(a) PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION.
The Manager shall prepare and submit to Council an operating budget and appropriations ordinance in accordance with the annual budget calendar as authorized by Council.
(b) PROVISIONS AND FORM.
The operating budget shall provide a complete financial plan of all Municipal funds and activities for the ensuing fiscal period, and except to the extent required by law or this Charter, shall be in a form acceptable to Council.
(c) COUNCIL ACTION.
Council shall adopt the budget on or before December 15 of every year. To implement the adopted budget, Council shall adopt, prior to the beginning of the ensuing fiscal year, an appropriations ordinance authorizing an appropriation for each program or activity by department or major organizational unit.