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'''The Albemarle County Office of Management and Budget''' (OMB) is responsible for preparing [[Albemarle County]]'s annual operating and capital budgets, as well as performing fiscal reporting and measuring cost-effectiveness. The Office is under the direction of the [[County Executive]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Management and Budget|url=http://www.albemarle.org/department.asp?department=budget|author=|work=|publisher=County of Albemarle|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=July 25, 2011}}</ref>
#REDIRECT [[Albemarle Department of Finance and Budget]]
 
They began using a five-year financial forecast in 2008 to determine long-term fiscal trends. <ref>{{cite web|title=County Executive Tom Foley's proposed FY2017 |url=http://www.albemarle.org/upload/images/forms_center/departments/Budget/forms/FY17/FY17_Recommended_Budget_S_FY17-Budget_Manual.pdf|author=Office of Management Budget|work=Page 53|publisher=Albemarle County|location=|publishdate=February 19, 2017|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref>
 
==FY2018==
In preparation for fiscal year 2018, budget staff switched to a two-year financial report that was voted on by the [[Board of Supervisors]] on December 14, 2016.
 
In late February 2017, interim county executive [[Doug Walker]] recommended a $397.4 million budget for FY2018. <ref>{{cite web|title=Albemarle proposes $397.4 million budget for fiscal year 2018|url=http://cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/26407-albemarle-proposes-3974-million-fy18/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 17, 2017|accessdate=March 27, 2017}}</ref> A month  later, there had been very little input. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Albemarle sees minimal citizen input on proposed budget|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/albemarle-sees-minimal-citizen-input-on-proposed-budget/article_cc43c416-1288-11e7-878e-2ff3693fec75.html|author=Allison Wrabel|pageno=|printdate=March 27, 2017|publishdate=March 26, 2017|accessdate=March 27, 2017}}</ref>
 
===Resources===
*[http://s3.amazonaws.com/cville/cm%2Fmutlimedia%2F20161207-BOS-Two-Year-Plan.pdf December 7, 2016 presentation on two-year financial plan]
 
 
==FY2017==
When he released his recommended $376 million operating and capital budget in February 2016, county executive [[Tom Foley]] budget a recommended 2.5 cent tax increase. <ref>{{cite web|title=Foley proposes 2.5 cent tax increase for Albemarle’s FY17 budget|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/23061-albemarle-budget-proposal/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 19, 2016|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}</ref> The [[Board of Supervisors]] began their review on a week later. <ref>{{cite web|title=Supervisors begin combing through FY17 budget|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/23101-albemarle-budget-review/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 25, 2016|accessdate=December 29, 2016}}</ref> Supervisors agreed to advertise the recommended tax increase in early March but would later adopt a 2 cent increase. <ref>{{cite web|title=Albemarle Supervisors to consider higher tax rate for FY2017 budget|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/23213-albemarle-tax-advertisement/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=March 8, 2016|accessdate=December 31, 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=Albemarle supervisors adopt lower tax rate hike than expected|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/23524-albemarle-budget-adoption/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=April 13, 2016|accessdate=January 2, 2017}}</ref>
 
Towards the end of the development process, several nonprofit groups protested their budget requests had not been fully funded. For instance, the [[Legal Aid Justice Center]] claimed they should not be reviewed through the [[Agency Budget Review Team]] process. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=City budget series: Legal Aid looks for line-item funding|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/city-budget-series-legal-aid-looks-for-line-item-funding/article_bca11a08-f53e-11e5-ba59-2b2f72e22215.html|author=Chris Suarez|pageno=|printdate=March 28, 2016|publishdate=March 28, 2016|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref>
 
The capital budget for FY2017 was $34.8 million and included little in the way of new urban amenities. <ref name="urban-albemarle">{{cite web|title=Albemarle seeking new ways to build urban infrastructure|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/23391-urban-albemarle-infrastructure/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=News Article|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=April 4, 2016|accessdate=January 2, 2017}}</ref>
 
In their deliberations, supervisors agreed to keep a two percent salary increase for employees. <ref>{{cite web|title=Albemarle to keep two percent salary increase in FY17 budget|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/23436-albemarle-budget-work-session/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=April 5, 2016|accessdate=January 2, 2017}}</ref>
 
==FY2010==
===Recouping money===
In 2010, the Board of Supervisors approved the reopening of a vacant business auditor position in order to help determine whether Albemarle County was receiving its share of commercial taxes. As of August 9, 2010, the auditor discovered $383,944 that had not been returned to Albemarle by the state Department of Taxation<ref>"Official County of Albemarle Web Site." Albemarle County, Virginia - Official Web Site. 9 Aug. 2010. Web. 23 Aug. 2010. <http://www.albemarle.org/navpages.asp?info=release&ID=11683>.</ref>. The idea had been recommended by a resource utilization study performed on Albemarle County general government by the Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute{{fact}}.
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External Links==
[http://www.albemarle.org/department.asp?department=budget Official site]
 
[[Category:Albemarle County departments|Office of Management and Budget]]
 
[[Category:Albemarle County budget|*]]

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