BUDGET UNIT
Brief Overview of the Budget Unit
The budget office in the municipal assembly is assigned both statutory duties and assigned duties; these duties are expected to be performed annually within the budget cycle framework. Every posted Budget Analyst is expected to be assigned a piece of duties to be performed.
The statutory and assigned duties identified have been developed into various work packages. These work packages are regrouped into job schedules. These job schedules are to guide staff Day-to-Day office delivery, Staff Performance, Staff Appraisal, Staff Training Needs Assessment, Participation in Meetings, Workshops and Invited Programmes, among others.
It must be noted that the use of professional-grade titles was separated from the created job schedule titles. This is because staff schedules are not to be driven by grades but by the availability of posted staff.
Vision
To be an integral unit in every development delivery in the municipality, providing Budget Technical Support Services.
Mission
To maximize the potential of staff, Best Practices and Stakeholders to deliver Data-Driven, Timely, Effective and Ethical Budget Technical Support Services to the departments and citizens in the Municipality.
Cores Values
Best Practices, Understanding, Data-Driven Advice, Government Support, Ethical and Teamwork.
Functions
Statutory Duties (LI 1961)
- Facilitate the preparation and execution of the Budget of the Municipal Assembly.
- Facilitate the preparation, collation and submission of annual estimates by other Departments, Agencies and Institutions in the Municipality.
- Assist in the translation of Medium-Term Programme of the Municipal Assembly into the Municipal Investment Programme.
- Co-ordinate the organization of in-service training programmes for the staff of the unit of the Municipal Assembly in Budget preparation, Financial Management and Dissemination of Information on Government Financial Policies.
- Assist in verifying and certifying the status of Municipal Development Projects before requests for funds for payments are submitted to the relevant funding sources.
- Facilitate the preparation of the rating schedules of the Municipal Assembly.
- Facilitate the collation of the statistical inputs that will enhance the preparation of the budget of the Assembly.
- Assist in monitoring the programmes and projects of the Municipal Assembly as a measure to ensure economic utilization of budgetary resources.
MR. KUDOLA EMMANUEL
HEAD OF BUDGET UNIT