The mission of the Budget office is to provide information, analysis, and staff support sufficient for the County Administrator and the Board of County Commissioners to make well informed financial, program and management decisions.

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Budget Office Objectives and Priorities

• Point of contact for departmental budget issues
• Grants oversight
• Revenue and expenditure forecasting
• Monitoring the debt schedule and funds
• Estimating cash balances
• Conducting statistical analysis, and preparing studies at the request of the County Administrator or the Board of County Commissioners
• Facilitate the expansion of public education on the county budget

Budget Process

The Board of County Commissioners adopts a budget prepared by a process defined in Chapter 129 of the Florida Statutes. The County Administrator is designated as the Budget Officer and is charged with the responsibility of carrying out all county budgetary duties set forth in Chapter 129, Florida Statutes.

All persons or entities, groups or associations, which have any interest in obtaining funding from the County Commission for any purposes, should file a request for such funding not later than June 1, 2008. These requests must be in writing and must set forth the name of the party requesting funding, the purpose of the funding, and the amount requested. Please note that the Board of County Commissioners cannot grant approval to every request made of it. Requests not filed in writing by June 1, 2008, will not be considered further during the budgetary process, which will conclude with adoption of the budget on or before October 1, 2008.