Proposed Budget Open Data Files

• FY25 just released on 05/13/2024

An interactive "dashboard" to easily explore the above data source (just updated for FY25 Proposed Budget on 05/13/2024)

• Click Here to access this interactive dashboard (a web-based data exploration tool via the Tableau Public website)

Recommended Explanation / Background Videos from above Information Resources List (less than 1 hour of your time)

• Class 1 - Part 3 - Navigating contents of AA County Budget Book (20 minutes) essential to understanding budget presentations

• Important "backgrounder" - Understanding Governmental Accounting 101   (15 minutes) essential to understanding budget presentations

• Part 2 - Detailed demonstration showing "how-to" connect Tableau Public to the above open data file, and explore the data (1 hour)

  • First 17 minutes  essential to understanding advantage of Open Data File (via Excel PivotTables or Tableau Public dashboards) vs "BuDDE" tool

FY25 Proposed Budget - Public Hearing Testimony (05/15/2024)

District 5 Town Hall Testimony - Respecting the Will of County Voters - Property Tax Revenue Cap  (01/25/2024)

A 3-class "short course" was provided June 7-9, 2023 as part of the Peer Learning Partnership program sponsored by AACC

• Understanding the County Budget - How to make sense of it all?  course flyer

For the 2nd year in a row, the County has publicly released the complete data source file underlying the Proposed FY24 Current Expense Budget.

• This includes more “granular” levels of detail than are shown in the published Budget Book, and includes five years of historical data.

  • This year, this file was posted as “open data” on the County website (but, unfortunately, has since been removed...see below for link  to my saved copy)

• Click Here to download this file in Excel format.  (link provided 08/12/2023)

  • The first tab of this workbook contains the complete data set, the second tab contains a "data dictionary", and the remaining tabs contain instructions and a template for PivotTable analysis within Microsoft Excel. 

The Anne Arundel County Budget is proposed and transmitted to the County Council each year on or about May 1st of each year.

• Click Here for the County Executive's web page devoted to the Proposed Budget.

• Click Here for the County Council's web page devoted to their deliberations on the Proposed Budget.

5-part FY24 Comprehensive Budget Primer - Complete Set (being presented as a series to County Council via "Invitation to Audience" testimony: Mar-Apr)

• Part 4 & 5 of 5 (04/17/2023)

• Part 3 of 5 (04/03/2023)

• Part 2 of 5 (03/20/2023)

• Part 1 of 5 (03/06/2023)

FY24 Budget Town Hall  Links

District 5 Town Hall - Testimony and supporting package

The County Executive recently authorized the release of the complete data source file underlying the Proposed FY23 Current Expense Budget.

• This includes more “granular” levels of detail than are shown in the published Budget Book, and includes five years of historical data.

  • Unfortunately, this file is NOT posted as “open data” on the County website.

• Click Here to download this file in Excel format.

  • The first tab of this workbook contains the complete data set

  • The second tab contains a "data dictionary"

  • The remaining tabs contain instructions and a template for PivotTable analysis within Microsoft Excel 

A presentation has been prepared which explains key concepts and core legal & accounting principles underlying the Budget, and demonstrates how any citizen can easily explore using the new BuDDE tool and the just released comprehensive data file.

• Click Here to access a one-page PDF file with a "teaser" for this presentation which includes:

  • Link to the PowerPoint PDF

  • Links to the two YouTube videos  which represent pre-recorded narrated versions of the presentation: Part 1 and Part 2

An interactive "dashboard" has also been created to facilitate easy exploration of this data source, and is available via the Tableau Public website.

Click Here to access this interactive dashboard (a web-based data exploration tool) In late May of 2022 the County Executive authorized the release of the complete data source file underlying the Proposed FY23 Current Expense Budget.

Letter to the Editor: 05/22/2022 (PDF) Here's a guide to county budget concepts Link to Capital Gazette

The Anne Arundel County Budget is proposed and transmitted to the County Council each year on or about May 1st of each year.

• Click Here for the County Executive's web page devoted to the Proposed Budget.

• Click Here for the County Council's web page devoted to their deliberations on the Proposed Budget.