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Budgeting begins in December when a preliminary base budget is generated by the <br />Finance Department to gauge the City's financial status for the upcoming fiscal year. In <br />January, a budget kick-off meeting is held for the departments. The Finance Department <br />prepares a budget packet with instructions for the current budget process to ensure the <br />budget is prepared in a manner consistent with current policies and guidelines. The budget <br />packet includes all instructions and schedules. <br />Between December and February, staff prepares and conducts community engagement to <br />seek input from the public and to provide the City Council with additional community input <br />in advance of budget adoption. In addition to scheduled City Council meetings and budget <br />workshops, the public may participate in surveys, community meetings, and in-person <br />information -gathering events. <br />Between January and March, departments enter, review and adjust budgets as needed to <br />ensure the proposed two-year budget meets all of the defined guidelines. Departments are <br />responsible for entering departmental revenues, budgets for supplies and services and <br />preparing personnel requests and reallocations, required to both achieve the assigned <br />strategic initiatives and maintain quality service levels for the community. The Finance <br />Department is responsible for preparing non -departmental revenue, internal service, debt <br />service, transfer and personnel related budgets. <br />Budget reports are prepared for review by the Director of Finance and the City Manager. <br />Once all of the reviews are completed, and all revisions have been incorporated, the Finance <br />Department prepares the Operating Budget and Capital Budget for presentation and <br />review at a Budget Workshop, held at the first or second City Council meeting in May to <br />gather input from the City Council and the community. The proposed budget is used to <br />create a ten-year General Fund Fiscal Model. The Finance Department incorporates <br />changes from the Workshop into the draft budget and the final Operating Budget and <br />Capital Budget are presented to the City Council at a June meeting for formal adoption. <br />Budget Calendar <br />BudW Dewbpnmt <br />Public Engagement Proposed Budget Presentation Budget Adoption <br />195 <br />