[Derived from Ch. 7, Art. II, of the 1971 Code]
A. 
The Township budget shall be prepared by the Manager. All Department Heads shall submit to the Manager's requests for appropriations for the next ensuing budget year, at such times and in such form and detail as the Manager shall prescribe. Each Department Head shall appear before the Manager at public hearings, which shall be held during the month of November in each year, for the purpose of justifying the various requests.
B. 
The manager shall review and analyze all budget requests and the hearings thereon, and shall prepare his recommended budget in consultation with Council. So far as practicable, the Manager shall develop and present his budget with reference to the relationships of planning, programming and budgeting.
A. 
The Manager shall annually prepare for consideration by the Township Planning Board:
(1) 
A capital program, to consist of proposed and projected capital outlays by the Township during the ensuing six years.
(2) 
A capital budget, to consist of capital projects and outlays selected from the capital program and proposed or projected for appropriations in the ensuing fiscal year.
B. 
The Manager shall provide the Planning Board with such information, working papers and evaluation of each capital project as it may require.
C. 
At such time annually as shall conform with the requirements of the State Division of Local Finance, the Township Planning Board shall prepare and submit to the Council and Manager a proposed capital program for at least the ensuing six fiscal years, and a proposed capital budget for the ensuing fiscal year.
A. 
The capital program proposed by the Planning Board shall be in such form and contents as may be required pursuant to law, and, without limitation thereto, shall include:
(1) 
A clear summary of its contents.
(2) 
A list of all capital improvements which are proposed to be undertaken during the six 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.
(4) 
The estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to be constructed or acquired.
B. 
The above information may be revised and extended each year with regard to capital improvements still pending or in process of construction or acquisition.
On or before the 15th day of January in each year, the Manager shall submit to the Council his recommended budget together with such explanatory comment or statement as the Manager may deem desirable. It shall include a current operating section and a capital section, and shall be in such form as required by law for municipal budgets.
A. 
In the capital section of the recommended budget, the Manager shall include such capital projects and outlays as he may select from the capital program together with the relevant explanation and justification.
B. 
The budget document shall also include detailed analyses of the various items of expenditure and revenue, and, to the extent feasible, appropriate statements of the cost of performance of functional programs and activities in terms of quantitative, countable units of work for operating and capital expenditures.
The Township Council will consider and act upon the Manager's recommended budget in accordance with the requirements of the Local Budget Law.
Budget appropriations shall be controlled by an encumbrance system which shall be prescribed or approved by the Manager. In consultation with the Council, the Manager shall establish quarterly or such other periodic allotments of appropriations as he may deem desirable. Each Department shall plan and administer its work program within the limits of such allotments, and no commitments shall be incurred in excess of any such allotment except upon written authorization of the Manager.