January 1: County fiscal year begins
April: Budget Office begins producing monthly Budget Monitoring Reports
July: Legislature holds annual Mid-Year Budget Hearings
July: Budget Office begins budget preparations
By October 1: County Executive provides major revenues and expenses projections to Comptroller
By October 15: Comptroller submits report on major revenues and expenses to Legislature
By October 15: County Executive submits proposed budget to Legislature
November: Legislature reviews and conducts public hearings on proposed budget
December 5: Legislature holds annual budget adoption meeting and approves amended budget
December 17: County Executive presents budget vetoes to Legislature (if necessary)
December 19: Legislature holds annual veto override meeting (if necessary)
December 20: County budget is adopted in final form
December 31: County fiscal year ends