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The Department of Finance in its modern form was established in the 2012 budget year. Historical comparisons and averages below therefore use 2012 as the starting point, rather than 2011 as for most other departments.
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Departmental Highlights The Department of Finance saw the largest proportional increase in its departmen...The office of the mayor contains the mayor’s administrative staff and several small offices focused on specific policy areas, such as the Office of Equity and Racial Justice, Office of Community Safety, etc.
Because there is no departmental budget hearing scheduled for the mayor’s office, the Office of Budget and Management’s first-day presentation on the ov...
The finance general category is a budgetary catch-all for non-departmental spending. There is no dedicated budget hearing devoted specifically to finance general appropriations, although in recent years it has made up close to half of the city budget.
This snapshot has been provided for the first day of budget hearings, when the Budget Director and OBM staff w...
The Office of Budget and Management (OBM) is responsible for the administration of the city’s budget.
Because OBM oversees the preparation of each department’s budget, as well as the non-departmental “finance general” spending category, the OBM hearing is the best opportunity for City Council to ask questions regarding any parts of the budget that do not have ...
City Council does not hold a dedicated hearing for their own budget. The first day’s hearing with the Office of Budget and Management and the Department of Finance is therefore the best opportunity for any questions relating to the council’s budget.
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Departmental Highlights Council’s budget remained relatively unchanged ...