There is hereby established the economic and revenue forecast work group, which shall develop the general fund revenue forecast for the county’s annual or biennial budget. The purpose of the work group is to develop a consensus revenue forecast for general fund revenues, and to receive and review general fund revenue forecasts from general fund departments for inclusion in the budget recommended by the executive. Members of the economic and revenue forecast work group shall include two representatives from the department of finance selected by the county executive and two representatives from the county council’s legislative analyst staff selected by the council chair. The work group shall begin meeting no later than June 15th with an effort to reach consensus on the revenue forecast by August 31st of the calendar year.

Any deviations from the consensus revenue forecast or other general fund revenues reviewed by the work group that are included in the budget recommended by the executive to the county council shall be included in the supplemental information submitted with the proposed budget. (Added by Ord. 18-002, Feb. 28, 2018, Eff date Mar. 24, 2018).