The Budget


In Wake County, the budget is adopted on a fiscal year, 12-month budget cycle that begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. Learn more about the budget process.

Revisions that alter the total appropriations of any fund must be approved by the Board of Commissioners. The County Manager is authorized to transfer budgeted amounts within any fund; however, any transfers exceeding $75,000 shall be reported to the Board of Commissioners.

The WATCH financial search lists the budget totals for each department. Since the General Fund budget may change during the year, we have listed all changes impacting the total beginning with the adoption of the budget for the fiscal year. You can view video and agenda items from Board of Commissioners' meetings related to the budget adoption and changes by clicking the link for each item below.

2010 Fiscal Year Budget

Adopted Budget

$953,600,000

Date: Item: Amount:
08/03/09 Accept and Appropriate $25,459 in One-Time Grant Funding from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for the HIV/STD Peer Education Program $953,600,000
Amended Budget $956,290,022



2009 Fiscal Year Budget

Adopted Budget

$984,360,000
Obligations carried forward from prior fiscal year $4,165,043

Date: Item: Amount:
08/18/08 Town of Wake Forest Centennial Celebration Request $40,000
08/18/08 Acceptance of a Grant for a Nurse Family Partnership $405,393
09/15/08 Accept and Appropriate $12,478 from the Criminal Justice Partnership Program Grant for the Day Reporting Center for FY 2009 $12,478
09/15/08 Accept Additional State Funding and Add 6.3 FTEs to the FY 2008-09 Budget for the Women, Infants, and Children’s (WIC) Program $306,135
10/06/08 Accept $20,110 from the NC Department of Health and Human Services for the Project DIRECT (Diabetes Interventions Reaching & Educating Communities Together) Academy Workshop $54,000
10/06/08 Establish a Mobile Crisis Management Team and Add 6.5 FTEs $255,166
10/20/08 Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Funds $67,040
10/20/08 Ryan White Title II Care Services Program Funding from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services $227,569
10/20/08 Approval of a Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services (MH/DD/SAS) Budget Revision and Add One FTE $607,743
10/20/08 Appropriation from the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Wake County SmartStart funds for Child Care Subsidy and Add 7.5 FTEs $2,792,093
12/01/08 Accept and Appropriate $66,817 in Work First Demonstration Grant Funds $66,817
01/12/09 Accept and Appropriate $813,283 in Additional Federal Funds for the Crisis Intervention Program $40,000
01/12/09 Town of Fuquay-Varina’s 2009 Centennial Celebration $813,283
02/02/09 Amendment to the Agreement with the Wake County Board of Education for Reclaiming Sales Tax Paid on Construction of New Schools and Major Renovation of Existing Schools ($22,991,892)
04/20/09 Accept and Appropriate $561,878 in Additional Federal Funds for the County’s Crisis Intervention Program $561,878
04/20/09 Accept and Appropriate $83,545 in Additional State Funds for the Progress Energy Neighbor Funds $83,545
05/04/09 Accept and Appropriate $50,000 of State Funding for Family Planning Title X Funding $50,000
05/04/09 Accept and Appropriate $975,000 from the North Carolina Division of Child Development for Child Care Subsidy $975,000
05/04/09 Accept and Appropriate a $168,000 New Freedom Grant from the Federal Transit Administration for the Wake Coordinated Transportation Services (WCTS) and $42,000 in Matching Funds $210,000
05/04/09 Accept and Appropriate $250,249 from the N.C. Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Rural Operating Assistance Fund and Appropriate $74,709 in Matching Funds from the Wake Transportation Services’ (WCTS) Fund Balance $324,958
05/18/09 Accept and Appropriate $50,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Administrative Funding for Food and Nutrition Services $50,000
Amended Budget $973,476,249