[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Gardner 9-5-2006 by Ord. No.
1434. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
There shall be established in the City of Gardner a Capital
Improvement Planning Committee. Members shall consist of the Council
President and/or designee(s), the City Engineer, the Director of Community
Development and Planning, the City Treasurer, the Director of Public
Works, the City Purchasing Agent/Civil Enforcement Director, the City
Auditor, and the School Department Business Manager, all of whom shall
serve ex officio. The Committee shall choose its own officers.
B.
All officers,
boards and committees shall, by November 1 of each year, give to the
Committee, on forms prepared by it, information concerning all anticipated
projects requiring City Council action during the ensuing six years.
The Committee shall consider the relative need, impact, timing, and
cost of these expenditures and the effect each will have on the financial
position of the City.
C.
No appropriation
shall be voted for a capital improvement requested by a department,
board, or commission unless the proposed capital improvement is considered
in the Committee's report or the Committee shall first have submitted
a report to the City Council explaining the omission.
The Committee shall prepare an annual report recommending a
capital improvement budget for the next fiscal year and a capital
improvement program, including recommended capital improvements for
the following five fiscal years. The report shall be submitted to
the Mayor for consideration and approval. The Mayor shall submit the
approved capital budget to the City Council for adoption.
Such capital improvement program, after its adoption, shall
permit the expenditures on projects included therein of sums from
departmental budgets for surveys, architectural or engineering advice,
options or appraisals, but no such expenditure shall be incurred on
projects which have not been so approved by the City through the appropriation
of sums in the current year or in prior years, or for preliminary
planning for projects to be undertaken more than five years in the
future.
The Committee's report and the Mayor's recommended
capital budget shall be published and made available in a manner consistent
with the distribution of the Mayor's budget recommendations to
the City Council. The Committee shall submit its original report to
the City Clerk.