The Town of Oro Valley will begin the budget process for 2013-14 by hosting a public forum on January 17 at 6 p.m. The purpose of the forum is to provide information on the Town's 2013-14 budget, educate residents on the budget process and solicit input.

Marana Town Manager Gilbert Davidson and the finance department are putting the finishing touches on the town’s $33 million budget that went before the council on April 16.

When it comes to weddings, sure, everyone loves a heartfelt ceremony, but in reality, the “I do’s” only last an hour at the most. The bulk of time in most celebrations is the party that comes after.

The budget process for Oro Valley that began in January resulted in cuts to costs and personnel along with a modest tax increase. The town council was guided in part by the unanimously agreed upon vision that we adopted last September. Through it all we did the due diligence and examined a variety of options. We also considered the views of Oro Valley residents, and the town staff was responsive to the questions and concerns of the council members.

The Amphitheater School District is looking to renew its current maintenance and operations budget override, and pass a new override for its capital budget on the Nov. 3 special election ballot.

A budget crafted by the Arizona Legislature was painful and is imperfect, two Northwest legislators told a Marana Chamber of Commerce lunch crowd, but it “kept a vision for the future of Arizona,” according to Rep. Pete Hershberger.

When state lawmakers passed a series of budget bills earlier this month, they had to scramble to fill a nearly $2 billion projected deficit.

You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to. Oro Valley Town Council says contingency fund, but the mayor and some town staff members are calling it more of a "savings account."

The Northwest Fire and Rescue District's budget committee chairman, whose company sold more than a quarter of million dollars ofequipment to the district during the last two years, resigned Aug. 28.

Oro Valley's budget for the coming year will be the tightest in at least a decade as a result of the havoc wreaked upon the town's economy by the events of Sept. 11, according to Finance Director David Andrews.

The timing of Oro Valley’s potential budget adoption for fiscal year 2012-2013 is causing a stir among members of the Oro Valley Town Council. Current members look to pass the budget soon, while newly-elected council members want to wait.

Oro Valley Town staff held the first public meeting of the year on Jan. 26 to discuss the 2012-2013 fiscal year budget. Members of Town staff and council held the meeting to hear citizen input.

The budget-planning season for the Marana and Oro Valley town councils has come and gone with the final products being approved in recent weeks.

In its second round of budget planning for the upcoming 2011-2012 fiscal year, the Marana Town Council on May 10 reviewed the proposed enterprise funds, and were updated on how the latest legislative session will impact the town.

It is the tale of two budgets. While Oro Valley is challenged with where to make deep cuts due to a lack of growth, in neighboring Marana, officials spent their first budget work session planning how to spend extra money coming from a growing population.

Even though economists predicted the end of the recession nearly two years ago, the downturn continues to wreak havoc in private and public sectors.

The Camino de Mañana road project is progressing smoothly, on time and on budget, according to the project manager responsible for the construction of the roadway.

Sen. Al Melvin believes a budget compromise — which may include property tax decreases and a ballot referral of a temporary sales tax increase — could be hammered out by the Arizona Legislature and Gov. Jan Brewer by month's end.

After months of debate, the Republican-led Arizona State Legislature and Gov. Jan Brewer have yet to agree on a fiscal 2009-'10 budget.