Taxpayer Guide To the County Government Budget Notie Lansford Oklahoma State University New Horizons, New Beginnings Conference Southern Community Development Educators May 2004
(For Secretary to County Excise Board) AVAILABLE AD VALOREM LEVY "X" COMPUTATION OF COUNTY COUNTY SINKING FUND AVAILABLE INCOME GENERAL BUILDING HEALTH DEPT (For Secretary to County Excise Board) FUND 68 O.S. 1991 Section 3007 1 2 3 4 5 AVAILABLE AD VALOREM LEVY ALLOCATED MILLS Levy voted_____ mills Levy voted_____mills General Indebted- Road & Bridge ness Bonds Roads a Gross Proceeds of Tax Levy b Deduct Reserve 2/22 if at 5% 1 Net Proceeds of Tax Levy 2 Add: Cash Fund Balance on Hand 3 Add Unclaimed Protest Tax Refunds 4 Add Estimate of Surplus - 19__ Tax 5 Add Misc. Revenue Estimated Ex. "F-I" 6 7 8 Add 9 Add 10 Total Available for Appropriation
Program Delivery Three files on a disk Hard copy of Instructions.doc bdgt.xls Taxpayer.doc Instructions.doc Hard copy of Instructions.doc
Step One Instructions.doc Four pages On paper Very detailed
Step Two Data entry
Step Three Open Taxpayer.doc Update the “links” Change the cover page map
Observations Assoc. of County Commissioners wanted and paid for it. Few indications of use. Possible causes: Lack of training Lack of time Lack of motivation Possible solution: On-line database with an option to produce the report for them.
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