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  • TOWNSHIP BULLETIN AND UNIFORM COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES

    Indianapolis, IN
    Other

    This State Board of Accounts bulletin issued in August 2012 provides townships with a compliance calendar and uniform guidelines for budget preparation and financial management. Key deadlines include September 1 for submitting proposed 2013 budgets to county councils, September 13 and 20 for publishing the proposed tax levy and budget notices, October 1 for receiving county council recommendations, October 22 for holding public hearings, and November 1 as the final deadline for adopting 2013 budgets and tax rates. The bulletin also outlines monthly reconciliation requirements for local investment officers and various federal and state tax filing deadlines for township employers.

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  • Participatory Budgeting - City of Jersey City

    Jersey City, NJ
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    In March 2022, Jersey City opened applications for participatory budgeting, inviting residents to submit and vote on community projects for funding up to $50,000 per ward. Approved projects across six wards total $295,000 and include tree-planting initiatives in Wards B, C, D, and F ($170,000 combined), water fountains in four parks ($28,000), family literacy workshops in Ward A ($32,000), playground improvements in Ward E ($15,000), a bus shelter in Ward D ($5,000), planters for downtown safety in Ward E ($30,000), and support for the Big Brother Big Sister Program in Ward F ($15,000). The program allows residents to propose ideas by answering how projects benefit their community and location, after which city departments consolidate similar submissions and develop scopes, timelines, and costs for implementation.

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  • Budget Committee | Eugene, OR Website

    Eugene, OR
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    The Eugene Budget Committee is a standing committee composed of eight City Council members and eight appointed citizen members that reviews the City's proposed operating and capital budgets annually and makes recommendations to the City Council for final approval. The committee operates under Oregon's Local Budget Law and Oregon Administrative Rules, and also reviews the biennial Capital Improvement Program, financial management goals and policies, and long-range financial plans. A citizen subcommittee meets separately in the fall to review performance measures and service profiles for City services. Public comment is solicited at most Budget Committee meetings, with speakers typically allowed three minutes, and a formal public hearing is held before budget approval. Citizens may provide testimony in writing to the Finance Division at 500 E 4th Avenue, Suite 303, Eugene, OR 97401, or via online form.

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  • SLC.gov

    Salt Lake City, UT
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    On May 5, Mayor Erin Mendenall presented her recommended Fiscal Year 2027 budget, which includes proposed updates to property tax, utility, and waste rates. The City Council will review the proposed budget, consider resident feedback, and adopt a final balanced budget no later than June 30. The page also highlights recent initiatives including the Love Your Block neighborhood improvement program reopened on May 1, 2026, offering mini-grants to residents and organizations in designated Westside neighborhoods (Glendale, Poplar Grove, Fairpark, Rose Park, Westpointe, Jordan Meadows, and Guadalupe) and the Ballpark area. On April 22, 2026, the Salt Lake City Council adopted an ordinance enabling community-wide participation in the Community Clean Energy Program with Rocky Mountain Power and 18 other Utah communities to expand access to net-100% renewable electricity.

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  • City of St. Petersburg to Seek Public Input at Annual Budget Open House on April 14

    St. Petersburg, FL
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    The City of St. Petersburg will hold its annual Budget Open House on April 14, 2025, at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers to gather public input on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget priorities. The 2026 budget will emphasize resilience in response to back-to-back hurricanes in 2024, with city departments tying budget proposals to resilience efforts related to climate impacts including flooding and sea-level rise. Residents can participate in person, virtually via Zoom, or watch live on St. Pete TV, with each speaker given three minutes to address the mayor and city officials.

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  • Proposed 2025 Budgets

    Lancaster, PA
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  • Oakland's Roadmap To A Sustainable Budget

    Oakland, CA
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    Oakland's November 2024 roadmap document identifies structural budget deficits driven primarily by police department overspending and proposes that fiscal stability requires reforms beyond departmental cuts. Police and fire services consume 70% of the general fund—far higher than peer cities—with police overspending alone accounting for 56% of the 2024-2025 deficit, predominantly from overtime costs that have outpaced both general fund revenue growth and inflation. The document identifies accountability gaps, including 83% of sworn overtime approval records that could not be located or verified, and notes that the majority of city employees earning over $200,000 are sworn officers, with 64% of those earning over $300,000 in that category. The analysis, authored by Bob Brownstein (former Santa Clara County and San Jose budget official), argues that balancing the deficit through cuts to non-sworn services alone is not feasible and that deeper police operational reforms are necessary to protect critical services and achieve fiscal stability.

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  • 220 East Morris Avenue #200 South Salt Lake City, UT 84115-3200

    Salt Lake City, UT
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    The City of South Salt Lake issued a Request for Proposal for annual audit services covering fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. The city reported total revenue of approximately $37.6 million across all funds and component units for fiscal year 2018, organized through General, Capital Improvements, Debt Service, three Enterprise Funds, and an Internal Service Fund, plus the Redevelopment Agency component unit. The audit must comply with generally accepted auditing standards, AICPA guidelines, Government Auditing Standards, and OMB Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) for federal compliance testing. Deliverables include a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report in pdf and twenty printed copies, with completion and City Council presentation required by December 20, 2019, and the same deadline applies to subsequent years of the engagement.

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  • 2025 Proposed Budgets

    Bristol, PA
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  • SPUR REPORT MAY 2025 Balancing Oakland’s Budget Sound Fiscal Policy Structural

    Oakland, CA
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    This SPUR report from May 2025 analyzes Oakland's structural budget deficit and proposes nine recommendations to achieve fiscal solvency and economic growth. The report identifies a decades-long imbalance where revenue growth has not kept pace with rising pension, healthcare, insurance, and operational costs, exacerbated by post-pandemic challenges including labor shortages, decreased tax revenues from real estate, tourism, and retail sales, and a 78% disapproval rating of city government according to an Oakland Budget Advisory Commission survey. The analysis notes that Oakland's fiscal crisis mirrors broader challenges in comparable California cities including San Francisco and San José, and occurred against a backdrop of governance disruption following the former mayor's recall in November 2024 and subsequent federal indictment.

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  • CITY OF JERSEY CITY

    Jersey City, NJ
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    Mayor Steven M. Fulop introduced Jersey City's FY 2026 budget on April 18, 2025, proposing zero municipal tax rate increase for residents while maintaining full city services—marking the ninth of eleven budgets under his administration with tax increases of 2% or less. The budget includes $66 million in debt service paydown, $6 million for union contract settlements, new police and firefighter hires, full pension fund funding with cost-of-living adjustments, and investments in affordable housing and infrastructure, while managing challenges including rising insurance premiums and reduced federal and state grant funding. The municipal portion of average property tax bills has decreased to 35% from 48% over two years, with $1.6 billion in new ratables added to the tax rolls through economic development efforts.

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  • Apr 10 Apr 10 $4M in Funding Included in House Ways and Means Proposed Budget to Support Mayor's Office

    Boston, MA
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  • I-1 I. Introduction

    Honolulu, HI
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    This is an introduction to the City and County of Honolulu's annual budget report covering revenues and expenditures, which includes an overview of fiscal trends, analysis of prior year revenues and expenditures, and mid-year status of current fiscal year budget items drawn from audited financial reports and budget ordinances. The report notes that FY 2002 financial statements were incomplete at the time of publication, requiring reliance on unaudited information for that fiscal year. The document provides historical and comparative context for evaluating the city's proposed budget, including comparisons of city spending to other jurisdictions and examinations of operational versus capital budget spending.

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  • Documents & Forms – Town of Wilmington, NY

    Wilmington, DE
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    This document is an index of meeting records and supporting materials from the Town of Wilmington, New York. It lists Town Board meeting agendas, minutes, and attachments spanning from January 2025 through April 2026, along with separate records for the Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board meetings from August 2025 through February 2026. The index also references a Tim Preston area variance application and proposed subdivision. The document serves as a public archive of local government proceedings but contains no specific budget figures, policy decisions, or substantive outcomes.

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  • CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

    Honolulu, HI
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    This document is the City and County of Honolulu's Proposed Operating Budget for fiscal year 2011. It includes the organizational structure of Honolulu's government, led by Mayor Mufi Hannemann and Managing Director Kirk W. Caldwell, with nine City Council districts represented by named councilmembers chaired by Todd Apo. The City and County of Honolulu received a Distinguished Budget Presentation award from the Government Finance Officers Association for its fiscal year 2009 budget and is resubmitting its current budget for eligibility consideration. The document spans 448 pages and serves as a policy document, operations guide, financial plan, and communication device for the municipal government.

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  • Property Taxes Dear Ms. Rosenson:

    Stamford, CT
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    This document consists of two letters from Stamford residents to city officials opposing proposed property tax increases, dated April 15, 2020. Andy Dimitri reports that his property taxes have increased 25% since moving to Stamford in late 2013 and urges the city to reduce expenses rather than raise revenues, warning that continued increases will accelerate population loss from Connecticut. A second correspondent similarly calls for reducing the mill rate, arguing that residents are already financially stressed due to business closures and job losses during the economic crisis, and requesting that the city reduce expenditures to match the fiscal constraints residents are facing.

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