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Section 7 . 07 Enforcement of the Budget. The City Council <br /> enforces the provisions of the budget. It cannot authorize any <br /> payment or the incurring of any obligation by the City, unless an <br /> appropriation has been made in the budget resolution, and there is <br /> a sufficient unexpected balance after deducting the total past <br /> expenditures and encumbrances against the appropriation. No <br /> officer or employee of the City may spend any funds unless <br /> authorized in the budget resolution. Any obligation incurred by <br /> any employee of the City for any purpose not authorized in the <br /> budget resolution, of for any amount in excess of the amount <br /> authorized, will be a personal obligation incurred by the employee. <br /> No check may be issued or transfer made to any account other than <br /> one owned by the City until the claim to which it relates has been <br /> supported by an itemized bill, payroll, or time sheet or other <br /> document approved and signed by the responsible City officer. <br /> Section 7 . 08 Alterations in the Budget. After the budget <br /> resolution has been adopted, the Council shall not increase the <br /> amounts fixed in the resolution except to the extent that actual <br /> receipts exceed the estimate. At any time the Council may, by <br /> resolution approved by a majority of its members, reduce the sums <br /> appropriated for any purpose by the budget resolution, or authorize <br /> the transfer of sums from unencumbered balances of appropriations <br /> in the budget resolution to other purposes . <br /> (94-2) 25 <br />