[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
The budget shall provide a complete financial plan of all City
funds and activities for the ensuing fiscal year and, except as required
by law or this charter, shall be in such form as the council may require.
The budget shall indicate in separate sections:
(a)
Expenditures. Proposed expenditures for current
operations during the ensuing fiscal year and the method of financing
such expenditures.
(b)
Capital Expenditures. Proposed capital expenditures
during the ensuing fiscal year and the proposed method of financing
such expenditure.
(c)
City Owned Utilities. Anticipated net surplus or
deficit for the ensuing fiscal year of each utility owned or operated
by the City and the proposed method of its disposition; subsidiary
budgets for each such utility giving detailed income and expenditure
information shall be attached as appendices to the budget.
(d)
Total Expenditures. The total proposed expenditures
shall not exceed the total of estimated income.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amending
Ord. approved by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001]
The fiscal year of the City shall begin on the first day of
January and end on the last day of December.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amendment
approved by electorate, August 4, 1992; Amending Ord. 99-8 approved
by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001; Amending Ord. 03-333 approved
by electorate on April 6, 2004, to be effective on April 3, 2007 Mayoral
Election]
At least 90 days prior to the end of the fiscal year the mayor
shall submit to the council a budget for the ensuing fiscal year and
an accompanying written message unless otherwise provided by ordinance.
The accompanying written message may contain a summary of the budget.
Upon receipt of the budget from the mayor, the City council shall
conduct budget reviews of each department and fund of the City.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amending
Ord. 99-8 approved by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001; Amending Ord.
03-333 approved by electorate on April 6, 2004, to be effective on
April 3, 2007 Mayoral Election]
(a)
Submission To Council. The mayor shall prepare and
submit to the council a five-year capital program at least three months
prior to the final date for submission of the budget.
(b)
Contents. The capital program shall include:
(1)
Clear general summary of its contents;
(2)
A list of all capital improvements which are proposed to be
undertaken during the three fiscal years next ensuing, with appropriate
supporting information as to the necessity for such improvements;
(3)
Cost estimates, method of financing and recommended time schedules
for each such improvement; and
(4)
The estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities
to be constructed or acquired.
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The above information may be revised and extended each year
with regard to capital improvements still pending or in process of
construction or acquisition.
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[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amending
Ord. 99-8 arrived by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001]
(a)
Notice And Hearing. The council shall publish in
one or more newspapers of general circulation in the City a general
summary of the budget and a notice stating:
(b)
Amendment Before Adoption. After the public hearing,
the council may adopt the budget with or without amendment. In amending
the budget, it may add or increase programs or amounts and may delete
or decrease any programs or amounts, except expenditures required
by law or for debt service or for estimated cash deficit, provided
that no amendment to the budget shall increase the authorized expenditures
to an amount greater than the total of estimated income.
(c)
Adoption. The budget ordinance and the appropriations ordinance approving the expenditures provided in the budget shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the council and approved by the mayor not later than the last day of the fiscal year. The deadline for vote by the council and approval by the mayor shall be extended by one day for each day the mayor fails to meet the deadline prescribed in Section 8.3 of this charter.
During the period of extension the budget and appropriations
of the previous fiscal year shall be deemed to be rebudgeted and reappropriated
until the new budget and appropriations are finally adopted and approved.
If the council shall not have passed the budget and appropriations
ordinances by the times prescribed in this section, the budget as
submitted by the mayor and the budget and appropriations ordinances
shall be deemed to have been adopted.
If a budget ordinance and an appropriation ordinance have been
adopted by the council but not approved by the mayor by the last day
of the fiscal year, or within any time extension, or if the mayor
has vetoed the budget ordinance and appropriation ordinance, then
the budget and appropriations of the previous fiscal year shall be
deemed to be rebudgeted and reappropriated until either the mayor
approves the budget, the veto is overridden, or a new budget is adopted
and approved.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
(a)
Notice And Hearing. The council shall publish in
one or more newspapers of general circulation in the City a general
summary of the capital program and a notice stating:
(b)
Adoption. The council by resolution shall adopt
the capital program with or without amendment after the public hearing
and on or before the last day of the last month of the current fiscal
year.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
Copies of the budget and the capital program as adopted shall
be public records and shall be made available to the public at suitable
places in the City.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
If during the fiscal year the mayor certifies that there are
available for appropriation revenues in excess of those estimated
in the budget, the council by ordinance may make supplemental appropriations
for the year up to the amount of such excess.
If at any time during the fiscal year it appears probable to
the mayor that the revenues available will be insufficient to meet
the amount appropriated, the mayor shall report to the council without
delay, indicating the estimated amount of the deficit, any remedial
action taken by the mayor and recommendations as to any other steps
to be taken. The council shall then take such further action as it
deems necessary to prevent or minimize any deficit and for that purpose
it may by ordinance reduce one or more appropriations.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
At any time during the fiscal year the mayor may transfer part
or all of any unencumbered appropriation balance among programs within
a department, office or agency. Upon written request by the mayor,
the council may by ordinance transfer part or all of any unencumbered
appropriation balance from one department, office or agency to another.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amending
Ord. 99-8 approved by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001]
The council shall by ordinance set the tax rates and levy on
the various classes of property, and the levy so established shall
be certified by the City Clerk to the appropriate official, who shall
compute the taxes and extend them upon the tax rolls.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
Except as otherwise required by law or this charter, all bonds
issued by the City shall be sold as prescribed by City ordinance.
