4.26.115 Publication of official budget summary.
(1) The council shall publish an official summary of the final budget that is adopted by the county council pursuant to SCC 4.26.100. The executive shall submit to the council a draft budget summary that complies with subsection (2) of this section no later than January 15 of the budget year or, if the budget is a biennial budget, the first year of the fiscal biennium. The council shall by motion approve the budget summary for publication in the form submitted by the executive or as revised by the council.
(2) The draft budget summary must be submitted to the council in an electronic form that can be revised by the council and include:
(a) A compilation of the budget as enacted by the council that clearly sets forth revenue estimates, appropriations at the appropriation unit level of detail, and authorized FTEs by agency, position title, and project end date;
(b) One or more tables comparing revenues and expenditures by fund and agency for the three years immediately preceding the budget year or fiscal biennium;
(c) A five-year forecast of general fund revenues, expenditures, and year end fund balances;
(d) A five-year forecast of revenues, expenditures, and fund balances for each fund other than the general fund with revenues in excess of ten million dollars;
(e) A narrative description of differences between the final budget and the previous budget;
(f) A narrative description of differences between the final budget and the budget proposed by the executive pursuant to SCC 4.26.020; and
(g) Other information requested by the council.
(3) The council may in its discretion publish an official supplemental budget summary for the second year of a fiscal biennium. Within 30 days after receiving written notice that the council intends to publish a supplemental budget summary the executive shall submit to the council a draft supplemental budget summary for the second year of the fiscal biennium substantially as described in subsection (3) of this section. (Added by Ord. 86-033, Apr. 23, 1986; Amended by Ord. 97-037 § 12, May 21, 1997, Eff date June 6, 1997; Amended by Amended Ord. 07-015, Mar. 21, 2007, Eff date Apr. 7, 2007; Amended by Ord. 07-125, Nov. 19, 2007, Eff date Dec. 17, 2007).