[R.O. 1996 § C-7.1]
The Fiscal year of the City shall
be established by ordinance.
[R.O. 1996 § C-7.2; Ord. No. 4505 § 1 (Charter
Amendment No. 2014-02), 8-18-2014, approved
at election 11-4-2014]
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 City Administrator deems desirable or the City Council
may require. The budget shall indicate in separate sections:
1. Proposed expenditures for current operations
during the ensuing fiscal year and the method of financing such expenditures;
2. Proposed capital expenditures during the
ensuing fiscal year and the proposed method of financing each such
capital expenditure; and
3. Proposed income.
The total proposed expenditure shall
not exceed the total of estimated income plus any surplus anticipated
to be on hand at the end of the fiscal year then in progress.
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[R.O. 1996 § C-7.3]
At least sixty (60) days prior to
the beginning of each fiscal year, the City Administrator shall submit
to the City Council a budget.
[R.O. 1996 § C-7.5; Ord. No. 4503 § 1 (Charter
Amendment No. 2014-03), 8-18-2014, approved
at election 11-4-2014]
A. Notice And Hearing. The City Council shall
publish in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in the
City or prominently display on the City of Blue Springs website a
general summary of the budget and a notice stating:
1. The times 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 (2)
weeks after such publication, for a public hearing on the budget.
B. Amendment Before Adoption. After the public
hearing, the City Council may adopt the budget with or without amendment.
In amending the budget the City Council may add or decrease any programs
or amounts, except expenditures required by law or for debt service.
No amendment to the budget shall increase the authorized expenditures
to an amount greater than the total of estimated income plus any surplus
anticipated to be on hand at the end of the fiscal year then in progress.
C. Adoption. The City Council by ordinance
shall adopt the budget on or before the last day of the fiscal year
currently ending. If it fails to adopt the budget by this date, the
amounts appropriated for current operation for the current fiscal
year shall be deemed adopted for the ensuing fiscal year on a month-to-month
basis, with all items in it prorated accordingly, until such time
as the City Council adopts a budget for the ensuing fiscal year. Adoption
of the budget shall constitute appropriations of the amounts specified
therein as expenditures from the funds indicated.
[R.O. 1996 § C-7.6; Ord. No. 4503 § 1 (Charter
Amendment No. 2014-03), 8-18-2014, approved
at election 11-4-2014]
A. Notice And Hearing. The City Council shall
publish in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in the
City or prominently display on the City of Blue Springs website a
general summary of the capital improvement program and a notice stating:
1. The times and places where copies of the
capital improvement program are available for inspection by the public;
and
2. The time and place, not less than two (2)
weeks after such publication, for a public hearing on the capital
improvement program.
B. Adoption. The City Council by ordinance
shall adopt the capital improvement program with or without amendment
after the public hearing and on or before the last day of the fiscal
year currently ending.
[R.O. 1996 § C-7.7; Ord. No. 4503 § 1 (Charter
Amendment No. 2014-03), 8-18-2014, approved
at election 11-4-2014]
Copies of the budget and the capital
improvement program as adopted shall be public records and shall be
made available to the public at suitable places in the City and on
the City of Blue Springs website.
[R.O. 1996 § C-7.8; Ord. No. 4505 § 1 (Charter
Amendment No. 2014-02), 8-18-2014, approved
at election 11-4-2014; Ord. No. 4812, 4-15-2019, adopting amendments approved at election 4-2-2019]
A. Supplemental Appropriations. If during
the fiscal year the City Administrator certifies that there are available
for appropriation revenues in excess of those estimated in the budget,
the City Council by ordinance may make supplemental appropriations
for the year up to the amount of such excess.
B. Reduction Of Appropriations. If at any
time during the fiscal year it appears probable to the City Administrator
that the revenues available will be insufficient to meet the amount
appropriated, the City Administrator shall report to the City Council
without delay, indicating the estimated amount of the deficit, any
remedial action taken by them and their recommendations as to any
other steps to be taken. The City 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 (1) or more appropriations.
C. Transfer Of Appropriations. At any time
during the fiscal year the City Administrator with the written consent
of the Mayor may transfer part or all of any unencumbered appropriation
balance among programs within a fund, and, upon written request by
the City Administrator, the City Council may by ordinance transfer
part or all of any unencumbered appropriation balance from one (1)
fund to another.
D. Emergency Appropriations: Effective Date. The supplemental appropriations and reduction or transfer of appropriations authorized by this Section may be made effective immediately upon adoption and may be made by emergency ordinance in accordance with the provisions of Section
3.12(I).
[R.O. 1996 § C-7.10]
Except as otherwise required by law
or this Charter, all bonds issued by the City shall be sold as prescribed
by City ordinance.