Edmond council reviews budget creation, year-end closing and state deadlines

Mayor (name not specified) opened a special Edmond City Council budget workshop by saying the city is "not in trouble financially" and that the meeting was meant to tighten budget management and year-end processes. Kathy Panas, a finance staff member, led a presentation describing the city’s timeline for creating and adopting its annual budget and the steps taken during the year to manage appropriations.

Panas summarized the calendar the council follows: a November strategic planning input, a December overhead allocation study, a January kickoff for council priorities and reserve targets, department budget entries in January–February, department review meetings in March, workshops through the spring and a final evaluation in May. "Budget workshops occur throughout the budget cycle," Panas said, and staff compile a preliminary budget from…