• Contracts for and reviews the annual independent audit of all county financial dealings, transactions and records conducted by an outside CPA firm;
• Reviews and modifies, where appropriate, the proposed county budget;
• Monitors all county operational and capital expenditures;
• Analyzes and reviews all fiscally related matters and makes recommendations on those matters to the full Board for consideration;
• Seeks opportunities for operational reform that will lead to better and less costly county government

The Committee seeks regular input on fiscal matters from the public through public hearings and through monthly meetings of the Citizen's Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC) which meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:00 PM in the Westchester County Board of Legislators Committee Meeting Room located on the 8th floor of the Michaelian Office Building at 148 Martine Avenue in White Plains. The public is invited to attend these meetings.

The following sit on the Citizen’s Budget Advisory Committee:

• John D. McGarr, Co-Chair
• L. William Kay III, Co-Chair
• Frances D. MacEachron
• Barbara Strauss
• Joseph Whelan
• Justin C. Brasch
• Roger J. Carlson
• Alfred Turnquest
• Joseph Gantz
• Nicholas Benyo, Jr.
• Bruce Gilchrist
• Robert Wall
• County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz ( Dist#4), Chair of the Budget & Appropriations Committee

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Click here for the 2008 Operating Budget Review Meeting Schedule.