Date	City of Lawrence Internal Calendar 2020 Budget Process (non-election)
February 18	Capital Improvement Plan forms on website for public
	Press release on public CIP process
March 1	CIP Project Requests are Due
March 19	Present Priority Based Budgeting results to City Commission
	Present CIP Annual Report to City Commission
April 1	Outside Agency Applications opened
April 26	Department Operating Budget Must be Completed in OpenGov
	Outside agency requests due (Including library)
May 14	CIP presentation to Commission at Work Session
May 22	Recommended CIP presented to Planning Commission
July 3	Recommended Budget is Distributed
July 9	City Manager’s Recommended Budget is Presented to the City Commission at Work Session
July 16	City Commission; authorizes publication of 2019 Amended Budget
	City Commission establishes maximum expenditures; authorizes publication of 2020 Budget
	Budget materials provided to Journal World for publication Friday July 26 (more than ten days between publication and hearing).
August 6	Public Hearing on Budget – Budget Ordinance First Reading
August 13	Budget adopted by City Commission – Budget Ordinance second reading
August 14	Budget Ordinance provided to Journal World for Publication Friday, August 16
August 23	Budget submitted to County