2010 New York Code
TWN - Town
Article 8 - (100 - 125) FINANCES
106 - Preparation, filing and review of tentative and preliminary budgets.

§  106.  Preparation,  filing  and review of tentative and preliminary
  budgets. 1. The budget officer, upon receipt of  the  estimates  of  the
  various  administrative units, shall review the estimates and may confer
  with the head of any such unit in  regard  to  such  estimates.  He  may
  require  the  head of any such unit to furnish information and to answer
  inquiries pertinent to such review.
    2. Upon the completion of the review  of  the  estimates,  the  budget
  officer  shall  prepare  a  tentative  budget  which  shall  include his
  recommendations and which shall be in the  form  prescribed  in  and  in
  conformance  with section one hundred seven of this article. He may also
  prepare a budget message explaining the main features of  the  tentative
  budget  and  containing  such  additional  information  as  he  may deem
  advisable. On or before the thirtieth day of September, or in  towns  in
  Westchester  and  Monroe  counties  on  or  before  the thirtieth day of
  October, he shall file in the office of the  town  clerk  the  tentative
  budget, the budget message, if any, and the estimates and schedules.
    3. The town clerk shall present the tentative budget to the town board
  at a regular or special meeting to be held on or before the fifth day of
  October.  In  towns  in  Westchester  and Monroe counties the town clerk
  shall present the tentative budget to the town board  at  a  regular  or
  special  meeting  to be held on or before the tenth day of November. The
  town board may call upon the head of any  administrative  unit  and  the
  budget  officer  to  discuss  the  tentative budget and the estimates as
  originally submitted. The head of any administrative unit may request in
  writing that he be permitted to explain his estimates to the town board.
  The town board shall review the  tentative  budget  and  may  make  such
  changes,  alterations  and  revisions as it shall consider advisable and
  which are consistent with law.
    4. Upon the completion of such review, the tentative  budget  and  any
  modifications  thereof  as  approved by the town board, shall become the
  preliminary budget. The preliminary budget shall be filed in the  office
  of  the  town  clerk  and  the  town  clerk  shall  reproduce for public
  distribution as many copies as the town board may direct.