[Adopted 11-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2013.10.09-013 as Ch. 9 of the 2013 Code]
[Amended 8-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022.08.10 -009]
The City Manager shall submit to the City Council, on or before February 15 of each year, his/her recommended itemized budget estimates of the revenue and expenditures for the next fiscal year for the various departments, functions and funds of the City of Dover. The School Board shall submit to the City Manager, for inclusion in his/her proposed budget, on or before January 15 of each year, its recommended budget amounts for revenue and expenditures for the next fiscal year of the various functions and funds of the School Department.
[Amended 8-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022.08.10 -009]
The budget shall be finally adopted not later than April 15, prior to the beginning of the fiscal year commencing July 1.
A. 
As part of the annual budget adoption procedure, the Finance Department shall submit a proposed fee schedule of all permits, licenses, and other fees and charges by the City (excluding the School Department). Following the budget adoption, said fees will become effective upon the date so indicated. Any fee schedule established by state statute shall automatically adjust the fee schedule without action by the City Council. The fee schedule shall be submitted with the City Manager's budget on or before February 15 of each year.
[Amended 8-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022.08.10 -009]
B. 
Changes to the fee schedule can be made at any time during the fiscal year by the Council in accordance with the budget amendment procedure.
C. 
The fee schedule shall hereafter supersede fees listed in any existing ordinances and all fee adjustments will be made pursuant to this article.
D. 
The omission of any fees currently charged by the City in error from the fee schedule shall not prevent the City from collecting the fees until such time as the omission is corrected.
[Amended 2-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020.01.08-001]
E. 
The effective date of the fee schedule shall be July 1 of the new fiscal year, unless otherwise noted in the fee schedule.
The implementation of § C6-3 including § C6-3.1 of the Dover Charter, as amended, shall be accomplished using the following principles and time deadlines:
A. 
The proposed budget of the City Manager shall be the default budget pursuant to RSA 49-C:23.
B. 
The City Manager shall notify the School Department/School Board by December 1 of each year of the calculation of the estimated property tax levy consistent with the three-year inflation rate average of the Boston Consumer Price Index.
[Amended 8-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022.08.10 -009]
C. 
The School Board shall notify the City Manager by January 15 of each year of the estimated non-property-tax revenues and the final spending amount for the School Department/School Board for inclusion in the City Manager's proposed budget.
[Amended 8-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022.08.10 -009]