Oakland County Board of Commissioners Announce Budget Hearings
(Oakland County Press Release, July 25,2013)
On Wednesday, July 17, 2013, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners were informed of the 2014-2016 Fiscal Year Recommended Triennial Budget by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson who gave his annual Budget Address before the 21 members of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners.
On Thursday, July 25, 2013, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Finance Committee will review the County Executive’s Recommended Balanced Triennial Budget for FY 2014 consisting of $799,148,947, FY 2015 consisting of $806,053,332 and FY 2016 consisting of $813,406.699. The committee will review budgets of all county departments during the hearings.
These budget hearings are open to the public and will be held in the Oakland County Board of Commissioners’ Committee Room A, located at 1200 North Telegraph Road, in Pontiac, Michigan. The hearings will be held following the regular Finance Committee agenda which begins at 9:00 a.m.
The following budget hearings are scheduled for:
Thursday, July 25, 2013 (following regular Finance Committee agenda)
10:00 a.m. County Executive
10:40 a.m. Circuit Court
11:00 a.m. Sheriff’s Office
11:20 a.m. Prosecutor’s Office
11:40 a.m. Water Resources Commissioner
Thursday, August 8, 2013 ( following regular Finance Committee agenda)
10:00 a.m. Treasurer’s Office
10:20 a.m. Clerk/Register of Deeds
Thursday, August 22, 2013 ( following regular Finance Committee agenda)
10:00 a.m. District Court
10:20 a.m. Probate Court
11:20 a.m. Board of Commissioners/Library Board
11:40 a.m. Parks and Recreation
All meetings are open to the public. Please note the schedule is subject to change.
Oakland County Commissioners serving on the Finance Committee are: Finance Chairman Commissioner Thomas F. Middleton (R), Finance Vice Chairman Commissioner Shelley Goodman Taub (R), Minority-Vice Chair Commissioner Marcia Gershenson (D), Commissioner and Board Vice Chairman Jeff Matis (R), Commissioner Christine A. Long (R), Commissioner Kathy Crawford (R), Commissioner John A. Scott (R), Commissioner Nancy Quarles (D), Commissioner Helaine Zack (D).
More information can be found at the Oakland County website at http://www.oakgov.com. For Patterson’s complete budget message and recommended line item budget, go to www.oakgov.com/mgtbud/fiscal/ and click on the link for the recommended budget.
Read our previous story about the budget recommendations at http://oaklandcounty115.com/2013/07/17/county-budget-recommendations-presented/.