Regular meeting (Administration Handout 7/16/2024)

**Executive Summary: FY 2025 Budget Preparation Schedule**

This document outlines the proposed schedule for the preparation and adoption of the Leelanau County FY 2025 budget. The process begins with the distribution of budget forms and guidelines to departments, followed by their budget submissions to the Finance Director by a specified deadline. A review phase involving the Administrator, Finance Director, Treasurer, and Clerk precedes the compilation of the budget proposal.

Key milestones include an Executive Board meeting to discuss and recommend millage rates, followed by the presentation of the compiled budget proposal to the Board of Commissioners. Budget work sessions are scheduled to review the proposal in detail. The Executive Board will then recommend the L-4402 Apportionment Report, which will be approved at the Annual Meeting.

Following the budget work sessions, the proposed budget will be sent to the Board of Commissioners for review. The proposed budget will be presented to the Executive Board, along with a recommendation for adoption, before the public hearing and final approval of the budget. Public notice of the budget and public hearing is also detailed.