Board approves code changes to streamline budget process after debate
After a multi-hour debate, the county board adopted an ordinance revising budget procedures and a new budget-management policy to present administrator requests alongside finance-committee recommendations in a columnized format; an attempt to restore older wording failed in a roll-call vote.
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Supervisor Pagonis, chair of the finance effort, framed the ordinance as an attempt to "improve transparency" and to give the finance director a clearer role in coordinating budgets with the administrator and oversight committees. The proposal calls for a columnized presentation of budget input — department request, administrator recommendation, oversight committee notes and finance & budget recommendation — to reduce last-minute, piecemeal amendments at the final board meeting.
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