(A) Neither the Mayor and Council nor any department of the city shall add to the corporate expenditures in any one year anything over and above the amount provided for in the annual appropriation bill for that year except, as herein otherwise specifically provided. No expenditures for any improvement, to be paid out of the General Fund of the city shall exceed in any one year, the amount provided for such an improvement in the annual appropriation bill; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the Council from ordering, by a two-thirds’ vote, the repair or restoration of any improvement, the necessity for which is caused by any casualty or accident happening after such annual appropriation is made.
(B) The Council may, by a two-thirds’ vote of the members, order the Mayor and the Audit Committee to borrow a sufficient sum to provide for the expense necessary to be incurred in making any repairs or restorations of improvements, the necessity of which has arisen, as mentioned in this section, for a space of time not exceeding the close of the next fiscal year, which sum, and the interest, shall be added to the amount authorized to be raised in the next general tax levy, and embraced therein.
(Prior Code, § 35.24)