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Budget team seeks clearer definition of "flat budget," directs clerk and finance to revise estimate-of-needs forms
Summary
Members debated shifting the county—s budget snapshot date, removing formulas from certain form fields and tracking one-time adjustments after fiscal year adoption. Clerk and finance staff will update worksheets and issue corrected forms ahead of departmental presentations.
The Budget Evaluation Team spent the bulk of its March 4, 2025 meeting reviewing the county—s estimate-of-needs process and debating what it means to adopt a "flat budget." Members considered whether the county should continue using a February snapshot of budget numbers to build the July 1 estimate-of-needs or switch to a September-based baseline that better captures supplements and transfers.
Jason said the current process is confusing: "We're doing estimate needs at this point in the year, and we're not gonna really use that information until September." He proposed adopting a flat budget approach that would carry the September supplement numbers forward as a starting point and reserve detailed adjustments for the September budget work. Finance staff and the clerk—s office…
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