The topics for the first session:

1. Some budget language
2. The 2 and a half important kinds of budgets
3. Why governments borrow for capital projects
4. Budget Cycle/Process
5. Budget Formats
6. Other Budget Components and related Decision Documents
7. Budget Procedures
8. Washington State Budgets (there are 3 of them) and Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
9. Links you can use to find your governments' budgets and financial reports (if they don't hide them)

Topics for the second session: Budget and Financial Report --

1. Snohomish County 
2. The numerous cities and special purpose districts
3. Lynnwood /Cities
   
4. School Districts 
5. Fire Districts 
6. Sno-Isle Library System (and, but we aren't going to examine it, King County Library System)
7. SnoPUD 
8. Sound Transit (regional including Snohomish)
9. Ports
10. Hospital Districts (multi-county)
11. Parks (multi-county)