(a) On or before November 15 of each year the Executive, if in receipt of the official certificate of estimated resources from the Summit County Budget Commission by September 1 of each year in accordance with Section 183.02(c), should submit to Council either a proposed temporary or permanent operating budget for the next fiscal year which shall contain at least the following:
(1) A statement of estimated revenues from all sources;
(2) A statement of proposed expenditures shown by department, office, agency, authority, board and commission, and by activity, character and object and not exceeding the estimated resources;
(3) A schedule of estimated revenues and proposed expenditures for each department, office, agency, authority, board and commission on a quarterly basis; and
(4) A summary of the contents of the proposed operating budget.
(5) A Report on Staffing for the County of Summit which sets forth for each department, office, agency, authority, board and commission within the County and within each department, office, agency, authority, board and commission each job classification, and within each job classification the anticipated number of full-time, part-time and seasonal employees for the coming year.
(Ord. 2009-111. Adopted 3-30-09.)
(Ord. 2009-111. Adopted 3-30-09.)
(b) On or before October 15 of each year the Executive shall meet with each department, office, agency, authority, board and commission to discuss their estimated revenues and budgetary needs for the following year.
(c) Prior to October 15 of each year and before the Executive's meeting with the Court of Common Pleas, Domestic, General, Juvenile, and Probate Divisions, each division of the Common Pleas Court shall submit a written request for an appropriation for the following year setting forth estimated administrative expenses that the judge or administrative judge considers reasonably necessary for the operation of such division as provided by general law.
(d) In meetings open to the public with notice being given as provided by general law, Council shall review the budget prepared by the Executive for the following year with the Executive and each affected department, office, agency, authority, board and commission and complete the review by December 15 of each year.
(e) Prior to the close of the hearing process, a public hearing shall be held by Council with respect to the budget requests of the divisions of the Courts of Common Pleas.
(f) The Clerk of Council shall notify each division of its hearing at least ten (10) days in advance.
(g) On or before the last regularly scheduled meeting of each year Council shall adopt a temporary or permanent budget and any appropriation measure for the following year.
(h) The Council at that time shall adopt a budget for each division of the Common Pleas Court that is determined, after a public hearing and considering the request of the division, to be reasonably necessary to meet all the administrative expenses of such division.
(i) If a permanent operating budget for the following year has not been proposed or, if proposed, adopted by December 31 of each year, then on or before February 15 of each year the Executive shall submit to Council a proposed permanent operating budget for that fiscal year.
(j) This proposed permanent operating budget shall contain at least the following:
(1) A statement of estimated resources from all sources, including fund balances from the previous year;
(2) A statement of proposed expenditures, shown by department, office, agency, authority, board and commission, and by activity, character and object and not exceeding estimated revenues for such year;
(3) A schedule of estimated revenues and proposed expenditures for each County department, office, agency, authority, board and commission, on a quarterly basis; and
(4) A summary of the contents of the proposed permanent operating budget.
(k) On or before April 1 of each year, Council shall adopt a permanent operating budget and any appropriation measure for that fiscal year which shall not exceed the latest amended official certificate of estimated resources certified by the Budget Commission, or in the case of an appeal as provided by general law, the State Board of Tax Appeals.
(l) As part of any annual appropriation measure, or amendment thereto, Council shall adopt a spending plan setting forth a quarterly schedule of expenses and expenditures of all appropriations for the fiscal year from the general fund budget, classified to set forth separately a quarterly schedule of expenses and expenditures for each department, office, agency, authority, board and commission, and within each, the amount appropriated for personal services, including employee salaries and fringe benefits. Each department, office, agency, authority, board and commission shall be limited in its expenses and expenditures of funds appropriated from the general fund during any quarter by the schedule established in the spending plan, which shall serve as a limitation during that quarter on making contracts or giving of orders involving the expenditure of funds during that quarter.
(Ord. 87-692. Approved 11-18-87.)