Share Your Mecklenburg County Budget Priorities

Be sure to complete the Mecklenburg County Budget Survey. Your responses could influence next year’s county budget priorities. Below are details about the survey as well as other ways you can learn about the county budget, the budgeting process, and how you can take part in shaping the final budget for Fiscal Year 2021.

Share your budget priorities for the budget year starting July 2020 (Fiscal Year 2021) by ranking services by level of importance.

Learn how the county allocates and manages the current $1.9 billion operating budget, which funds a sizable part of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools budget; and numerous social services. The survey must be submitted by January 13, 2020 and is limited to Mecklenburg County residents. The county says that most people complete the survey in 10-15 minutes.

Online survey – To complete the survey online, click here https://publicinput.com/5931 Resident Budget Priority Survey (available through January 13)

• Jan. 29-31 – County Board retreat to review surveys and make budget recommendations
• May 1 – County manager presents recommended budget to County Board
• May 7 – Second budget public hearing by the County Board
• May 26-27 – Straw vote by the County Board
• June 2 – County Board adopts Fiscal Year 2021 budgets
• July 1 – New budget takes effect


To learn more about the county budgeting process and ways to get involved, visit the Budget Process webpage.