CITY CHARTER - 1979 Original Signed City Copy

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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, The council sha11 adopt the budget by a resolution that shall set forth the total for each budgeted fund and each department with such segregation as to objects and purposes of ex- penditures as the council deems necessary for 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. Subd. 2. At least two weeks before the budget is adopted for the ensuing fiscal year, a summary shall be given in the city newsletter, in draft form, of the budget. 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. Sec. 7.07. Enforcement of the Budget. The city council shall enforce strictly the provisions of the budget. It 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 authorized in the budget resolution. Any obligation incurred by any -21-