The fiscal year of the city shall begin on the first day of
July and end on the last day of June in the succeeding year.
[Ord. No. 1129 §1(Props. 5, 7), 12-16-1985; Ord. No. 4056 §1(Prop. 3), 12-11-2006]
On or before the second regular meeting in April of each year,
the city administrator shall propose to the city council a budget
for the ensuing fiscal year.
[Ord. No. 1129 §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985; Ord. No. 4056 §1(Prop. 3), 12-11-2006]
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 city administrator
deems desirable or the city council may require. The budget shall
indicate in separate sections:[1]
(a)
Proposed expenditures for current operations during the ensuing fiscal
year and the method of financing such expenditures;
(b)
Proposed capital expenditures during the ensuing fiscal year and
the proposed method of financing each such capital expenditure; and
(c)
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. The total proposed expenditure shall not exceed the
total of estimated income plus any surplus anticipated to be on hand
at the end of the fiscal year then in progress.
[1]
See Section 67.010, RSMo., as to municipal budgets.
[Ord. No. 1038 §1, 1-24-1983; Ord. No. 1129 §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985; Ord. No. 4056 §1(Prop. 3), 12-11-2006]
(a)
Submission to the city council. The city administrator
shall propose to the city council every year, a five-year capital
improvement program by the second regular city council meeting in
February.
(b)
Contents. The capital program shall include:
1.
A clear general summary of its contents;
2.
A list of all capital improvements which are proposed to be undertaken
during the five (5) 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 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 shall be revised and extended each year
with regard to capital improvements still pending or in process of
construction or acquisition.
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[Ord. No. 1129 §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985]
(a)
Finance committee consideration. The city council
shall submit the proposed budget to the Finance Committee for its
recommendations and comments.
(b)
Notice and hearing. The city council shall publish
in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the city a general
summary of the proposed budget and a notice stating:
(c)
Amendment before adoption. After the public hearing,
the city 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
plus any surplus anticipated to be on hand at the end of the fiscal
year then in progress.
(d)
Adoption. The city council shall adopt the budget
on or before the last day of the twelfth month of the fiscal year
currently ending. If it fails to adopt the budget by this date, the
amounts appropriated for current operation for the budget by this
date, the amounts appropriated for current operation for the current
fiscal year shall be deemed adopted for the ensuing fiscal year on
a month-to-month basis, with all items in it prorated accordingly,
until such time as the city council adopts a budget for the ensuing
fiscal year. Adoption of the budget shall constitute appropriations
of the amounts specified therein as expenditures from the funds indicated.
[Ord. No. 1129 §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985; Ord. No. 4056 §1(Prop. 3), 12-11-2006]
(a)
Finance committee consideration. The city council
shall submit the proposed capital program to the Finance Committee
for its recommendations and comments.
(b)
Notice and hearing. The city council shall publish
in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the city a general
summary of the proposed capital program and a notice stating:
(c)
Adoption. The city council shall adopt the capital
improvement program on or before the last day of the twelfth month
of the fiscal year currently ending. If it fails to adopt the capital
improvement program by such date, no new capital improvement projects
shall be initiated until such time as the city council adopts the
capital improvement program for the ensuing fiscal year. Adoption
of the capital improvement program shall constitute appropriations
of the amounts specified therein as expenditures from the funds indicated.
Copies of the budget and the capital program as adopted shall
be public records and shall be made available to the public at The
Creve Coeur Government Center.
[Ord. No. 1129 §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985]
(a)
Supplemental appropriations. If, during the fiscal
year, the city administrator certifies that there are available for
appropriation revenues in excess of those estimated in the budget,
the city council by ordinance may make supplemental appropriations
for the year in an amount equal to actual revenue in excess of budgeted
revenue, plus uncommitted surplus.
(b)
Reduction of appropriations. If at any time during
the fiscal year it appears probable to the city administrator that
the revenue and uncommitted surplus available will be insufficient
to meet the amount appropriated, he or she shall report to the city
council without delay, indicating the estimated amount of the deficit,
any remedial action taken by him or her and his or her recommendations
as to any other steps to be taken. The city council shall then take
such action as it deems necessary to prevent or minimize any deficit
and for that purpose it may by ordinance reduce one or more appropriations.
(c)
Transfer of appropriations. At any time during the
fiscal year the city administrator may transfer part or all of any
unencumbered appropriation balance, not including salaries or capital
expenditures, among programs within a department, office or agency
and, upon written request by the city administrator, the city council
may by ordinance transfer part or all of any unencumbered appropriation
balance from one department, office or agency to another, or within
departments with respect to salary and capital expenditures.
[Ord. No. 4056 §1(Prop. 3), 12-11-2006]
(a)
Work programs and allotments. At such time as the city administrator shall specify, each department, office or agency shall submit work programs for the ensuing fiscal year showing the requested allotments of its appropriation by periods within the year. The city administrator shall review and authorize such allotments with or without revision as early as possible in the fiscal year. He or she may revise such allotments during the year if he or she deems it desirable and shall revise them to accord with any supplemental, reduced or transferred appropriations made pursuant to Section 9.8.
(b)
Payments and obligations prohibited. No payment
shall be made or obligation incurred against any allotment or appropriation
except in accordance with appropriations duly made and unless the
city administrator or his or her designee first certifies that there
is a sufficient unencumbered balance in such allotment or appropriation
and that sufficient funds therefrom are or will be available to cover
the claim or meet the obligation when it becomes due and payable.
Any authorization of payment or incurring of obligation in violation
of the provisions of this charter shall be void and payment so made
illegal; such action shall be cause for removal of any officer who
knowingly authorized or made such payment or incurred such obligation,
and he or she shall also be liable to the city for any amount so paid.
However, except where prohibited by law, nothing in this charter shall
be construed to prevent the making or authorizing of payments or making
of contracts for capital improvements to be financed wholly or partly
by the issuance of bonds or to prevent the making of any contract
or lease providing for payments beyond the end of the fiscal year,
provided that such action is made or approved by resolution.
[Ord. No. 1129 §1(Prop. 7), 12-16-1985]
Immediately after the budget is finally adopted, the city 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.
[Ord. No. 4056 §1(Prop. 3), 12-11-2006]
The City shall be authorized to sell any bonds as may now or
hereafter be authorized by law. Bonds sold by the City may be sold
at private or public sale as authorized by law. In the event such
bonds are to be sold at public sale, the same shall be sold upon sealed
proposals after reasonable public notice has been given as provided
by ordinance or otherwise by law. Any public sale shall be conducted
according to whatever terms and conditions may be provided by ordinance.
