HomeMy WebLinkAbout4332 ORDINANCE NO. ~'-"--:~
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 3964 setting forth legislative and
Administrative controls on the annual budget of the City of Bremerton.
Section 1. Amendment. Ordinance No. 3964 is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 1: BUDGET STRUCTURE -The adopted annual budget of the City of
Bremerton shall consist of various Funds and Departments,~.o,.,~,~:~*:-~ ~,~,~,~°"~' ~:~.,o within
those Funds as provided in the chart of accounts pursuant to statute. ^
~:+..,~.~ --,,,...,--,r' ..... :'~. Each t?.~4get--13n~ Department ma~ shall contain ~5~to-th~-~c33 four (4). .
distinct Category Groups, which shall be classified as Personnel~.~.~vvv
ppli ~ Services t~vvv ~.~ ~wv ....... *~ and Taxes, Debt Service and
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Capital Expenditures .:wv .......
SECTION 2: GENERAL BUDGET POLICY -Except as specifically authorized in
subsequent sections of this Ordinance, no administrator or legislator shall expend or
authorize expenditure of ~'"" .... '~ monies :~ ~ *'~':~- that would cause or result in the
overexpenditure of any budget Category group. Further, no administrator shall employ or
authorize the employment of a person into a permanent position not specifically authorized
in the adopted budget.
SECTION 3: EXCEPTION TO GENERAL BUDGET POLICY (MAYOR) -Ag
~....~.4+.. +^ ~'~-:~:~+~- "'~ ~'~-+~ ~'"'~+ ~'~'~-'"""~ The Mayor is empowered to
authorize the transfer and expenditure of budgeted appropriations t~-'~'
~a ........ a~+:^~ ~, ...... ..;~+~ ~a_:_:~+.~+: ....+~'+~ between Category Groups within
Budget---,l:h~ Departments. Such transfer and expenditure authorizations shall be
accomplished in a manner which provides for audit review. Individual authorizations may
not exceed $5,000 or ten (10) percent of the Category Group from which funds are
transferred, whichever amount is less. Only one such adjustment may be applied to any
Category Group in a fiscal year. The Mayor may authorize reappropriation of surplus funds
budgeted for capital expenditures, provided that such authorization does not result in the
depletion of approved capital outlay projects or items. The Mayor shall not authorize any
transfer which adds a capital outlay project or item to the adopted budget unless such
addition has the prior approval of the City Council Fiscal and Budget Committee. Further,
the Mayor is empowered to authorize recruitment for and filling of a permanent position
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at a level lower than approved in the adopted budget.
SECTION 4: EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL BUDGET POLICY (CITY
COUNCIL FISCAL AND BUDGET COMMITTEE) - ........ ^.: +,.~ r-:+..j r, ............. ..... ;4,~ ~:~ policy
Council Fiscal and Budget Committee is empowered to authorize the addition or deletion
of capital outlay projects and items, provided that individual deletions or additions do not
exceed a cost of ~ $5,000. Further, the Committee is empowered to authorize the
transfer and expenditure of appropriations between Category Groups to accomplish capital
outlay additions and/or to reappropfiate surplus funds generated by capital outlay deletions.
Such transfer and expenditure authorizations shall be accomplished in a manner which
provides for audit review. In exercising this exception authority, the Committee shall not
deviate from the policy outlined in the adopted budget, nor shall it authorize any budget
adjustment that exceeds the total ~ge~lgqfit-Department appropriation. T~¢ Prc. v';aiona
· ,~.--.------~; ..... · +.......--"v.,..... ..... o,.,...~' ,.,...""+h"'4~"*;""~..._..~,~....~,. Denials of requests for authorizations allowed
in this section may be appealed to the City Council. All adjustments related to capital
expenditures additions and deletions shall be reported to the Council by the Council Fiscal
and Budget Committee.
SECTION 5' RETENTION OF ULTIMATE BUDGET AUTHORITY BY THE
CITY COUNCIL - Except as specifically provided in this Ordinance, all adjustments to the
adopted budget shall be authorized only by the City Council an~ any
=,,~-~ "-~ ~- -~-~-~ ..... ~-~ Further, no adjustments to the
adopted budget shall be considered by the City Council without
prior review and recommendation or comment by the Mayor and the
Fiscal and Budget Committee.
SECTION 6: ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTATION - Policies and procedures
to insure the implementation and maintenance of the policies set
forth in this Ordinance shall be prepared by the Director of
Administrative Services and provided to the administrators
responsible for each ~'-~-^~ "-~ Department
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this 26
day of June ,.1991.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this 3 day of July , 1991.
L~FNN HORTON, City Council President
APPROVED this /~z? day of ~uly , 1991.
LOUIS MENTOr, ~yor'
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk
PUBLICATION DATE: ~/ '- f/
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