Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

The Office of Management and Budget is responsible for budget formulation, fiscal control, program and project control and evaluation, and management and policy analysis. Under Section 802 of the County Charter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is responsible to the County Executive for assisting in the preparation of the annual Current Expense and Capital Budgets of the County and advising upon any request for County funds and revenue needs. This office studies budget execution and the efficiency of agencies' organization, methods and procedures, and prepares related reports.

The Office of Management and Budget is also responsible for:

• Annual Operating Budget
  The annual budget is the statement of revenues and expenditures as an expression of the County's fiscal priorities and practices.
• Capital Improvement Program (CIP)/Capital Budget
  The CIP is a six year plan for the provision of the County's capital facility and infrastructure needs. The capital budget consists of those projects scheduled for activity in the first year of the CIP; it appropriates the amounts necessary to defray the estimated cost of that activity.
• Charter for Change
  The county’s performance management system: Charter for Change is the County’s management tool to plan, measure, and evaluate county services in order to continuously improve service delivery to citizens and residents. Charter for Change includes the following components: the Livable Communities Initiative, agency plans, agency performance measures, performance based budgeting, and the Executive Management and Assessment Program (EMAP). The Livable Communities Initiative (LCI) is the countywide vision that all agencies are striving to accomplish, which has been defined by the County Executive. Agency plans define how the agency will accomplish LCI and include mission, core service, goal, and objective statements which define the agency’s purpose. The family of performance measures indicate how well the agency’s plan is being achieved by providing a quantitative picture of the agency’s resources, tasks, services, production, efficiency, quality, and impact. Performance based budgeting uses defines how the agency will accomplish their plan and identifies what resources are needed. The Executive Management Assessment Program is a regular meeting between the County Executive’s Office, agencies, and OMB. The meeting’s purposes is to review, evaluate, and improve services in order to assist agencies in accomplishing their plan. To find out more about Charter for Change, please review the Charter for Change Manual (pdf) on this site. Please note, agency Charter for Change plans can be found in all of the operating budget documents.
• Policy and Procedures Review
  Review of the County's fiscal policies and service policies. Fiscal policies address the acquisition and general allocation of resources. Service policies focus on what is done with these resources and how it is accomplished.
• Fiscal Analysis and Planning
  Analysis of the County's short-term and long-term revenue growth, fund reserve and debt capacity.
• County's Current Expenses
  A comprehensive fiscal plan for the financing of operational programs for a single fiscal year. Included are estimates of the costs of the services and programs comprising the County's operations and the revenues available to finance them.
• CAFR
  The County's external audited Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
• Issue Analysis
  Evaluation of important financial, managerial, and systems issues facing the County.

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