The budget officer shall be the city manager.
(2001 Code, sec. 35.20; Ordinance
adopting Code)
The city manager or his designated appointee shall annually
prepare a budget to cover all proposed expenditures of the city for
the succeeding year.
(2001 Code, sec. 35.21; Ordinance
adopting Code)
The budget shall show all expenditures proposed and shall be
carefully itemized to make as clear a comparison as practicable between
expenditures included in the proposed budget and actual expenditures
for the same or similar purposes for the preceding year. The budget
must also clearly show each of the various projects for which appropriations
are made in the budget and the budgeted sums for each of such projects.
The budget shall also contain a complete financial statement of the
city showing all outstanding obligations of such city, the cash on
hand to the credit of each and every fund, and funds expected to be
received from all sources during the ensuing year, the estimated revenue
available to cover the proposed budget, and the estimated rate of
tax, if any, which will be required.
(2001 Code, sec. 35.22)
The city manager shall have the authority to require any officer,
department head, or other unit of the city government to furnish such
information as may, in the city manager’s discretion, be necessary
to properly prepare the proposed budget.
(2001 Code, sec. 35.23; Ordinance
adopting Code)
The budget shall be filed with the city secretary thirty (30)
days prior to the time the city council makes its tax levy for the
current fiscal year, or as close as is practical. The budget as filed
with the city secretary shall be available for public inspection during
all reasonable business hours.
(2001 Code, sec. 35.24)
The city council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed
budget. Such public hearing shall occur after the fifteenth (15th)
day after the proposed budget has been filed with the city secretary
but before the city council makes its tax levy. Public notice of the
date, time and location of the hearing shall be given in accordance
with the Texas Open Meetings Law and chapter 102 of the Local Government
Code.
(2001 Code, sec. 35.25)
On final approval of the budget by the city council, a copy
of the budget shall be filed with the city secretary and the county
clerk’s office.
(2001 Code, sec. 35.26)