The Finance Committee meet as necessary in the Public Works Conference Room of City Hall. They are responsible for gathering assessments and needs from the Department Heads and assembling a City Budget. They present this as a recommendation to the Board of Aldermen for their approval. Sunset Hills' Budget is annual and runs from January through the end of December. In July, Department Heads start preparing their budgets for the following year. In around August, the Finance Committee starts going over these submissions and make recommendations back to the Department Heads based upon anticipated revenue projections for the next year. By the November Aldermanic meeting, the following year's budget is read at this meeting for approval at the December Aldermanic session. The Finance Committee will also typically meet in April and May to go over Employee Benefit programs. These plans typically run from the start of June through the end of May.