the conference room. Budget manual with instructions to be placed on the Budget Office web-site. Personnel control report and budget worksheets to be handed out at orientation.
Manual: Budget Orientation Manual FY08
3/3/06 Budget requests are entered into computer system and system is turned off. Capital outlay and new position requests are due to the Budget Office at same time.
3/6 to 3/31/06 Budget negotiation meetings are held with departments and the tentative budget is prepared.
4/25/06 CIP requests presented to the CIP committee. This includes new vehicles, facilities, and equipment.
4/27/06 New positions requests are presented to the Personnel Review committee.
6/21/06 Public hearing and adoption of the tentative budget by the Board of Supervisors.
7/06 to 8/06 Tentative budget advertised in the Florence Blade and Reminder Tribune.
8/2/06 Public hearing and adoption of the final budget by the Board of Supervisors.
8/9/06 Public hearing and adoption of property tax levies and rates by the Board of Supervisors. ARS 42-304 requires this action to follow final budget adoption by seven days.
9/15/06 Final Budget document published and available to the public