Budget & Financial Management

The Department of Budget and Financial Management is a support organization to the Portage County government. Major objectives include:

• Provide the Board of County Commissioners with objective financial and budgetary analytic support to enhance their decision-making abilities.
• Provide the citizens of Portage County documentation on the past, present and future expenditure of their tax dollars.
• Enhance the government's ability to demonstrate accountability to the citizens of the County.
• Develop and recommend fiscal and budgetary policies for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.
• Work with County departments and agencies to assist them in defining true fiscal needs and to develop multiple implementation strategies for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.
• Develop five year financial forecasts of County revenues and expenditures by department and major expenditure category.
• Develop analytic computer models to test "what-if" scenarios.
• Develop compensation projection models by department and by position.
• Work closely with grant fund managers to ensure that they have been budgeted and are appropriated sufficiently to operate throughout the year.
• Prepare the fiscal County tax budget and the appropriations budget on an annual basis for all County departments.
• Develop and maintain computerized tracking and reporting tools.

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