(a)
Budget officer.
The mayor shall serve as the budget
officer of the city.
(b)
Budget required.
The mayor shall, with the aid and counsel
of the members of the city council and city staff, annually prepare
a budget to cover all proposed expenditures of the government of the
city for the succeeding year.
(c)
Contents.
The budget shall show all expenditures proposed
and shall be carefully itemized so as 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 show as definitely as possible 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 received from all sources during
the previous year, the funds available to cover the proposed budget,
and the estimated rate of tax which will be required.
(d)
Cooperation required.
The mayor shall have the authority
to require any officer or other unit of the city government to furnish
such information as may, in the mayor’s discretion, be necessary
to afford proper preparation of the proposed budget.
(e)
Filing of proposed budget.
The budget shall be filed
with the city secretary not less than thirty (30) days prior to the
time the city council makes its tax levy for the current fiscal year.
(f)
Public inspection.
The budget filed with the city secretary
shall be available for the inspection of any taxpayer during all reasonable
business hours.
(g)
Public hearing; filing of adopted budget.
A public hearing
shall be held and the budget adopted thereafter shall be filed with
the proper officials in accordance with V.T.C.A., Local Government
Code, ch. 102.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 8; 1993
Code, art. 1.700)
The fiscal year of the city is hereby designated as beginning
with the first (1st) day of October of each year and ending the thirtieth
(30th) day of September next ensuing thereafter.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9; 1993
Code, art. 1.800)
An audit of the books of account of the city shall be made and
filed annually in accordance with chapter 103, V.T.C.A. [Local Government
Code].
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 10; 1993
Code, art. 1.900)
(a)
Designated.
The city shall designate the official municipal
depository of the city for a term not to exceed three years from the
date of the execution of the depository contract, with two one-year
extensions with the written consent of the parties.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 11; 1993
Code, art. 1.1000; Ordinance 561-07 adopted 6/19/07; Ordinance
600-09 adopted 8/3/09; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
(a)
Compensation for certain expenses.
In certain circumstances,
requests are made of the city in which it is necessary for the city
to incur extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses which are
attributable only to the requests or activities of certain citizens
or entities in the city. This hereby declares the policy of the city
council that such expenses should be recouped from those causing the
city to incur same.
(b)
Notice; payment.
In any circumstances in which it appears
to the city administrator that costs, as defined above, will be incurred
by the city, notice will be given to the party causing same to be
incurred and to the mayor and city council. This notice will be in
writing and delivered by any reasonable means and will inform the
party who is to be charged with such costs that such will be incurred
and will provide as much information as practical identifying the
nature of such costs and the proposed amounts to be passed through
to such party. If such costs are incurred as a result of any type
of application process, they will be paid as promptly as possible
by the party being charged and in no event shall be paid later than
the time for granting of the application or thirty (30) days from
the date of billing.
(c)
Exemption.
Any party incurring such costs and having
been notified by the city administrator may request an exemption from
such charges from the city council if they may show that such costs
do not meet the criteria noted above.
(d)
Enforcement.
Failure to pay such costs as required above
will constitute grounds, to the extent permissible by law, for denial
of such application and will constitute a violation of the provisions
of the city code. The city will also be authorized to seek all other
means for the collection of such charges.
(Ordinance 330-92, sec. I(A), adopted 12/15/92; 1993 Code, sec. 1.2001)
Except as provided elsewhere in this Code of Ordinances, in
any circumstances in which the city has imposed a fee or requires
a charge for certain city services or activities, any person or entity
charged with such amounts shall pay same within a period of thirty
(30) days after notification of such charge. In the event that such
charge is not paid within thirty (30) days, the city administrator
is hereby authorized to impose a charge of one percent (1%) per month
simple interest on any such unpaid balances. These charges will then
relate back to the date of the original imposition of the charge and
will be billed and collected in the manner of all other such charges
due to the city.
(Ordinance 330-92, sec. I(B), adopted 12/15/92; 1993 Code, sec. 1.2002)
