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Mounds View Charter Commission Resolution 2006-05 <br />Dated: April 18, 2006 <br />CHAPTER 7 <br />TAXATION AND FINANCES <br />Section 7.01 Council to Control Finances. (no changes) <br />Section 7.02 Fiscal Year. (no changes) <br />Section 7.03 System of Taxation. (no changes) <br />Section 7.04. Submission of Budget. <br />Subdivision 1. Annually, on or before the 15th calendar day of September of each year or as <br />specified by MN Statute 275.065, as amended, the Clerk-Administrator shall submit to the Council the <br />budget estimates for funds levying property taxes for the ensuing fiscal year and an accompanying <br />summary message in accordance with a budget calendar to be established by resolution. <br /> The total proposed operating budget to be provided from the property tax shall not exceed the <br />amounts authorized by state law and this Charter. Consistent with these provisions, the budget shall contain <br />such information and be in the form prescribed by the City Council. The final budget shall provide a <br />complete financial plan for all City funds and activities for the ensuing fiscal year and except as required by <br />state law or this Charter, shall be in such form as the Council may require. It shall include a summary and <br />show in detail all estimated income and all proposed expenditures, including debt service and comparative <br />figures for the current fiscal year, actual and estimated, and the preceding year. In addition to showing <br />proposed expenditures for current operations, it shall show proposed capital expenditures to be made during <br />the year and the proposed method of financing each such capital expenditure. The total proposed operating <br />budget to be provided from the property tax shall not exceed the amounts authorized by state law and this <br />Charter. Consistent with these provisions, the budget shall contain such information and be in the form <br />prescribed by ordinance and by state law. <br />Subdivision 2. For each utility enterprise operated by the City, its proposed and final budgets shall <br />show income, expenditure, and anticipated net surplus or deficit and with the proposed disposition method. <br />of its disposition; and subsidiary budgets for each such utility giving income and expenditure information <br />shall be included or attached as appendices. <br />Subdivision 3. The Clerk-Administrator's message shall explain the budget, both in fiscal terms <br />and in terms of the work programs, linking programs to goals of the City and community priorities. It <br />shall outline the proposed financial policies and programs of the City for the ensuing fiscal year and the <br />impact of those policies and programs compared to the City's current five-year plan, as adopted by the <br />City Council. It shall describe the important features of the budget, indicate any major changes in <br />financial policies, expenditures, and revenues together with the reasons for such changes. It shall <br />summarize the City's debt position for each fund, including factors affecting the ability to raise resources <br />through debt issues, and include such other material as the Clerk-Administrator deems desirable or as <br />requested by the City Council <br />Page 2 of 6