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Fiscal Year 2021 to 2022 Budget Documents
- Fiscal Year 2021 to Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Fiscal Plan
- Fiscal Year 2022 to Fiscal Year 2031 Capital Improvement Program
About the Fiscal Year 2021 to 2022 Budget Process
Budget preparation is a year-long process of gathering information, analyzing data, and working with departments to understand upcoming needs. Development of the 2020 to 2021 fiscal year budget has begun with work sessions with the Board of Supervisors occurring in September 2019 and will continue through April 2020. The capital portion of the budget will be proposed on January 26, 2021 and the operating portion will be proposed on March 9, 2021. By state law, localities like Roanoke County must approve a balanced budget by June 30.
A locality’s budget is a document that projects a county’s revenues and expenses for the upcoming year to ensure that the local government can cover costs. The process Roanoke County undertakes to develop a balanced budget for the upcoming year is dependent on many factors that include - but are not limited to - county expenditures (expenses ie: fuel, building maintenance, employee salaries, etc), local tax revenue collection, citizens’ expectations for continued service levels, funding for Roanoke County Public Schools, and funding from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Throughout Roanoke County’s budget process, the Board of Supervisors and staff will hold several public work sessions as well as public hearings to gather citizen input before the budget’s final adoption. In addition, citizens can send ideas to Roanoke County Management and Budget staff at any time by using our online Budget Comments and Suggestions Form.
Additional Information
For questions about the budget process, please email Management and Budget staff or call 540-772-2073. Please send us your comments and suggestions!
Important Dates & Presentations from the Fiscal Year 2021 to 2022 Budget Development Process
Dates | Topic |
September 8, 2020 | Consent agenda of the Board of Supervisors to approve Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 Budget Development Calendar (PDF) |
September 22, 2020 | Work session with the Board of Supervisors to discuss Fiscal Year 2019 - 2020 Preliminary and Unaudited Year-End Overview (PDF) |
October 20, 2020 | Work session with the Board of Supervisors to discuss Capital Project Status Update |
November 4, 2020 | Work session with the Board of Supervisors to discuss Review of Fiscal Year 2020-2021 First Quarter Revenue & Expenditure Update |
December 1, 2020 | Briefing to the Board of Supervisors to discuss 2021 Assessment Briefing to the Board of Supervisors to review Fiscal Year 2019 - 2020 Audit Results |
January 12, 2021 | Work session with Board of Supervisors to discuss Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 Capital Improvement Program Work session with the Board of Supervisors to discuss County Financial Policies Review |
January 26, 2021 | Briefing to the Board of Supervisors to propose the County Administrator’s Fiscal Year 2022 - Fiscal Year 2031 CIP Work session with the Board of Supervisors to review Fiscal Year 2021 Mid-Year Revenue and Expenditure Updates. Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget Issues |
February 9, 2021 | Work session with Board of Supervisors to discuss Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 Revenue Outlook; County Fees and Charges Compendium |
February 23, 2021 | Work session with Board of Supervisors to discuss Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 Compensation Update |
March 9, 2021 | Briefing to the Board of Supervisors to propose the County Administrator’s Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 Operating Budget |
March 23, 2021 | Public Hearing on Effective Tax Rate if necessary and on adopting Maximum Tax Rates Work session with Board of Supervisors to discuss Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 Budget |
April 13, 2021 | Public Hearing to Adopt FY 2020- FY 2021 Tax Rates Public Hearing on Operating and Capital Budgets (first of two) Work session with Board of Supervisors to discuss Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 Budget |
April 27, 2021 | Public Hearing on Operating and Capital Budgets (second of two) 1st reading of Ordinances to Adopt and Appropriate Funds for Fiscal Year 2022 Operating and Capital Budget |
May 11, 2021 | 2nd reading of Ordinances to Adopt and Appropriate Funds for Fiscal Year 2022 Operating and Capital Budget |
Dates in italics are tentatively scheduled and are subject to change.
For More Information
For more information about the budget process, please email Management and Budget staff or call 540-772-2073. To view previously adopted budgets, please see our Annual Fiscal Plan page.