Each year the city manager shall prepare and submit to the city
council a proposed annual operating and capital budget by May 1st
for the succeeding fiscal year. The city council shall adopt an annual
operating and capital budget by July 1st. Each year, the planning
commission shall review the capital improvements in the proposed budget
and shall advise the city council by June 1st as to its recommendations
for capital projects.
(Ord. 814 § 1, 1974; Ord. 984 § 1, 1980)
All additional appropriations or adjustments of estimated revenues
subsequent to formal budget adoption shall be approved by the city
council. The city manager shall have the right to approve the transfer
of appropriations within a department's budget but not for the
purpose of increasing the number of authorized city personnel. All
transfers of appropriations between departments or regarding capital
items or projects shall be approved by the city council.
(Ord. 814 § 2, 1974; Ord. 984 § 1, 1980)
The city council, through the annual budget process, shall appropriate
at least four hundred thousand dollars, or ten percent of the general
fund budget, whichever is greater, as a reserve for contingencies.
A four-to-one or a unanimous vote of the members present shall be
required to reduce such reserve below the level established pursuant
to this section.
(Ord. 814 § 3, 1974; Ord. 843 § 1, 1975; Ord. 984 § 1, 1980)
The city manager shall be charged with the responsibility for
controlling the expenditures for all city departments, the city clerk
and the city treasurer in accordance with the approved budget. City
council members, municipal commissions, boards, committees, and members
thereof must have prior approval by the city council of any expenditure
not specifically contained in the city budget. A report on current
year revenues, expenditures and fund balances shall be prepared monthly
by the director of finance for the city manager and shall be submitted
to the city council.
(Ord. 814 § 4, 1974; Ord. 984 § 1, 1980)
From time to time it becomes necessary to refund certain permit
fees, taxes, licenses, etc., in the normal course of city business.
Upon recommendation from department managers or elected officials,
the city manager or designee is authorized to approve such refunds
in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars. All refunds over
five thousand dollars require approval by the city council.
(Ord. 814 § 5, 1974; Ord. 984 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1079, 1985)
No special fund shall be created or eliminated except upon authorization
of the city council.
(Ord. 814 § 6, 1974; Ord. 984 § 1, 1980)
