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<section number="806" name="Contents of the Operating Budget" law="charter" slug="section-806" node_id="PTICHPRGECOMA_CHPRGECOMA_ARTVIIIBUFI_S806COOPBU">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The proposed operating expense budget shall contain the following information: (1) a statement of all revenue estimated to be received by the County during the ensuing fiscal year, classified so as to show the receipts by funds and sources of income; (2) a statement of debt service requirements for the ensuing fiscal year; (3) a statement of the estimated surplus if any, available for expenditure during the ensuing fiscal year, and any estimated deficit in any fund required to be made up in the ensuing fiscal year; (3.1) the proposed expenditures of the Legislative Branch as submitted by the Council; (4) an estimate of the expenditures which the County Executive deems necessary for conducting the business of the County to be financed from and not to exceed estimated revenue for the ensuing fiscal year; (5) a statement of the bonded and other indebtedness of the County government and its agencies, including self-liquidating and special taxing district debt and contingent liabilities; (6) a statement of the proposed contingency reserves, subject to appropriation only in accordance with Section 816 of this Charter, which shall equal five per centum of the general fund, provided, however, that if an emergency results in a depletion of the reserve by more than thirty per centum, the reserve deficit may be refunded within the next two fiscal years; (7) a comparative statement of the actual revenues and expenditures for the last completed fiscal year; the budgeted and estimated revenues and expenditures for the currently ending fiscal year; and the projected revenues and expenditures recommended by the Executive for the ensuing fiscal year; (8) forecast of goods and services that would necessitate competitive bidding for the ensuing fiscal year; and (9) any other material which the County Executive may deem advisable or the Council may require by resolution.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Concurrent with the submission of the proposed annual operating budget, the County Executive shall submit to the County Council a report of all exempt positions pursuant to Section 902(2), (3), (4), (5), (9), and (13) of this Charter. The report shall include the name of the incumbent and compensation for all such positions for the six-month period ending the prior March 1. A second report for the six-month period ending September 1 shall be submitted not later than September 15 of each year. A similar report shall be filed in the manner prescribed herein by the County Council for the Legislative Branch.</text>
  </level>
</section>
