The City Manager is hereby ordered and directed to submit to
the Council on or before the first Monday in May in each and every
year a budget containing an itemized estimate of anticipated revenues
and proposed expenditures for the coming fiscal year prepared in accordance
with the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland.
Commencing in the week of the third Monday in May the City Manager
shall cause to be published for two weeks in some newspaper or newspapers
having general circulation within the City a notice of a public hearing
to be held on the first Monday in June to consider the budget for
the coming fiscal year.
As soon as practicable after the third Monday of May the City
Manager shall post in public and make available for inspection to
anyone during regular business hours a copy of the proposed budget.
[Amended 6-2-1997 by Ord.
No. 349]
The City Manager shall make such changes in the budget as shall
be directed by the Council and shall submit the budget as amended
or changed to the Council at its meeting on or before the third Monday
of June at which time it is the intent of the Council that a resolution
approving and adopting said budget shall be introduced, read and acted
upon.