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<br /> Section 7.06. Council Action on Budget. <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. The budget shall be considered at the first regular <br />monthly meeting of the Council in September and at subsequent meetings <br />until a budget is adopted for the ensuing year. The meetings shall be so <br />conducted as to give interested citizens a reasonable opportunity to be <br />heard. The Council may revise the proposed budget but no amendment to <br />the budget shall increase the authorized expenditures to an amount greater <br />than the estimated income. The Council shall adopt the budget by a <br />resolution that shall set forth the total for each budgeted fund and each <br />department with such segregation as to objects and purposes of <br />expenditures as the Council deems necessary for purposes of budget <br />control. The Council shall also adopt a resolution levying the amount of <br />taxes provided in the budget, and the City ManagerClerk-Administrator <br />shall certify the tax resolution to the County Auditor in accordance with <br />state law. Adoption of the budget resolution shall constitute <br />appropriations at the beginning of the fiscal year of the sums fixed in the <br />resolution of the several purposes named. <br /> <br /> Section 7.07. Enforcement of the Budget. The City <br />ManagerCouncil shall enforce strictly the provisions of the budget. The <br />City ManagerIt shall not authorize any payment or the incurring of any <br />obligation by the City, unless an appropriation has been made in the <br />budget resolution, and there is a sufficient unexpended balance after <br />deducting the total past expenditures and encumbrances against the <br />appropriation. No officer or employee of the City shall place any order or <br />make any purchase except for a purpose and to the amount authorized in <br />the budget resolution. Any obligation incurred by any person in the <br />employ of the City for any purpose not authorized in the budget resolution, <br />or for any amount in excess of the amount authorized, shall be a personal <br />obligation upon the person incurring the obligation. No check shall be <br />issued or transfer made to any account other than one owned by the City <br />until the claim to which it relates has been supported by an itemized bill, <br />payroll, or time sheet or other document approved and signed by the <br />responsible City officer who vouches for its correctness and <br />reasonableness. <br /> <br /> Section 7.13. Disbursements. Disbursements of City funds are <br />made by order-checks signed by the Manager and Chief Financial <br />Officer of the City specifying the fund on which the order-checks are <br />drawn. An order-check may not be issued unless the claim to which it <br />relates has been documented by an itemized bill, payroll, time sheet or <br />other document approved and signed by a responsible City officer <br />who vouches for its correctness and reasonableness. The Manager <br />must note on a contract requiring the payment of City funds the