budget process
This article, written by Barbara Reid, then NHMA Government Finance Advisor, first appeared in Town and City magazine in March 2013. It has been updated by Katherine Heck, NHMA Government Finance Advisor, where necessary.
This workshop is a must for members of governing bodies, budget committees, and other local officials involved in the budget process.
Program Agenda
9:00 am Introduction
Presented by Margaret Byrnes, NHMA Executive Director
9:05 am – 10:30 am Fundamentals of the Municipal Budget Process
Welcome to summer! We kick off the summer with the end of the legislative session—and, in record breaking fashion--a state budget, which passed both the Senate and the House without going to a committee conference, and was signed by the governor on June 20.
Join us for this informational session hosted by the office of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen and the New Hampshire Municipal Association (NHMA) to learn more about new federal incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy in the Inflation Reduction Act that was signed into law in August 2022.
Join your host, NHMA's Government Finance Advisor Katherine Heck, and Senator Shaheen's team of experts who will review the tax incentives, rebates and other investments to build a cleaner energy economy and lower energy costs for families, business and communities.
The information contained in this article is not intended as legal advice and may no longer be accurate due to changes in the law. Consult NHMA’s legal services or your municipal attorney.
Default budgets are a particularly complicated area of municipal finance that have widespread impacts in official ballot (“SB2”) towns and school districts.
9:00 am – Welcome Remarks
Margaret Byrnes, Executive Director, NH Municipal Association
8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
Today’s high and ever-increasing inflation rate may create uncertainty and have serious implications for municipal revenue and expenditures forecasting as local governments are under considerable pressure to relate their spending and taxation levels to cost inflation.
Join NHMA’s Government Finance Advisor, Katherine Heck and NHMA’s Government Affairs Counsel, Natch Greyes who will discuss these challenging fiscal conditions and offer strategies on how to prepare a municipal budget in the time of high inflation that can withstand the impacts of our current economic environment.
