On or before the regular city council meeting in May, the city
manager shall make an estimate of the financial needs of the city
and file a copy with the city council and clerk. The estimate filed
by the city manager shall cover all contemplated expenditures including
the general government department and, as far as possible, including
the expenditures for improvements financed by bond issues, special
assessments, or methods other than ordinary taxation. Such estimates
shall be made as to form as required by state and municipal laws.
They shall describe in detail the purposes for which different expenditures
will be required. In addition thereto, there shall be described in
parallel columns the amounts allowed for corresponding purposes for
the current fiscal year, the amounts requested by the department head,
and the amounts proposed by the city manager for such purposes.
(Prior code § 8-301(1); Ord. 565 § 31, 1980; Ord. 585 § 1, 1983)
The city council shall fix a time for holding a public hearing
on such estimates, which hearing shall not be earlier than five days
after the publication in the official newspaper of a notice thereof
substantially in the following form:
NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing on the
proposed budget for the City of Crescent City, California, which is
now under consideration by the City Council, will be held on _________,
the _________day of _________, 20___________, at 8:00 p.m., at the
regular meeting of said City Council in the Council Chambers of the
City Hall, at which time any and all persons may appear and be heard
relative to the said budget. Copies of said proposed budget are on
file in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection.
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Ordered by the City Council of said City this _________day of
___________, 20_________.
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City Clerk
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(Prior code § 8-301 (2))
At the time fixed the council shall hear any protests or objections
from interested persons, also explanations by the city officials.
The matter may be continued from time to time, and at the final hearing,
the city council shall determine the budget for the next fiscal year.
(Prior code § 8-301 (3))
The tax levy for the next fiscal year shall be set according
to the prevailing state law, and after the taxes have been collected,
the moneys received therefrom and from all other sources shall be
deposited with the treasurer and allocated for use by the respective
departments in accordance with the budget. The finance director, in
his or her monthly financial statements, shall describe the condition
of the budget and the amounts withdrawn by the respective departments
from time to time. It shall be the duty of the city manager to control
the expenditures of each department in accordance with the budget,
provided that allowance shall be made for irregularity of expenditures
at times because of seasonable requirements.
(Prior code § 8-301(4); Ord. 585 § 2, 1983)
The resolution or ordinance levying taxes shall specify the
number of cents levied for the ordinary annual requirements of each
department and for other specific purposes; also, the number of cents
necessary to meet the interest and principal due on outstanding bonds
and special taxes voted by the people.
(Prior code § 8-301(5))
No money raised by city taxation for any specific purpose and
deposited in a particular fund shall ever be used for another or different
purpose or transferred to a different fund, except after adoption
of a resolution by a four-fifths vote of the whole council, setting
forth the reasons for such transfer.
(Prior code § 8-301(6); Ord. 585 § 3, 1983)