The fiscal year of the city shall begin on the first day of October of each year and shall end with the 30th day of September next following. By the 15th day of August of each year the city manager shall submit to the council a budget estimate of the revenue of the city and the expense of conducting the affairs thereof for the ensuing fiscal year. This estimate shall be compiled from information obtained from the several departments, divisions and offices of the city on uniform forms furnished by the city manager. It shall be in accordance with uniform accounting procedures with comparisons to the last two fiscal years and an estimate of the probable income for the period covered with the significant underlying assumptions. (Amend. of 4-3-76, Prop. No. 8; Amend. of 11-5-24)
Every department of the city government not under the direct control of the city manager, except the city auditor and the inspector general, shall furnish to the city manager, for use in the preparation of recommendations to the council regarding the annual budget, a detailed budget estimate of the needs and requirements of such department for the coming year. The city auditor and the inspector general shall furnish a detailed budget estimate of the needs and requirements of the city auditor’s office and the inspector general’s office, respectively, for the coming year directly to the city council, to be approved by the city council, and then consolidated with the city manager’s annual budget estimate. (Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 13; Amend. of 11-4-14, Prop. No. 5; Amend. of 11-5-24)
(a) Upon receipt of the city manager’s estimate, the council shall call a public hearing upon the submitted budget to be held before a committee of the council, or before the entire council sitting as a committee of the whole. Following the public hearings, the council shall pass on first reading the appropriation ordinance. Upon passage of the appropriation ordinance by the council, it shall become immediately effective, and the funds appropriated therein become available on October 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year.
(b) Following the final passage of the appropriation ordinance, the city council shall, by ordinance, levy the taxes for the current year. (Amend. of 4-3-76, Prop. No. 8; Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 11; Amend. of 11-5-24)
Upon the written recommendation of the city manager, the city council may at any time transfer an unencumbered balance of an appropriation made for the use of one department, division, or purpose to any other department, division, or purpose. (Amend. of 5-1-93, Prop. No. 7; Amend. of 11-4-14, Prop. No. 9)
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