County of Rockland Budget and Finance

Our Mission:
The Department of Budget and Management is responsible for the preparation of the annual Operating and Capital Budgets. We also monitor the County's departmental expenses and revenues as well as the capital budget, perform management studies and provide fiscal analysis of operations.
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C. Scott Vanderhoef
County Executive

Welcome

As our budget reflects, the government of Rockland County is a very large organization employing around 2,300 people, spending about $710,000,000 a year and serving tens of thousands of our residents on an annual basis. In the Departments of Budget and Finance we believe our role is to administer the financial operations of the County in a legal, accurate and ethical manner but at the same time to be as informative and transparent in our operations as this large organization permits.

Several years ago, we embarked on a project to improve our budget presentation and supporting information. We utilized standards established by the National Government Finance Officers Association. The document you are about to review is a reflection of those standards and we are happy to report that from 2005 through 2009 our budget presentation has earned the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for adhering to those standards.

We hope that your review of our 2012 Adopted Budget is informative and easily understandable. If after your review you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to call us at (845) 638-5262 for assistance.

2012 Adopted Budget		Budget Process
Budget Message and Overview Executive Summary Budget Details Historic Budgets		2009 GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award How is the budget prepared? What am I looking at? Who approves the budget?

Important Dates		Did You Know...?
No Later than Oct. 23rd The County Executive submits the proposed budget to the County Legislature for review. No Later than Nov. 20th The County Legislature holds a public hearing on the proposed budget. No Later than Dec. 7th The full Legislature meets to adopt the budget and/or submit changes to the County Executive. If the Legislature takes no action, the budget is deemed adopted.		Rockland County is the smallest county in New York State (excluding the five boroughs of New York City). Rockland County was established in 1798 when it was separated from the County of Orange. Rockland County has nine public school districts and nineteen libraries to serve its residents.