(A) The City Council shall enact an ordinance setting out the budget guidelines.
(B) The preparation of the city budget shall be the responsibility of the Mayor who shall submit a proposed budget to the City Council not later than 30 days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year of the city.
(C) The City Council shall adopt the budget as an ordinance in any form most efficient in enabling it to make necessary fiscal policy decisions, which shall comply with the requirements of KRS 91A.030 and the said budget as may be changed from that as submitted by the Mayor in its proposed form shall be adopted in the same manner as provided for other ordinances, except that, the ordinance when enacted shall be published in full and shall be maintained and indexed by fiscal year, separate from other ordinances.
(1992 Code, § 33.03)