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After submission of the budget by the City Manager, the Council shall review it in such detail as it deems necessary, and after a public hearing held not less than 10 days after public notice thereof, may revise the budget in any manner it finds necessary. Not later than the last day of the fiscal year the Council shall adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year, failing which the last fiscal year allotments shall be effective until the budget is adopted. From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts stated therein as proposed expenditures shall be and become appropriated to the several objects and purposes therein named.
At any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one department to another department, or to appropriate available funds not included in the budget; and may authorize the City Manager to transfer funds between purposes within departments.
The Council shall provide by ordinance or resolution for the collection of all taxes and other revenues due the City, either under the direction of the City Manager or City Clerk or by agreement with the County of Humboldt, the State of California, or any other agency regularly engaged in the collection of a given tax or other revenue.
The City Manager shall purchase or contract for the equipment, materials, supplies and services required by the city, for which expenditures have been authorized in the budget or by other action of the Council. The Council shall establish by ordinance or resolution the conditions under which purchases shall be made only after competitive bidding, shall specify these amounts and conditions under which Council approval is required for specific items of purchase, and shall prescribe conditions under which all bids may be rejected and new bids invited. In the case of materials, supplies and equipment, a preference of not to exceed five percent may be allowed to firms or individuals who regularly maintain a place of business and transact business in, or maintain an inventory of merchandise for sale in the city.
Any city improvement estimated to cost more than $15,000 shall be performed under contract with sealed bid and accompanying performance bond, except where such improvement is authorized by the Council to be made directly by a city department in conformity with detailed plans, specifications and estimates. All such contracts for more than $15,000 shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after such public notice and competition as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution provided that all bids may be rejected for cause, and new bids may be sought in accordance with the original procedure. Alterations in contracts affecting the scope of work, time requirements, cost or any other substantive provisions affecting cost or the city's interests, shall be approved by the Council after considering the recommendations of the City Manager.
No contract for equipment, materials or supplies shall be made by the city for a longer term than one year; provided that contracts with other governmental agencies for utility services the rates for which are regulated by the state or national government, for public works improvements for which funds have been provided or for services, may be for a longer term in the discretion of the City Council.
The City Manager shall direct the establishment and supervise the maintenance of a uniform system of accounting applicable for all departments and other agencies of the city, conforming to modern accepted practices of municipal accounting, which shall be adequate to account for all monies on hand and for all income and expenditures in such detail as will provide complete and informative data concerning the financial affairs of the city and in such manner as will be readily acceptable to audit and review.
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