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.