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Subdivision 2. The Public Service Program. The program shall be a continuing five-year <br /> plan for all public services, estimating future needs for the public health, safety and welfare of <br /> the City. It shall measure the objectives and needs for each City department, the standard of <br /> services desired, and the impact of each such service on the annual operating budget. <br /> Subdivision 3. The Capital Improvement Plan. This program shall consist of projects and <br /> facilities that are or will be needed by the City in carrying out the anticipated program of public <br /> services. It shall include a list of all capital improvements proposed to be undertaken during the <br /> next five fiscal years, with appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for such <br /> improvements; cost estimate, method of financing and recommended time schedule for each such <br /> improvement; and the estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to be <br /> constructed or acquired. This information shall be revised and extended each year for capital <br /> improvements still pending or in process. <br /> Subdivision 4. A Long-Term Revenue Program. This program shall consist of a tentative <br /> revenue policy which describes long-term plans for financing public services and capital <br /> improvements. <br /> Subdivision 5. The Capital Budget. This program shall be a summary on the basis of <br /> a five-year period of the capital or money requirements for the above described programs. It <br /> shall list a priority for each anticipated investment in community facilities and balance this with <br /> a consideration of the availability of necessary revenues. <br /> Subdivision 6. A summary of the long-term fmancial plan shall be published in the City <br /> newsletter annually. • <br /> Section 7.06. Council Action on Budget. <br /> Subdivision 1. The budget shall be considered at the first regular monthly meeting of the <br /> Council in September and at subsequent meetings until a budget is adopted for the ensuing year. <br /> The meetings shall be so conducted as to give interested citizens a reasonable opportunity to be <br /> heard. The Council may revise the proposed budget but no amendment to the budget shall <br /> increase the authorized expenditures to an amount greater than the estimated income. The <br /> Council shall adopt the budget by a resolution that shall set forth the total for each budgeted fund <br /> and each department with such segregation as to objects and purposes of expenditures as the <br /> Council deems necessary for purposes of budget control. The Council shall also adopt a <br /> resolution levying the amount of taxes provided in the budget, and the Clerk-Administrator shall <br /> certify the tax resolution to the County Auditor in accordance with state law. Adoption of the <br /> budget resolution shall constitute appropriations at the beginning of the fiscal year of the sums <br /> fixed in the resolution of the several purposes named. <br /> Subdivision 2. At least two weeks before the budget is adopted for the ensuing fiscal <br /> year, a summary shall be given in the City Newsletter, in draft form, of the budget. Such <br /> summary shall be set forth in language designed to be readily understood by the layperson, and <br /> shall provide appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for any increase in the budget <br /> over the total for the current fiscal year, but failure to provide the specified summary will not <br /> invalidate the budget. <br /> City of Mounds View <br />