ALBANY (Oct.

14) The Albany County Legislature on Thursday designated its Audit and Finance
Committee to review the county executives Tentative Budget for 2017, and set two hearings to receive
public comment.
Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy presented a $652 million budget last week, a fiscal plan that
would not increase the countys tax rate for the third consecutive year. The Legislatures Democratic
leadership - Chairman Sean Ward and Majority Leader Frank Commisso have credited McCoy for
forwarding a budget with flat spending.
The Legislature on Thursday scheduled its first public hearing on the Tentative Budget for 7:15 p.m. Oct.
25 in the Albany County Courthouse. Members also voted to set a public hearing on legislative additions
and/or deletions to the budget for 7:15 p.m. Nov. 22 in the courthouse.
Under the Albany County Charter, the county executive must file an annual Tentative Budget with the
clerk of the Legislature by Oct. 10 and a first public hearing shall be held no later than Oct. 30. A
legislative budget report must be filed with the clerk by Nov. 20 and a second public hearing shall be
held by Dec. 1. A timeline of events and possibilities in adopting the budget is below: