City of Bowie Budget Worksessions Begin Monday

City staff is in the thick of preparing Bowie’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget, and the council is scheduled to begin reviewing the proposal at Monday’s council meeting.

There are a total of five budget worksession scheduled. At next week’s worksession the council will review General Fund revenues, the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and the Capital Projects Fund.

On April 22, council will review the Department of Public Works Department budget and the Water & Sewer Fund; on April 29, the council will review the Department of Community Services; and on May 9, council will review the Finance Department budget and non departmental budgets.

At the final budget worksession, the council will review the Department of Planning & Economic Development, information technology, the Equipment Acquisition & Replacement Fund, General Fund summaries, and the Appendix.

All budget worksessions will be held in city hall and are scheduled to go from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., though they may be longer or shorter depending on the topic. All of these worksessions are open to the public. The proposed budget and the CIP will be available on the city website no later than April 15.