Budgeting to maintain local infrastructure is an essential function of county government. You must understand your infrastructure needs and maintenance schedule, establish project priorities, and develop sustainable funding mechanisms. Panelists at the MACo Winter Conference session, “Dollars & Sense: Building a Capital Budget,” will share best practices for planning and financing capital projects to meet public infrastructure and facility needs.
Title: Dollars & Sense: Building a Capital Budget
Description: Budgeting to maintain a county’s infrastructure can be a complicated process. You must understand your infrastructure needs and maintenance schedule, establish project priorities, and develop sustainable funding mechanisms. This session provides an overview of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) process from the beginning stages of assessing the capital needs and requests, developing the capital plan and budget during the budget process, determining the appropriate funding sources, and managing capital projects after budget adoption.
Speakers:
- Ted Zaleski, Director, Management and Budget, Carroll County
- Jenifer Ellin, Director, Fiscal and Administrative Services, Charles County
- Jonathan Seeman, Director, Budget, Finance, and Information Technology, Queen Anne’s County
Date/Time: Thursday, January 3, 2019; 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
The MACo Winter Conference will be held January 2-4, 2019 at the Hyatt in Cambridge, Maryland. This year’s theme is, “Charting the Course.”
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