§ 6.04. Budget.  


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  • The budget shall provide a complete financial plan of all municipal funds and activities for the ensuing fiscal year and, except as required by law or this charter, shall be in such form as the manager deems desirable or the commission may require. The budget shall be compiled from detailed information and in its arrangement the classification of expenditures shall be as nearly uniform as possible for the main functional divisions and departments of the city and shall give in parallel columns the following information:

    (a) Proposed expenditures for current operations during the ensuing fiscal year for each department and division of the municipal government, including all public utilities and enterprises conducted by the municipality;

    (b) Expenditures for corresponding items during the two fiscal years last past;

    (c) Proposed capital expenditures during the ensuing fiscal year for each department and division of the municipal government, including all public utilities and enterprises conducted by the municipality;

    (d) Anticipated net surplus or deficit for the ensuing fiscal year of each utility owned or operated by the city and the proposed method of its disposition; subsidiary budgets for each such utility giving detailed income and expenditure information shall be attached as appendices to the budget;

    (e) Increase of demands compared with the corresponding appropriation for the last fiscal year;

    (f) Such other information as is required by the city commission or as the city manager may deem it advisable to submit. The total of proposed expenditures shall not exceed the total of estimated income.

(Ord. No. 2011-01, § 1, 2-1-11)