3-1-1: APPROPRIATIONS:

   A.   Annual Appropriation Ordinance: The village board shall, within the first quarter of the fiscal year, adopt an appropriation ordinance in which they shall appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities, and such ordinance shall satisfy the objects and purposes for which such appropriations are made and the amount appropriated to each item. Said appropriation ordinance shall be published in a newspaper published in the village, or if none is published therein, then in a newspaper of general circulation in the village, or it may be published in pamphlet form. Said publication shall be before the end of the third Monday of the fiscal period. (1985 Code § 1-9-1)

   B.   Transfer Of Appropriations 1 : After six (6) months of the fiscal year have elapsed, the board may, without limitation as to the amount and by two-thirds (2/3) vote by resolution or ordinance, transfer from any appropriated item its anticipated unexpended funds to any other item of appropriation theretofore made, and the item to which said transfer is made may be increased to the extent of the amount so transferred. No transfers shall be permitted between funds required by law to be kept separate, and all special appropriations shall only be made as provided by law. (1985 Code § 1-9-3)

 

Notes

1	1. See also subsection 1-8C-3F of this code.

3-1-2: ANNUAL TAX LEVY ORDINANCE:

At the next regular meeting after the publication of the appropriation ordinance, the village board shall pass a levy ordinance, and a certified copy shall be filed by the village clerk with the county clerk not later than the last Tuesday in December of the same year. (1985 Code § 1-9-2; amd. 2016 Code)

3-1-3: WARRANTS:

   A.   All warrants or checks drawn upon the treasury must be signed by the village president and countersigned by the village comptroller and must state the particular fund to which same is chargeable, the person to whom payable and for what purpose the same was drawn, and no money shall be otherwise paid than upon warrants or checks so drawn. (1985 Code § 1-9-4; amd. 2016 Code)

   B.   Warrants may be used to authorize the issuance of a check, and checks may be used as a combination of a warrant and check. (1985 Code § 1-9-4)

3-1-4: RECOVERY OF PROFESSIONAL FEES:

In the event that any party requests the village to consider, grant, approve or accept zoning changes, special uses, variances, subdivision of real estate, easements, building permits, occupancy permits or public improvements that require the village to obtain professional services including, but not limited to, engineering, planning or legal service, the party making the request shall reimburse the village for its cost of such professional services otherwise provided by the president and board of trustees. (1985 Code § 1-10-6; amd. 2016 Code)