1. Taxpayer Guide To the County Government Budget
Notie Lansford
Oklahoma State University
New Horizons, New Beginnings Conference
Southern Community Development Educators
May 2004

2. (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 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
Total Available for Appropriation

9. Program Delivery Three files on a disk Hard copy of Instructions.doc
bdgt.xls
Taxpayer.doc
Instructions.doc
Hard copy of Instructions.doc

10. Step One Instructions.doc
Four pages
On paper
Very detailed

11. Step Two Data entry

13. Step Three Open Taxpayer.doc Update the “links”
Change the cover page map

14. 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.

15. Q & A