2008-2009 Budget Update: Our
budget committee (Lisa, Karen and Sharron) presented the annual budget
at the April meeting. The Board reviewed the proposed budget, and
with minor adjustments, formally adopted it at that meeting. The resulting
2008-2009 Preliminary Budget is currently being sunshined for public
comment. It has been posted for viewing at public bulletin boards
within the district (on the Mt. Ashland ski road, at Fire Station
#1 in the center of the valley, and down in Hilt) and is also available
here on our website (below). The Board will vote on a final budget
at the June meeting, which will be sent to the State's office in Salem
by June 30th.
You can view
and print the Proposed 2008-2009 Budget in PDF format.
It is also published here, as follows:
Our Current (2007-2008) Operating Budget:
The Colestin
Rural Fire District's current (2007-2008) annual fiscal operating
budget was submitted to the Board at its meeting on March 9th, 2007.
As per state law, the proposed budget WAS "sunshined" (posted
for public view and comment for thirty days) until the April 13th,
2007, Board meeting.
The Current
operating Budget / the Final Budget for Fiscal 2007 - 2008
is available here as a PDF file. (A
scanned copy can also be viewed below.)
Actual
posting sites are: the Fire District office at 1701 Colestin
Road opposite Fire Station One, the Stateline Store in Hilt, and the
public bulletin board next to the locked mailbox pullout on lower
Mt. Ashland Road.)
The
Budget Process: The budget is reviewed line by line
by the Budget Committee for the Board of Directors and the Chief,
usually at the March Board meeting. At the April meeting, any further
recommended changes are discussed, and if approved, are included in
the final budget at that time. The Committee presents a final budget
incorporating any previously proposed changes for final approval at
the May Board meeting. If there are no additional further changes
to the proposed budget at that meeting, the budget is formally adopted
at that meeting. The Final Budget is then submitted to the Secretary
of State in Oregon by June 30th, 2006.
The current operating budget (the Final Budget for Fiscal
2007-2008): Sharron, who has chaired our budget committee
for the past seven years, reviewed the proposed budget line by line
with the Board at the March meeting. The committee has recommended
that we pay off our loan (as we have enough money to do so), which
would eliminate the monthly payments and save interest and would also
allow us to budget for needed equipment. Teri recommended that we
develop the budget with the loan amounts in the budget and review
the status after July 1st. At that point we could pay off the loan
and agree to focus that expenditure on equipment. The committee did
not budget projected water tender income in the budget. The budget
revenues reflect the movement of the Ski Road to District 5 for one
half of the budget year.
Our
Budget Committee members for the 2007-2008 budget again were:
Sharron Halvorson (Chair), Lisa Buttrey and Karen Dwyer. Sharron and
Lisa have served on the committee for the past five years; Karen has
previously served for the past two years. We are thankful to have
them back again to prepare this year's budget, and are grateful for
the knowledge and experience that they each bring to the task of preparing
and finalizing the budget, and for the time they give to do it.
The committee
continues to be assisted by Teri Thomas, who serves on the Board as
well. Teri's background in accounting is a wonderful resource for
the Board, and we are fortunate to also have her expertise help with
the budget preparation.
The Board thanks the budget committee for their excellent work.
