BUDGET COMMITTEE

Budgeting Process

The City of John Day Charter requires the city manager to prepare and transmit to the council an annual budget. The city manager is assisted in this responsibility by a budget committee made up of local residents. Committee members are appointed by the city council and serve for a three-year term. The budget committee reviews and may revise the proposed budget before it is formally adopted

Budgeting Process

Municipal budgets must be prepared in compliance with Oregon Revised Statue Chapter 294 — County and Municipal Financial Administration. The budgeting process has four parts. The budget is: 1) prepared, 2) approved, 3) adopted, and 4) executed. The process begins in December and concludes in June, with the new budget taking effect on July 1st, the start of the City's new fiscal year.

Citizen Involvement

Local Budget Law is designed to give the public ample opportunity to participate in the budgeting process. After the budget committee approves the budget, the city council publishes a summary of the budget and holds a public hearing, at which any person may appear for or against any item in the budget. These requirements encourage public participation in budget making. They also give public exposure to budgeted programs and fiscal policies before the City adopts the budget.