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BUDGET CALENDAR
          DATE            DONE BY     TYPE        TASK/ACTION
          DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET (March - May)
          March 15        All Depts   Meeting     Budget Planning Meeting - City Manager presents budget goals and expectations
                                                  followed by budget preparation instructions from Finance Department and distribution of
                                                  budget files and forms.
          April 4         All Depts   Deadline    Personnel request due to Human Resources Department
          April 11        All Depts   Deadline    Capital requests due to Finance Department
                                                  Fleet requests due to  Fleet Division
                                                  IT requests due to IT Department
          April 30        All Depts   Deadline    Division budgets, Decision Packages, Rate Change Recommendations and Revenue
                                                  Estimates due to Finance
          May 25          Finance     Deadline    City Manager's Working Copy due.  A working draft of the line item budget with Fund
                                                  Summaries and Decision Packages are provided to the City Manager.
          CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET (June & July)
          June            Finance     Meetings    Budget reviews with City Manager
          June, July      All Depts   Meetings    Budget reviews with departments
          July 9          Finance     Publish     Publish Notice of Public Hearing for CCPD Budget.  This hearing will be held by the
                                                  CCPD Board (7/26/18 Meeting ).   The proposed CCPD Budget is filed with the City
                                                  Secretary for review and inspection by the general public.
          CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET (July to September)
          July 20         TAD         Tax         Receive certified tax roll from TAD.
          July 23         Council     Deadline    Budget Proposal - Proposed budget is formally presented by the City Manager to the
                                                  City Council for review prior to the first budget workshop.
          July 26         CCPD        Meeting     CCPD Public Hearing - The CCPD conducts a public hearing on the proposed budget.
          July 30         Council     Work Session  Budget Workshop - The Proposed Budget is reviewed by the City Council.  City
                                                  Council will schedule additional Budget Workshops as needed.
          August 13       Council     Meeting     At Regular Council Meeting, the City Council will discuss the tax rate needed to
                                                  support the Proposed Budget.  If the Proposed tax rate will rasie more revenue than
                                                  the preceding year, the Council must take a Record Vote and schedule a Public
                                                  Hearing.
                                                  CCPD Public Hearing - City Council conducts a public hearing to approve or reject the
                                                  CCPD Proposed Budget.  If rejected, the Council and CCPD Board must meet together
                                                  to amend and approve the budget before the beginning of the fiscal year.
          August 20       Council     Meeting     At Regular Council Meeting, the Council will conduct the first required Public Hearing
                                                  on the proposed property tax rate.
          August 27       Council     Meeting     At a Special Council Meeting, the Council will conduct the second required Public
                                                  Hearing on the proposed property tax rate.
                                                  A Public  Hearing on the Proposed Budget per LGC 102.006 and Sec 5.02 of the City
                                                  Charter is conducted.  This Public Hearing is for the City Budget and the CCPD Budget.
                                                  First reading of the Budget Appropriations, Tax Rate, and other Rate Ordinances.

                                                  Council must schedule and announce a meeting to adopt the tax rate no less than
                                                  three and no more than fourteen days from this date.
          September 10    Council     Meeting     At regular Council Meeting, the Council will conduct the second reading/ approval of
                                                  the Budget Appropriations, Tax Rate Ordinance and other Rate Ordinances.  The
                                                  Council must by state law adopt the Budget Appropriations Ordinance first, then the
                                                  Tax Rate Ordinance.  This must occur no sooner than three and no more than fourteen
                                                  days from the August 29 meeting.
                                                  Other documents to be approved include:
                                                      - Authorized signatures designated.
                                                      - Investment policy approved.
                                                      - Fee Schedule approved.
          IMPLEMENTATION (October - September)
          October 1       All Depts   Deadline    New fiscal year budget begins
          December 8      Finance     Deadline    Final budget document due to Government Finance Officers Association
          January 5       Finance     Deadline    Final budget document printed and distributed



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