Office of Management and Budget

NEW! - The 2010/2011 Preliminary Annual Operating and Capital Improvement Budget is now available online

Scheduled Budget Meetings:

• July 15th Council meeting - The Council will set the TRIM millage rate
• August 30th @ 6:00 p.m. - Public meeting on the budget
• September 9th Council meeting - First public hearing to adopt a tentative budget and millage rate
• September 22nd Council meeting - Final public hearing to adopt the final budget and millage rate.

July 13, 2010 City Manager Presentation of Preliminary 2010/11 Annual Operating and Capital Improvement Budget

March 16, 2010 Special Budget Worksession Information

Status of Budget Task Force Recommendations, April 2010

Budget Task Force Report, March 2007

Welcome to the Office of Management and Budget!

There are four primary responsibilities of the Office of Management and Budget as follows:

Prepare and present the city's Annual Operating and Capital Improvement Budget. This includes managing and coordinating all aspects of the budget process.

Assure the city's compliance with the State of Florida's "Truth-in-Millage" (TRIM) act. TRIM establishes the statutory requirements that all taxing authorities levying a millage must follow, including all notices and budget hearing requirements. This ensures taxpayer awareness of the proposed millage changes, the proposed budget changes, and, if any, the percent of change in the rolled-back rate. Non-compliance by the taxing authority could result in the loss of revenue sharing funds.

Assure the City's compliance with the City of Clearwater's Code of Ordinances regarding the City's budget under Article VI. Division 2 Fiscal Management Procedure of the code. The City Code establishes specific requirements regarding the production of the City's annual operating and capital improvement budgets, as well as, the budget amendment process.

Provide assistance to other city departments for numerous related activities including the review of all agenda items for fiscal impact to assure sufficient revenues are available and relevant budget impacts are disclosed, annual support to the Finance Department for the year-end closing process, and the preparation of miscellaneous financial analysis and reports for management planning.

The City of Clearwater has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officer's Association of the United States and Canada for its annual budget for each of the last twenty years. In order to receive this award, the governmental unit must publish a budget document that meets program criteria as a policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial plan, and as a communication device.