The Budget Process
The Commissioners and County Manager are committed to keeping citizens informed of the budgetary situation. Citizens are invited to attend Board of Commissioners meetings, hear the County Manager’s Economic Updates and speak during the public comment period.
The budget process begins six months before the Board of Commissioners votes on the spending plan. Key dates given to members of the Wake County management team to allow them to prepare for the budget process are listed below.
Key Dates
Day | Month | Day | Activity |
Tuesday | December | 8 | Budget Kickoff |
Monday – Friday | December | 7,8,10 | Budget System training for new users and refreshers; the refresher course will have open lab format |
Monday | January | 25 | Departments submit reduction options to their base budgets |
Friday | January | 29 | Board of Commissioners Retreat (includes year-end projections, forecasts of FY11, reduction summaries, and budgeting strategies) |
Thursday | February | 18 | Senior Management Team (SMT) receives budget update and begins to review departments’ reduction options |
Tuesday | March | 2 | Begin Departmental budget hearings (Operating and Capital) with County Manager and Deputy County Managers |
Friday | April | 9 | Final budget hearing conducted |
Monday | May | 17 | County Manager recommends FY11 budget to County Commissioners at 2 p.m., Wake County Courthouse, Room 700 |
Monday | June | 7 | Public Hearings: Monday, June 7, 2009, 2 p.m., Wake County Courthouse, Room 700 Monday, June 7, 2009, 7 p.m., Commons Building, Wake County Office Park
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Monday | June | 21 | Adoption of FY11 Budget at 2 p.m., Wake County Courthouse, Room 700 |
