PRELIMINARY BUDGET SCHEDULE
FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011 BUDGET

DATE ACTION
October 5, 2009 Finance to submit budget instructions to department heads
November 2, 2009 Departments to complete initial budget
November 3-9, 2009 Initial budget review with finance
November 10-14, 2009 Finance to meet with department heads for final review of budget prior to submitting to BM/S
November 11, 2009 Holiday (Veteran's Day) MVD closed
November 16, 2009 Regular Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting
December 1, 2009 Budget submitted via Finance to Business Manager/Superintendent (BM/S)
December 7-11, 2009 Finance and BM/S to meet with department heads for final budget review
December 21, 2009 Regular BOC meeting
January 4-8, 2010 BM/S submits proposed budget and warrant articles to BOC
January 11, 2010 / 3:30-5:30pm BOC work session for initial review of preliminary budget
January 18, 2010 Holiday (Martin Luther King Day) MVD closed
January 25, 2010 Regular BOC meeting - review budget and discuss warrant articles (deferred from 1/18/10)
January 26, 2010 Notice in newspaper regarding filing date and warrant article deadline
February 1, 2010 Post and advertise for public hearing and budget
February 8, 2010 Special BOC meeting for final budget workshop
February 10-19, 2010 Filing dates for elected positions begins February 10, 2010  and ends February 19, 2010 - closes at 5:00pm
February 15, 2010 Holiday (President's Day) MVD closed
February 19, 2010 Last day for commissioners to accept petitioned warrant articles
February 22, 2010 / 4:00-6:00pm Regular BOC meeting (deferred from 2/15/10)
February 22, 2010 / 7:00pm Public hearing 2010-2011 operating budget and warrant articles - Little Theater - Merrimack High School
February 25, 2010 Send Annual Report to the printer
March 5, 2010 Annual Report back from the printer
March 15, 2010 Warrant and budget must be posted
March 15, 2010 Regular BOC meeting
March 30, 2010 MVD Annual Meeting
April 2, 2010 Last day to transfer any accumulated surplus funds to trustees of funds RSA 35:11
April 14, 2010 Signed official ballot, certified counts of each question and minutes from deliberative session due to DRA