(A) The budget message submitted by the budget officer to the City Council shall be explanatory of the budget; shall contain an outline of the proposed financial policies for the fiscal year; and shall describe in connection therewith the important features of the budget plan. It shall set forth the reasons for important or significant changes from the current year in appropriation and revenue items, and shall explain any major changes in financial policy.
(B) As part of the budget message, with relation to the proposed expenditures for the budget year for capital projects as stated in the proposed budget, the budget officer shall include a statement of pending capital projects and proposed new capital projects, relating the respective amounts proposed to be raised during the budget year by appropriations from estimated revenues for the budget year, the issuance of bonds, state or federal grants, and loans or other sources. The budget officer may include in the message, or attach thereto, a capital program of proposed capital projects for the next succeeding budget year, together with his comments and any estimates of costs.
(C) Attached to the budget message may be any supporting schedules, exhibits, and other explanatory material, in respect to both current operations and capital improvements, that the budget officer may believe useful.
('83 Code, § 34.28) (Ord. 0-6-82, passed 3-15-82)