[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
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 council may require. The budget shall indicate in separate sections:
(a) 
Expenditures. Proposed expenditures for current operations during the ensuing fiscal year and the method of financing such expenditures.
(b) 
Capital Expenditures. Proposed capital expenditures during the ensuing fiscal year and the proposed method of financing such expenditure.
(c) 
City Owned Utilities. 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.
(d) 
Total Expenditures. The total proposed expenditures shall not exceed the total of estimated income.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amending Ord. approved by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001]
The fiscal year of the City shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of December.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amendment approved by electorate, August 4, 1992; Amending Ord. 99-8 approved by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001; Amending Ord. 03-333 approved by electorate on April 6, 2004, to be effective on April 3, 2007 Mayoral Election]
At least 90 days prior to the end of the fiscal year the mayor shall submit to the council a budget for the ensuing fiscal year and an accompanying written message unless otherwise provided by ordinance. The accompanying written message may contain a summary of the budget. Upon receipt of the budget from the mayor, the City council shall conduct budget reviews of each department and fund of the City.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amending Ord. 99-8 approved by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001; Amending Ord. 03-333 approved by electorate on April 6, 2004, to be effective on April 3, 2007 Mayoral Election]
(a) 
Submission To Council. The mayor shall prepare and submit to the council a five-year capital program at least three months prior to the final date for submission of the budget.
(b) 
Contents. The capital program shall include:
(1) 
Clear general summary of its contents;
(2) 
A list of all capital improvements which are proposed to be undertaken during the three 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; and
(4) 
The estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to be constructed or acquired.
The above information may be revised and extended each year with regard to capital improvements still pending or in process of construction or acquisition.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amending Ord. 99-8 arrived by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001]
(a) 
Notice And Hearing. The council shall publish in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the City a general summary of the budget and a notice stating:
(1) 
The time and places where copies of the message and budget are available for inspection by the public; and
(2) 
The time and place, not less than two weeks after such publication, for a public hearing on the budget.
(b) 
Amendment Before Adoption. After the public hearing, the 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.
(c) 
Adoption. The budget ordinance and the appropriations ordinance approving the expenditures provided in the budget shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the council and approved by the mayor not later than the last day of the fiscal year. The deadline for vote by the council and approval by the mayor shall be extended by one day for each day the mayor fails to meet the deadline prescribed in Section 8.3 of this charter.
During the period of extension the budget and appropriations of the previous fiscal year shall be deemed to be rebudgeted and reappropriated until the new budget and appropriations are finally adopted and approved. If the council shall not have passed the budget and appropriations ordinances by the times prescribed in this section, the budget as submitted by the mayor and the budget and appropriations ordinances shall be deemed to have been adopted.
If a budget ordinance and an appropriation ordinance have been adopted by the council but not approved by the mayor by the last day of the fiscal year, or within any time extension, or if the mayor has vetoed the budget ordinance and appropriation ordinance, then the budget and appropriations of the previous fiscal year shall be deemed to be rebudgeted and reappropriated until either the mayor approves the budget, the veto is overridden, or a new budget is adopted and approved.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
(a) 
Notice And Hearing. The council shall publish in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the City a general summary of the capital program and a notice stating:
(1) 
The times and places where copies of the capital program are available for inspection by the public; and
(2) 
The time and place, not less than two weeks after such publication, for a public hearing on the capital program.
(b) 
Adoption. The council by resolution shall adopt the capital program with or without amendment after the public hearing and on or before the last day of the last month of the current fiscal year.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
Copies of the budget and the capital program as adopted shall be public records and shall be made available to the public at suitable places in the City.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
If during the fiscal year the mayor certifies that there are available for appropriation revenues in excess of those estimated in the budget, the council by ordinance may make supplemental appropriations for the year up to the amount of such excess.
If at any time during the fiscal year it appears probable to the mayor that the revenues available will be insufficient to meet the amount appropriated, the mayor shall report to the council without delay, indicating the estimated amount of the deficit, any remedial action taken by the mayor and recommendations as to any other steps to be taken. The council shall then take such further action as it deems necessary to prevent or minimize any deficit and for that purpose it may by ordinance reduce one or more appropriations.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
At any time during the fiscal year the mayor may transfer part or all of any unencumbered appropriation balance among programs within a department, office or agency. Upon written request by the mayor, the council may by ordinance transfer part or all of any unencumbered appropriation balance from one department, office or agency to another.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981; Amending Ord. 99-8 approved by electorate, April 6, 1999, effective 1-1-2001]
The 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.
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Cross Reference--As to taxation, finance and revenue, Ch. 140; as to general business licensing and taxation, see Ch. 605.
[R.O. 2011; Approved by electorate, November 3, 1981]
Except as otherwise required by law or this charter, all bonds issued by the City shall be sold as prescribed by City ordinance.