Budget & Finance - 2023

Legislator Flotteron - Chair | Legislator Kennedy - Vice Chair

Legislator Caracappa - Legislator Gonzalez - Legislator Richberg - Legislator Thorne

Agendas and Minutes

  1. 10/03/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  2. 08/29/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)
  3. 07/18/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  4. 07/18/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)
  5. 06/27/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Joint Capital Budget Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  6. 06/13/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  7. 06/13/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)
  8. 05/30/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)
  9. 05/16/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  1. 05/16/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)
  2. 04/25/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  3. 04/25/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)
  4. 03/28/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  5. 03/28/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)
  6. 02/28/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  7. 02/28/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)
  8. 01/24/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Minutes (PDF)
  9. 01/24/2023 Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting Marked Agenda (PDF)

Jurisdiction

This Committee shall have jurisdiction over resolutions to amend the Suffolk County operating budget during a fiscal year and resolutions correcting errors on the assessment and tax rolls.

This Committee shall review and consider all legislative proposals amending, modifying, or affecting the budgetary process for any County budget; review and consider all actions, legislation, and proposals affecting the budget and spending cap laws, the simplified dual budgetary process, and the capital budget offset law; consider resolutions waiving financial disclosure requirements and administrative expense limitations applicable to contract agencies; review, consider, and report upon all proposals, actions, and/or legislation affecting each County budget (except  for the Community College) from a County-wide perspective rather than from a department-wide, district-wide, or town-wide perspective; review how the County Comptroller is investing the County’s monies to maximize investment returns; review proposals to issue revenue and tax anticipation notes and to refund previously issued bonds; and consider whether or not the County is effectively managed on the executive level.

This Committee shall have jurisdiction over the implementation of the Suffolk County ¼% Drinking Water Protection Program as to the sewer rate stabilization and taxpayer protection portions thereof; and proposals to increase taxes, decrease taxes, generate revenues or decrease revenues of whatever kind and nature for use by the County of Suffolk.

This Committee shall also consider and vote on any appointment to a board, commission, department, agency, authority, task force, or comparable entity under the jurisdiction of this Committee.

II. BUDGET REVIEW SCREENING

Established via Section C2-19(C) of the SUFFOLK COUNTY CHARTER to maintain general supervision of and liaison with the Legislative Budget Review Office.