Taxpayer Guide To the County Government Budget

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Taxpayer Guide To the County Government Budget

• Notie Lansford
• Oklahoma State University
• New Horizons, New Beginnings Conference
• Southern Community Development Educators
• May 2004

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"X" COMPUTATION OF COUNTY   COUNTY   COUNTY   COUNTY SINKING FUND COUNTY SINKING FUND COUNTY SINKING FUND  
AVAILABLE INCOME GENERAL   BUILDING   HEALTH DEPT HEALTH DEPT  
(For Secretary to County Excise Board) FUND   FUND   FUND    
68 O.S. 1991 Section 3007 1   2   3   4   5  
AVAILABLE AD VALOREM LEVY ALLOCATED MILLS ALLOCATED MILLS Levy voted_____ mills Levy voted_____ mills Levy voted_____mills Levy voted_____mills General Indebted- General Indebted- Road Bridge  
              ness Bonds   Roads  
a Gross Proceeds of Tax Levy                    
b Deduct Reserve 2/22 if at 5                    
1 Net Proceeds of Tax Levy                    
2 Add Cash Fund Balance on Hand                    
3 Add Unclaimed Protest Tax Refunds                    
4 Add Estimate of Surplus - 19__ Tax                    
5 Add Misc. Revenue Estimated Ex. "F-I"                    
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8 Add                    
9 Add                    
10 Total Available for Appropriation                    
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Program Delivery

• Three files on a disk
• bdgt.xls
• Taxpayer.doc
• Instructions.doc
• Hard copy of Instructions.doc

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Step OneInstructions.doc

• Four pages
• On paper
• Very detailed

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Step TwoData entry
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Step Three

• Open Taxpayer.doc
• Update the links
• Change the cover page map

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Observations

• Assoc. of County Commissioners wanted and paid
  for it.
• Few indications of use. Possible causes
• Lack of training
• Lack of time
• Lack of motivation
• Possible solution
• On-line database with an option to produce the
  report for them.

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