Welcome to the Westchester County Budget Department 

We are pleased to welcome you to the Budget Department website for the only AAA County in New York State.   It is our hope that you will find the information available through our site useful and welcome any comments that you would like to offer.  If however, you find that you need additional detailed information please feel free to call our office at (914) 995-2850.

The Westchester County Budget Department serves as staff to the County Executive and the County Board of Legislators on all budgetary issues.  To that end we are responsible for the preparation of the annual operating budgets for the County’s annual Capital Budget, the annual Operating Budgets for the County General Fund, the Community College, the County’s four Water Districts, 13 Sewer Districts and the County’s Refuse Disposal District.  The detail budgets for each of the above for the last three fiscal years are available on the WEB by clicking the appropriate year.

In addition to the preparation of the budget, the office is responsible for:

     ·    monitoring of expenditures and revenues during the  course of the year
          for conformance to the original budget plan;

     ·    recommending to the County Executive and Board of Legislators
          actions and implementing necessary changes to the budgets in order
          to complete the fiscal year on a sound financial basis;

     ·   analyzing the impact of both the New York State and Federal
         Government budgets on the county’s budgetary plan;

     ·   and for the year-end accrual of all appropriate expenses and revenues.  

Unlike New York State and the Federal Government, that have routinely failed to adopt their budgets on time, Westchester County is required by the County Charter to have a budget in place for the next fiscal year by December 30th of each year.  Failure to adopt a County budget on time results in the implementation of the immediate past budget for the next fiscal year.   In its entire history the County Board of Legislators and the County Executive have never failed to meet that deadline.   Operating Budget Timetable

Thank you for visiting our WEB site and we look forward to any comments on how we can serve you better.