A. 
Prior to the commencement of each fiscal year, a budget for the City shall be prepared and the same will be presented to and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
B. 
The annual budget shall present a complete financial plan for the ensuing fiscal year and shall include at least the following information:
1. 
A budget message describing the important features of the budget and major changes from the preceding year;
2. 
Estimated revenues to be received from all sources for the budget year, with a comparative statement of actual or estimated revenues for the two (2) years next preceding, itemized by year, fund and source;
3. 
Proposed expenditures for each department, office, commission, and other classification for the budget year, together with a comparative statement of actual or estimated expenditures for the two (2) years next preceding, itemized by year, fund, activity and object;
4. 
The amount required for the payment of interest, amortization and redemption charges on the debt of the City; and
5. 
A general budget summary.
C. 
In no event shall the total proposed expenditures from any fund exceed the estimated revenues to be received plus any unencumbered balance or less any deficit estimated for the beginning of the budget year, provided that nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the City to use any cash balance as current revenue or to change from a cash basis of financing its expenditures.
[R.O. 1994 § 130.040; Ord. No. 88-25 § 4, 10-11-1988; Ord. No. 2000-07 § 2, 3-28-2000]
The Budget Committee shall be composed of the Mayor, two (2) Aldermen and two (2) citizen representatives. All members will be appointed annually by the Mayor with the Board of Aldermen approval.
A. 
The budget shall be prepared under the direction of a Budget Officer. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the Budget Officer shall be designated by the Board of Aldermen of the City. All officers and employees shall cooperate with and provide to the Budget Officer such information and such records as he/she shall require in developing the budget. The Budget Officer shall review all the expenditure requests and revenue estimates, after which he/she shall prepare the proposed budget as defined herein.
B. 
After the Budget Officer has prepared the proposed budget, he/she shall submit it, along with such supporting schedules, exhibits, and other explanatory material as may be necessary for the proper understanding of the financial needs and position of the City, to the Board of Aldermen. He/she shall submit at the same time complete drafts of such orders, motions, resolutions or ordinances as may be required to authorize the proposed expenditures and produce the revenues necessary to balance the proposed budget.
A. 
The Board of Aldermen may revise, alter, increase or decrease the items contained in the proposed budget, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law, or charter, or in Subsection (B) of this Section, provided that in no event shall the total authorized expenditures from any fund exceed the estimated revenues to be received plus any unencumbered balance or less any deficit estimated for the beginning of the budget year. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board of Aldermen shall, before the beginning of the fiscal year, approve the budget and approve or adopt such orders, motions, resolutions or ordinances as may be required to authorize the budgeted expenditures and produce the revenues estimated in the budget.
B. 
Any taxpayer of the City may initiate an action for injunctive relief, which the court shall grant, if the Board of Aldermen decreases the budget for its Law Enforcement Agency, except for those created under Section 162.215, RSMo., by an amount exceeding more than twelve percent (12%) relative to the proposed budgets of other departments of the City over a five-year aggregate amount.
[R.O. 1994 § 130.070; Ord. No. 88-25 § 7, 10-11-1988]
The City shall not incur any debts which aggregate an amount greater than the anticipated revenues for the budget year, without the approval of the voters of the City, as required by law.
After the City has approved the budget for any year and has approved or adopted the orders, motions, resolutions or ordinances required to authorize the expenditures proposed in the budget, the City shall not increase the total amount authorized for expenditure from any fund, unless the Board of Aldermen adopts a resolution setting forth the facts and reasons making the increase necessary and approves or adopts an order, motion, resolution or ordinance to authorize the expenditures.
[R.O. 1994 § 130.080; Ord. No. 88-25 § 8, 10-11-1988; Ord. No. 2000-07 § 3, 3-28-2000]
A. 
The annual budget of the City of Lake Ozark shall be prepared in accordance with the following calendar:
1. 
In June the City Administrator will agenda the budget discussion for both regular June Board meetings. This will provide the Board opportunity to discuss the upcoming year and programs they may wish to expand, shrink or eliminate. Staff will use this discussion to focus their departmental budget development.
2. 
In July all department heads will gather information and assemble budget requests for the upcoming year.
3. 
In September department heads will meet with the City Administrator to assemble a City-wide draft budget. A consensus of departments heads on the entire budget is required prior to submitting the draft budget to the Budget Committee.
4. 
In October the Budget Committee will meet and review the staff's draft budget and assembled supporting schedules. After review and discussion a final draft budget shall be prepared for submission to the Board of Aldermen.
5. 
The budget shall be submitted to the Board of Aldermen at the second regular meeting in November.
[R.O. 1994 § 130.090; Ord. No. 88-25 § 9, 10-11-1988]
To the maximum extent practicable, and to the extent it does not conflict with State law, this Code, or other ordinance, the budget shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
[R.O. 1994 § 130.100; Ord. No. 88-25 § 10, 10-11-1988]
In order to permit the proper budgeting of various departments, and to assist in determining the actual cost of various City operations, each City department is required to charge every other City department for the use of man hours, equipment, tools and other supplies at their cost to the City when "loaned" to the other department. These charges shall be prepared on a form prepared by the City Clerk and City Accountant, and shall result in "paper transfers" from one (1) department's budget to another without an actual transfer of cash to the individual departments.