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16 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. As specified by MN Statute 275.065, as amended, before the budget is adopted for the ensuing fiscal year a public hearing notice and summary of the proposed budget will be published in the official City newspaper, the City Newsletter, and, if available, the City web site. Such summary should be readily understandable by the layperson, and should provide appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for any increase in the budget over the total for the current fiscal year. Failure to provide the specified summary will not invalidate the budget. The final budget will be published in accordance with Minnesota Statutes on Truth in Taxation or no later than 60 days after adoption by the Council in the official City newspaper, the City newsletter and, if available, the City web site. 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 up to thirty-one (31) days or until the Council adopts a budget. Section 7.07. Enforcement of the Budget. The Clerk-Administrator may designate department heads or other staff who may assist with each fund or department in the annual budget. It shall be the duty of the Clerk-Administrator to strictly enforce the detail provisions of the budget. The City Council shall strictly enforce the provisions of the budget. The City Council 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 unless the amount is authorized in the budget resolution and in compliance with; the purchasing policies of the City as established by the City Council, the City Charter, the City Code, and Minnesota Statutes. Any obligation incurred by any person in the employ of the City for any purpose not authorized in the budget resolution, or for any amount in excess of the amount authorized, shall be a personal obligation upon the person incurring the obligation. No check shall be issued or transfer made to any account other than one owned by the City until the claim to which it relates has been supported by an itemized bill, payroll, or time sheet or other document approved and signed by the responsible City officer who vouches for its correctness and reasonableness. Section 7.08. Alterations in the Budget. After the budget resolution has been adopted, the Council shall not increase the amounts fixed in the resolution beyond the estimated receipts except to the extent that actual receipts exceed the estimate at anytime the Council may, by resolution approved by a majority of its members, reduce the sums appropriated for any purpose by the budget resolution, or authorize the transfer of sums from unencumbered balances of appropriations in the budget resolution to other purposes. Section 7.09. Funds. There shall be maintained in the City treasury a general fund and such other funds as may be required by state law, ordinance, or resolution. The Council may, by resolution or ordinance, make inter-fund loans, except from trust and agency funds, as it may deem necessary and appropriate.