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Page 3. Sec. 7.06. Council action on budget. The budget shall be considered at the first regular monthly meeting of the council in September and at sub- sequent meetings until a budget is adopted for the ensuing year. The meetings shall be so conducted as to give interested citizens a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The council may revise the proposed budget but no amendment to the budget shall increase the authorized expenditures to an amount greater than the estimated income. The council shall adopt the budget not later than the first week of October by a resolution that shall set forth the total for each budgeted fund and each department with such segregation as to objects and purposes of expenditures as the council deems necessary for purposes of budget control. The council shall also adopt a resolution levying the amount of taxes provided in the budget and the clerk shall certify the tax resolution to the county auditor in ac- cordance with law not later than October 10. Adoption of the budget resol- ution shall constitute appropiations at the beginning of the fiscal year of the sums fixed in the resolution of the several purposes named. Sec 7.07. Enforcement of the budget . The city council shall enforce strictly the provisions of the budget. It shall not authorize any payment or the incurring of any obligation by the city unless an appropiation • has been made in the budget resolution and there is a sufficient unexpend- ed balance after deducting the total past expenditures and encumbrances against the appropiation. No officer or employee of the city shall place any order or make any purchase except for a purpose and to the amount authorized in the budget resolution. Any obligation incurred by any person in the employ of the city for any purpose not authorized in the budget resolution or for any amount in excess of the amount authorized --- shall be a personal obligation upon the person incurring the obligation. No check shall be issued or transfer made to any account other than one owned by the city until the claim to which it relates has been supported by an itemized bill, payroll , or time-sheet or other document approved and signed by the responsible city officer who vouches for its correct- ness and reasonableness. Sec. 7.08. Alterations in the budget. After the budget resolution has been adopted, the council shall not exceed the amounts fixed in the resolu- tion beyond the estimated receipts except to the extent that actual re- ceipts exceed the estimate. At any time the council may, by resolution approved by a majority of its members, reduce the sums appropiated for