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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: June 4, 2004 Charter Updates; Category 2 Items; Chapter 7 Revision—Original to Draft 6 Comparison Pages of 8 the proposed budget in accordance with MN Statute 275.065, as amended, and time lines as establish by state statute, City Council and this Charter. The budget shall be considered at the first regular monthly meeting of the Council in September and at subsequent meetings until a budget is adopted for the ensuing year. The budget calendar will provide a 30 day period for public review and input to the annual budget prior to Council final approval. 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,- and ncome—and reserves. The Council shall adopt the budget by a resolution that shall set forth the total for each budgeted fund and each department with such segregation as to the source of revenues (taxes, special assessments. licenses &permits, intergovernmental, charges for services, fines & forfeits, investment earnings, miscellaneous, transfers, and sale of debt) and character of expenditures (wages&benefits, supplies, contractual services, capital outlay, debt service, depreciation, and transfers) as the Council deems necessary for consideration purposes of budget control. The Council shall also adopt a resolution levying the amount of taxes provided in the budget,and the Clerk-Administrator shall certify the tax resolution to the County Auditor in accordance with state law. Adoption of the budget resolution shall constitute appropriations at the beginning of the fiscal year of the sums fixed in the resolution of the several purposes named. Subdivision 2. At least two weeks bBefore the budget is adopted for the ensuing fiscal year,a summary shall be given in the official City newspaper,the City Newsletter, and, if available,the City website, in draft form,of the budget, as specified by MN Statute 275.065, as amended. before the public hearing. Such summary shall be set forth in language designed to be readily understood by the layperson, and shall provide appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for any increase in the budget over the total for the current fiscal year,but failure to provide the specified summary will not invalidate the budget. The final City Council adopted budget will be published in the official City newspaper, the City newsletter and, if available, the City website to the public in accordance with truth in taxation state statutes, or no later than 60 days after adoption by the Council. Subdivision 3. If the Council fails to adopt the budget by the beginning of the next fiscal year,the preceding months fiscal year budget shall go in to effect for an additional thirty-one(31) days or until the Council adapts a budget, whichever is shorter. Section 7.07. Enforcement of the Budget. The City Council shall strictly enforce strictly the provisions of the budget. It shall be the duty of the Clerk-Administrator to strictly enforce the detail provisions of the budget. Each Department head, or other staff, shall be responsible for budgetary control • City of Mounds View