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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: August 05,2004 Charter Updates; Category 2 Items; Chapter 7 iRevision— Draft 8 Pages of 7 Council. 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 sum of estimated income: 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) and Others : ; ;; -- • •• •• - • ' 'o • - as the Council deems necessary for consideration purposes of the budget eentrol. 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-13A public hearing notice and summary of the proposed budget will be published,before the budget is adopted for the ensuing fiscal years— a summary shall be given in the official City newspaper,the City Newsletter, and, if available,the City website, in draft form, as specified by MN Statute 275.065. as amended. Such summary shall be set forth in language designed to beshould be readily • understandableeed by the layperson,and shouldshall provide appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for any increase in the budget over the total for the current fiscal year_ Eailure to provide the specified summary will not invalidate the budget. The final budget will be published in accordance with truth in taxation state statutes or no later than 60 days after adoption by the Council in the official City newspaper. the City newsletter and, if available,the City website. 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 into effect for an additional thirty-one (31) days or until the Council adopts a budget. 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 at the source of revenues and character of expenditure level'. The Clerk Administrator shall identify department heads or other staff who shall be responsible for each fund or department in the annual budget. it-They shall not authorize any payment or the incurring of any obligation by the City,unless an appropriation has been made in the budget resolution,and there is a sufficient unexpended balance after deducting the total past expenditures and encumbrances against the appropriation._No officer or employee of the City shall place any order or make any purchase except for a purpose and to the amount ' Such source of revenues and character of expenditures shall include the group of line items • City of Mounds View