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DeKalb County committee explores approving annual budget by Dec. 31 to reduce year-end rush
Summary
The DeKalb County Finance, Audit and Budget Committee discussed a multi-year effort to shift the county’s budget cycle so the board could approve the budget by Dec. 31, drawing on charter-review recommendations to move submission to Nov. 1 and approval to the end of January.
Presiding Officer Shakyra Johnson urged the Finance, Audit and Budget (FAB) Committee to “see what it would take to start approving the budget by December 31st,” calling it “a hope and a dream” that would require multi-year process changes.
The proposal, discussed at length by commissioners and staff, would move committee workload earlier in the calendar so departmental and constitutional office hearings occur before the CEO’s formal budget submission. Commissioners cited constraints in the county’s enabling law (the OR Act) and the charter-review commission’s recommendation to shift…
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