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Town of Leonardtown, MD
St. Marys County
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[Adopted 11-13-1989 by Res. No. 7-89]
Requests for budget amendments must be made in writing, to include a justification for the amendment and the account numbers and amounts affected.
The Clerk-Treasurer, in conjunction with the Comptroller - Fiscal Manager, shall then review the request for completeness and certify that funds are available to make the amendment.
All budget amendments between funds and/or categories (salaries, operating expenditures, capital outlay) shall be submitted to the Mayor and Council for approval; budget amendments within categories shall be approved by the Clerk-Treasurer in conjunction with the Comptroller - Fiscal Manager.
Upon proper approval of budget amendments, the adopted budget will be updated to reflect the changes within 30 days.
No budget amendment requests will be accepted to increase a line-item appropriation without a corresponding increase in revenue or decrease in a different line-item appropriation.