Budget Review II
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I again, explored and studied the financial plan of my local government, Albany-Dougherty County, GA. Dougherty County was formed from Baker County through an act of the Georgia General Assembly (Dougherty County Finance Department, 2015) in 1853. Dougherty County is named after Judge Charles Dougherty a judge out of Athens, GA. Through review of the 2010 census, I discovered that there is approximately 326 square miles of land in the county and population of 94,565 people (City of Albany, GA, 2015). Albany-Dougherty County is considered an innovative area in the state having several leading industries that moved here. Those industries include Proctor & Gamble, Miller Brewing Company and Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base (Dougherty County Finance Department, 2015). I examined the last three years, 2013, 2014 and 2015, budgets of particular note of the revenue sources, balances, surpluses, and deficits of the budgets. Assessing the internal and external opportunities or challenges of revenue sources. Looking for goals and priorities of the goods and services. Evaluating the budget stabilization measures and analyzing the financial policy as it leads to alternative taxes. The city budgets are balanced in accordance with Georgia Law (OCGA 36-81-3(B) (3)), which states that a budget has to be through assessing profits and fund balances to insure they are equal to each other (Dougherty County Finance Department, 2015). Albany-Dougherty County’s proceeds
There are different types of budgeting that businesses typically use and those include Operating budgets, Capital Budgets and there are many subtypes that exist because a budget can also be created for special events, the recruitment and retention of new staff, and to manage the advertising expenses and return on investments for a business (Demand Media, 1999-2012). According to Demand Media (1999-2012), "An operating budget outlines the total operating expenses and income for the organization, typically for the period of a fiscal year. Capital budgets evaluate the investments and assets of the business, and a cash budget shows the predicted cash flow in and out of the business over a period of time” (para.2 ). According to the Cost-Benefit Analysis (2012), “Capital budgeting has at its core the tool of cost-benefit analysis; it merely extends the basic form into a multi-period analysis, with consideration of the time value of money. In this context, a new product, venture, or investment is evaluated on a start-to-finish basis, with care taken to capture all the impacts on the company, both cost and benefits. When these inputs and outputs are quantified by year, they can then be discounted to present value to determine the net present value of the opportunity at the time of the decision” ("Cost-Benefit Analysis," 2012).
“To perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family” (Constitution of the state of Georgia, 2007, p. 4). These words begin the preamble of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Within the realms of reality, every individual needs to believe that preserving his or her rights by the state in which he or she lives should be executed. This paper will illustrate the main articles in Georgia’s Constitution and the relationship between the United States Constitutions. Discuss the services judicial,
Since Florida MIS is relatively small business focusing in part of the Tampa area the budget can still be considered low. Until the time that Florida MIS expands the budget can be kept at a minimum. To determine the budget for structuring the social media platform there needs to be budgeting in salaries, system tools, and networking.
The 2014‑15 Budget is part of the Government’s Economic Action Approach to repair the budget and build a strong and prosperous economy within the next few years. The substantial savings decisions in this Budget put Australia back on track to a sustainable and responsible budget position. The Government economic objectives are to provide for Australia; full employment, economic growth, external stability and income equality.
City Treasurer and Clerk E.Z. Million announced that he, Mayor Rudy Walker and the City Manager John Paul Black had developed a plan to prevent going over the yearly budget, with a majority of the new revenue coming from increasing the sales tax to 2% from 1.25%, a plan the members of the city-council’s No New Taxes Coalition showed resistance towards.
My assigned areas is Hall County which is located in Gainesville, Georgia. The estimated population of this area is 193,505 people. The demographics of Hall County, Georgia are broken down as follows: White 75.3%, Black 6.4%, Hispanic or Latino 13.8%, Asian 3.0%, 50% are male, 50 % are female and the median house hold income is $51,036.00 per year. The population has raised 7.1 percent within the last five years. 75.8 percent of the population in Hall County have received at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. There are 22.8 percent of the people that have a bachelor’s degree. There is an unemployment rate of 4.4 percent in this area. The low
● The county water fund, which is separate from the county’s general fund, had an operating income of $248,000. The water fund has a long-term debt of $7 million with bonds payable of $7.2 million due to waterline infrastructure acquisition and construction. This debt matures in 2029.
On March 1, 2013, the Governor of Michigan determined that the City of Detroit was in the midst of a major financial crisis (City of Detroit, 2017). On March 14, 2013, Kevyn D. Orr was named the Emergency Financial Manager for Detroit pursuant to Emergency Municipal Loan Act (City of Detroit, 2017). On July 18, 2013 Orr filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy on behalf of the City of Detroit (City of Detroit, 2017). The bankruptcy action was approved and became effective on December 10, 2014 (City of Detroit, 2017). When the order went into effect on December 10, Orr resigned his position and budget control was returned to the city of Detroit (City of Detroit, 2017).
Congresswoman Norma J. Torres is currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California 's 35th congressional district. As a member of the Democratic political party, Norma Torres has served the Inland Empire, which includes the cities of Bloomington, Chino, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, and Rialto working with the government to be more responsive to resident needs. Throughout her career in elected office, Torres has gained remarkable professional experience that continue to help her be successful in her life. The beginnings of Torres’ career began as a 911 dispatcher for the Los Angeles Police Department inspiring her political life ahead of her. She has previously served as a State Senator, Assembly Member, and also as a Mayor and Council Member in the City of Pomona.
This research essay will evaluate and judge certain parts of the 2003-2004 budget put forward by Treasurer Peter Costello and the Howard Government on Tuesday the 13th of May. It is my opinion that the budget has not been equitable in some areas of fund distribution. The budget will be assessed on the three following criteria.
The USDA had a budget of one hundred forty-six billion dollars last year and the year before that it had a budget of one hundred fifty-eight billion dollars. (2) This money is used for the funding of programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Rural Development, Food Safety, Forest Service, as well as numerous research and conservation activities. A large portion of this money is for mandatory programs while the rest is used on discretionary programs. The mandatory programs are decided by law and cover areas such as crop insurance, nutrition assistance, farm commodity and trade programs, as well as different conservation programs. The remaining portion of the money is donated to WIC,
Wisconsin has a regular budget. That means Wisconsin state budget regularly contains data about how they will spend the money for a two-year period, from July of an odd numbered year through June of the next odd-numbered year. The current budget period runs from July 2015 through June 2017, and is sometimes referred to as the 2015-17 budget. In Wisconsin, the legislature creates most of the choices about what should be contained in the budget, with considerable input from the governor. The legislature and governor, not to mention the two political parties in the legislature, often have different priorities in terms of how to raise and spend money. That can made contentious negotiations before the budget is finally enacted. The state budget
Historically, incrementalism has characterized public budgeting because at its core, budgeting has evolved: increased and decreased through gradual stages within the realm of the political arena. The need for this one step at a time type of response, found within incremental budgeting, would have likely been caused by the known fact that prior to the 1900’s public welfare programs, federal, states, and even city spending did not exist in the way in which is more than obviously observable in today’s society simply because America did not employ an actual budgetary system. Therefore, as with any unchartered territory, it was approached in stages, with caution, a little at a time in response to the growing needs of the public. Aaron Wildavsky made this case in his book “The politics of the budgetary process,” when he pointed out “budgeting is incremental, not comprehensive. The beginning of wisdom about an agency budget is that it is almost never actively reviewed as a whole every year in the sense of reconsidering the value of all existing programs as compared to all alternatives. Instead, it is based on last year’s budget with special attention given to a narrow range of increases or decreases.” (Wildavsky 1964, p. 15)
The purpose of the budget variance report is to analyze the results for the budget prepared for Peyton approved. I will also be describing what the operating budget and variance analysis are and the difference between using each one.
This project seeks to bring out the budgeting and budgetary control practices of UT financial institution, Koforidua, and how they can make sure their budgeting practices are done in such a way as to incur minimal or less cost for the organization