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No money shall be drawn from the city treasury, nor shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except in pursuance of appropriation made by the council and, whenever an appropriation is so made, the chief financial officer shall forthwith give notice to the city manager. At the close of each fiscal year, the unencumbered balance of each appropriation shall revert to the fund from which it was appropriated and shall be subject to future appropriations, but appropriations may be made in furtherance of improvements or other objects of work of the city that will not be completed within the current year. (Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 8; Amend. of 11-4-14, Prop. No. 9)
Accounts shall be kept for each item of appropriation made by the council and every warrant on the city treasury shall state specifically against which of such items the warrant is drawn. Each account shall show in detail the appropriations made to the account by the council, the amount drawn on the account, the unpaid obligations charged against the account, and the unencumbered balance to the credit of the account. (Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 8)
The chief financial officer shall examine payrolls, bills, and other claims and demands against the city and shall issue no warrant for payment unless the chief financial officer finds that the claim is in proper form, and duly approved; that it is justly and legally due and payable; that an appropriation has been made therefor which has not been exhausted or that the payment has been otherwise legally authorized; and that there is money in the city treasury to make payment. The chief financial officer may investigate any claim and for that purpose may summon any officer, agent or person to be examined by the chief financial officer upon oath or affirmation relative thereto, which oath or affirmation the chief financial officer may administer. If the chief financial officer knowingly or negligently issues a warrant on the treasury authorizing payment of any item for which no appropriation has been made, or for the payment of which there is not a sufficient balance in the proper appropriation, or which is otherwise contrary to law or ordinance, the chief financial officer and the chief financial officer’s sureties shall be individually liable to the city for the amount thereof. (Amend. of 4-3-76, Prop. No. 7; Amend. of 4-2-83, Prop. No. 6; Amend. of 8-12-89, Prop. No. 7; Amend. of 11-4-14, Prop. No. 9)
No contract, agreement or other obligation involving the expenditure of money shall be entered into, nor shall any ordinance, resolution, or order for the expenditure of money be passed by the council or be authorized by any officer of the city, except in the cases hereinafter specified, unless the city manager first certifies to the council, or to the proper officer, as the case may be, that the money required for such contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure is in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which it is to be drawn and not appropriated for any other purpose, which certificate shall be filed and immediately recorded. The sum so certified shall not thereafter be considered unappropriated until the city is discharged from the contract, agreement or obligation.
All moneys actually in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which they are to be drawn, and all moneys applicable to the payment of the obligation or appropriation involved that are anticipated to come in the treasury before the maturity of such contract, agreement or obligation, from taxes or assessments, or from sales of service product, or by-products, or from any city undertaking, fees, charges, accounts and bills receivable, or other credits in process of collection, and all moneys applicable to the payment of such obligation or appropriation, which are to be paid into the city treasury prior to the maturity thereof, arising from the sale or lease of lands or other property, and moneys to be derived from lawfully authorized bonds sold and in the process of delivery, and moneys to be derived from the sale of lawfully authorized commercial paper notes, shall, for the purpose of such certificate, be deemed in the treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund and subject to such certification. (Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 8)
All contracts, agreements, or other obligations entered into, and all ordinances passed and resolutions and orders adopted, that are contrary to the preceding sections of this chapter shall be void, and no person shall have any claim or demand against the city thereunder, nor shall the council or any officer of the city waive or qualify the limits fixed by any ordinance, resolution, or order, or fasten upon the city any liability in excess of such limits, or relieve any party from an exact compliance with a contract under such ordinance, resolution, or order; provided, that this section shall not apply in case of public disaster calling for extraordinary emergency expenditure or to the exceptions contained in Section 12 of this chapter. (Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 13; Amend. of 11-4-14, Prop. No. 9)
The limitations and restrictions contained in Sections 10 and 11 above shall not be applicable to the park board where an advantageous opportunity is presented to said board to purchase an additional park for any year upon a cash payment out of the appropriation set apart to the park department for that year and the contract or agreement to pay the balance of the purchase price for the said park is not to exceed 10 annual installments; provided that such contemplated purchase of park property shall first be reported to the city council and approved by the council. When so approved the said purchase may be consummated and thereafter provision shall be made in the annual budget for the payment of the annual installment with interest thereon, to be charged against the annual appropriation for such department.
(a) All receipts and revenues from the water utilities department constitute a separate and sacred fund, which may never be diverted or drawn upon for any purposes other than those set forth in this section. The city council may appropriate or pledge all receipts and revenues from the water utilities department:
(1) for acquiring, constructing, repairing, extending, improving, operating, maintaining, and bettering the city’s combined water and wastewater utility systems and related plants, properties, mains, facilities, and water supplies;
(2) for paying, discharging, or retiring the indebtedness and obligations of the city that have been or may be incurred for Dallas water utilities department purposes;
(3) for payment for services rendered to the department by other city departments; and
(4) for payment of an amount equal to ad valorem taxes and other charges that would be due the city if the water utilities department were not a city-owned public utility.
(b) All water service or municipal and industrial waste water collection and treatment service rendered by the water utilities department must be paid for by rate schedules as approved by the city council and such state authority as may be required. (Renumbered by Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 43; Amend. of 5-1-93, Prop. No. 7)
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