Budgets

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The Culpeper County budget is a roadmap for County activities in the current year and years to come. Transparency, understandability, and accuracy are three areas of importance with regard to budget preparation and documentation.

Staff responsibilities in assisting the County Administrator with the budget include: 

• Projecting and monitoring of revenue and expenditures; 
• Working with County Administration to develop strategies to address budget issues; 
• Estimating Fund balances; 
• Development of all budget documents;      
• Review of all budget amendment requests;      
• Preparation of an annual five-year financial forecast; 
• Preparation of information packages and participation in rating agency review meetings for bond ratings; and
• Preparation of various financial reports for distribution to staff, administration and the Board of Supervisors.

Distinguished Budget Presentation Award

The County of Culpeper was the recipient of the Government Finance Officers Association's (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its FY2022 Budget.  This award represents a significant achievement, the highest form of recognition in government budgeting; the County has received this award for a number of consecutive years

Capital Improvements Plan

For information regarding the County's Capital Improvements Plan, please click here.

External Entity Funding Requests

The Board of Supervisors considers funding requests from outside organizations, which can be submitted on the External Entity Funding Request Form linked below.  Requests are considered as part of the annual budget process and must be received by December 15th of the preceding year. For example: if the fiscal year starts July 1, 2022, the request should be submitted by December 15, 2021.