(a) There is hereby created the Summit County Budget Commission consisting of the County Executive, County Fiscal Officer, County Prosecuting Attorney, and such other members as shall be elected in the manner provided by general law. The Budget Commission shall assume all powers and duties as are vested in or imposed upon county budget commissions by general law, and shall perform such other duties as may be provided by ordinance or resolution of Council.
(b) The Budget Commission shall meet at the office of the Fiscal Officer on the first Monday in February and first Monday in August, annually. All proceedings shall be open to the public and comply with notice and open meeting requirements as provided by general law.
(c) The Budget Commission shall complete its work on or before September 1 of each year, unless for good cause the State Tax Commissioner extends the time for completing the work.
(d) In the event the State Tax Commissioner extends the time to complete work or any request is filed by the Budget Commission for an extension of time to complete work, the Budget Commission shall notify the Executive and Council on or before such extension is granted or such request made.
(e) A majority of the members of the Budget Commission shall constitute a quorum, provided that no action of the Budget Commission shall be valid unless approved by a majority of its members.
(f) Members of the Budget Commission shall be reimbursed as provided by general law.
(g) The Fiscal Officer shall serve as Secretary of the Budget Commission and shall keep a full and accurate record of all proceedings open for public inspection.
(h) The Budget Commission shall determine its own rules and order of business. All rules and all agendas, minutes of proceedings, rulings, decisions, policies or other authoritative matters of a continuing nature shall be in written form, immediately forwarded to the Executive and Council and kept as other public records, available to the public as provided by general law.
(i) The Budget Commission shall provide to the Executive and Council the County's official certificate of estimated resources together with such certification as required by general law on or before September 1 of each year for those funds to be available the following fiscal year.
(j) Revisions of the estimated revenues due the County for the following fiscal year shall be made by the Budget Commission, and a revised official certificate of estimated resources shall be issued to the Executive and Council by the Budget Commission on or before November 1 of each year, which shall also include all revenues collected from a new source not included in the official certificate and, upon certification of the Fiscal Officer that excess balances and receipts to date exceed the certified estimate, such excess funds received.
(k) If a tax levy or issue has been placed upon the November ballot, decision of which shall affect the certification of resources to the County, the Budget Commission shall issue its revised official certificate of estimated resources as if such tax levy or issue will fail. If such tax levy or issue does not fail, the Budget Commission shall issue another revised official certificate to the Executive and Council including such additional resources realized from the tax levy or issue within three (3) days of the election.
(l) On or before January 20 of each year, the Fiscal Officer shall certify to the Executive, Council and Budget Commission unencumbered year-end and carry-over fund balances from the previous year.
(m) The Budget Commission after receiving the certification of the Fiscal Officer as to year-end and carry-over fund balances from the previous year shall revise its estimate of resources available for expenditure by the County and shall certify to the Executive and Council an amended official certificate of estimated resources by January 31 of each year.
(Ord. 87-692. Adopted 11-18-87; Ord. 2012-291. Adopted 7-30-12.)