Data mining project... Finance Director max salaries by population for the State of Oregon. Everyone from 600,000 down to 6,000 populations.

A couple questions for everyone out there... 1. How many budget meetings to plan on having each year? 2. Do you hold mid-year budget meetings with your committee? 3. How "involved" is your budget committee on the budget creation process?

Curious how everyone is fairing with their upcoming budgets? Are things getting tight and making cuts, or are you safe for a couple more years until the next recession? Anyone forced to begin difficult discussions? Is anyone in a budget crisis right now?

What software does your organization use? What do you like about it? What do you not like about it?