[Adopted as Ch. 3, Art. 2, of the General Bylaws; amended 1995 ATM by Art. 43]
A. 
By November 1 of each fiscal year, the Board of Selectmen, Kingston Elementary School Committee, and Finance Committee shall meet to review the Five-Year Financial Plan and discuss and delineate their budget parameters for the coming fiscal year.
[Amended 10-24-2023 STM by Art. 19]
B. 
Based upon these priorities, as well as revenue, fixed expenditure, and assessment projections prepared by the Town Administrator, a Budget Advisory Board shall be made up of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Kingston Elementary School Committee, a Kingston representative to the Silver Lake Regional School Committee, the Capital Planning Committee, and the Finance Committee, as well as the Town Administrator.
[Amended 5-11-2024 ATM by Art. 29]
A. 
Based upon these parameters, the Town Administrator and Superintendent of Schools shall send out budget forms to department heads by December 1. These forms should be designed to include the following information:
[Amended 10-24-2023 STM by Art. 19]
(1) 
Narrative. A statement of the major activities of the department, the major accomplishments of the current year, and plans for the coming year.
(2) 
New and/or discretionary requests. Any request that is new or from the prior years and any capital outlay requests should be proposed and justified in a memorandum to the Town Administrator when submitting the departmental budget request.
B. 
Completed budget forms shall be returned by all nonschool departments to the Town Accountant by November 10. He shall compile and submit these budget requests to the Town Administrator for submission to the Board of Selectmen.
A. 
On or before January 15, the Town Administrator and Superintendent of Schools shall submit to the Board of Selectmen and School Committees, respectively, the proposed budgets for the ensuing fiscal year with appropriate and sufficient supporting documents. Said budgets should correspond with the parameters set at the joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen, School Committees, and Finance Committees. These budget documents shall provide a complete financial plan of all Town funds and activities as described above.
[Amended 10-24-2023 STM by Art. 19]
B. 
The budgets shall also show in detail all estimated income from the tax levy, state aid, local receipts of all kinds, and all other revenue sources and all proposed expenditures, including debt service and other fixed charges, for the following year.
[Amended 10-24-2023 STM by Art. 19]
The Board of Selectmen and Kingston Elementary School Committee shall review the proposed budgets and recommend such changes they consider necessary to reflect their stated policies. These Boards shall then transmit their proposed budgets to the Finance Committee by February 15 for review in accordance with Chapter 7, Article II.