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City of Saginaw

                                                    Budget Calendar
                                                         2020-2021



            Date              Activity
            April 7           City Council workshop to discuss budget issues and property tax rate changes


            April 21          City Council workshop to discuss Long Range Financial Plan

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            April 30          1  Estimate of 2020 taxable values received from Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD).

            May 4             Distribute budget instructions and worksheets to Department Heads.

            May 15            Prepare preliminary revenue estimates for 2020-2021 budget.


                              Department Heads submit 2020-2021 budget requests to Finance Director.  This includes 5
            May 18
                              year plans with staffing and capital planning.

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            May 22            2  Estimate of 2020 taxable values received from TAD.

            May 27            Budget submitted to City Manager and Assistant City Manager.

                              Pre-Budget Conferences held between City Manager, Asst. City Manager/Finance Director,
            June 3 & 4        Asst. Finance Director/Budget Analyst and Department Heads to discuss budget requests
                              and five year plans.


            June 15           3rd Estimate of 2020 taxable values from TAD.

                              Receive 2020 certified appraisal roll from TAD and calculate Effective and Rollback Tax
            July 24
                              Rates.

            July 31           Final review and decisions on proposed budget.  Prepare budget message.



            August 15         City Council Budget Retreat - City Council reviews Proposed Budget and related issues


                              Publish Notice of Property Tax Rates/Tax Rate Public Hearing in newspaper and on
            August 20
                              website.

            September 3       Publish Notice of Budget Public Hearing


                              Council Meeting - Public Hearing on 2019-2020 Revised Budget, Public Hearing on 2020-
            September 15
                              2021 Proposed Budget and tax rates, vote to adopt tax rates, and other fee/rate increases.


            October 1         Fiscal year 2020-2021 begins.




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