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Resolution 2005-02 Page6 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 may amend the budget by resolution, but shall not increase the amounts fixed in the resolution beyond the sum of estimated receipts and reserves, except to the extent that actual receipts exceed the estimate or to implement Section 7.12 herein. At anytime the Council may by resolution reduce the sums appropriated for any purpose to increase reserves or authorize the transfer of sums from unencumbered balances in the budget. Section 7.09. Funds. (no changes) Section 7.10. City Indebtedness. Subdivision 1. Except as provided in Sections 7.11 and 7.12, no obligation shall be issued to pay current expenses, but the Council may issue and sell obligations for any other municipal purpose in accordance with state law and within the limitations prescribed by law. Except in the case of obligations for which an election is not required by this Chapter or by state law, no such obligations shall be issued and sold without the approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question at a general or special election. Subdivision 2. A description of each such proposed issue shall be published in the official City newspaper, the City Newsletter, and , if available, the City web site, but failure to give such description, or any defect in the description, shall not invalidate the issue.