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DLGF > County > County Council Budget Review County Council Budget Review

Indiana Code 6-1.1-17-3.5 requires county fiscal bodies to annually review the proposed budgets and levies of certain civil taxing units and to issue non-binding recommendations regarding those proposed budgets and levies.

County Council Budget Review Form

The Department of Local Government Finance has developed forms to assist units in posting their proposed budgets and levies and to assist county councils in reviewing the proposed budgets and levies. Use of these forms is entirely voluntary. The County Council Budget Review Form may be used by civil taxing units required to file their budgets pursuant to IC 6-1.1-17-3.5.

How to Use This Form

  1. Each civil taxing unit will download the worksheets for the county using the links below. Within the compressed file, the unit can locate its file by looking for its Department-assigned unit code (i.e. Adams County = 0110000E).
  2. In the worksheet, the certified fund balances as of June 30, 2009 will be pre-populated in Column A, and the 2010 certified budgets will be pre-populated in Column B.
  3. The civil taxing unit will enter its proposed 2011 budgets by fund into Column C. The form will then calculate the percentage change and display the results in Column D. 
  4. Column G of the worksheet also will be pre-populated with the 2010 certified property tax levies. The unit will enter its proposed 2011 levies by fund into Column H. The form will calculate the percentage change and display the results in Column I.
  5. When the unit has completed its work, it should save a copy of the worksheet and then forward an electronic copy to the county fiscal body.
  6. The county fiscal body will then populate Columns F and K with the recommended budgets and levies.

Forms are now available for those counties with approved 2010 budgets.

Additional Information & Related Links

Feedback

If you have any questions about the non-binding recommendation process, please e-mail Assistant Budget Director Dan Jones at djones@dlgf.in.gov.