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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LIMA, OHIO
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LIMA, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART EIGHTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
PART TWENTY - NUISANCE ABATEMENT
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SECTION 40.   PRELIMINARY APPROPRIATIONS
   EDITOR'S NOTE: The provisions of this section were repealed by the electors on May 4, 2010.
SECTION 41.   TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS
   Upon the written recommendation of the Mayor, the Council may at any time transfer an unencumbered balance of an appropriation made for the use of one department, division or purpose to any other department, division or purpose; but no such transfer shall be made of revenues or earnings of any non-tax supported public utility to any other purpose.
SECTION 42.   CURRENT REVENUE
   Any accruing revenue of the City, not appropriated as hereinbefore provided, and any balances at any time remaining after the purposes of the appropriation shall have been satisfied or abandoned may from time to time be appropriated or re-appropriated by the Council to such uses as will not conflict with any use for which such revenues specifically accrued, unless otherwise authorized by federal or state law. (Amended 11-2-10)
SECTION 43.   LIMITATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
   No moneys shall be drawn from the Treasury of the City, nor shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except pursuant to appropriations made by the Council; and whenever an appropriation is so made the Clerk shall forthwith give notice to the Auditor. At the end of each year all unexpended balances of appropriations shall revert to the respective funds from which the same were appropriated and shall then be subject to future appropriations; but appropriations may be made in furtherance of improvements or other objects or work of the City which will not be completed within the current year.
SECTION 44.   USE OF MONEYS APPROPRIATED; SUPERVISION OF DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES
   Moneys appropriated as hereinbefore provided shall not be used for other purposes than those designated in the appropriation ordinance without authority from the Council. The Mayor and the Auditor shall supervise all departmental expenditures, and shall keep such expenditures within the appropriation.
SECTION 44.5.   CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
   There is hereby established a special fund to be known as the Capital Improvement Fund. Money paid into the Capital Improvement Fund shall be used only for:
   (a)   Payment of the costs of constructing or acquiring (whether by outright purchase, lease, or lease-purchase and irrespective of whether payment is made in installments or in a lump sum) of capital improvements; or
   (b)   Payment of debt service on any bonds or notes issued by the City to finance the construction, purchase or acquisition of capital improvements.
   As used in this section, "capital improvement" means any property, assets or improvement having an estimated life or period of usefulness of one year or more, and includes, but is not limited to, real estate, buildings, personal property, and interests in real estate, buildings, personal property, equipment, furnishings, site improvements, and reconstruction rehabilitation, renovation, installation, improvement, enlargement and extension of property, assets or improvements having an estimated life or period of usefulness of one year or more. (Enacted 11-8-94)
SECTION 45.   INVESTIGATIONS BY COUNCIL OR MAYOR
   The Council, the Mayor, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have power to inquire into the conduct of any department, office, officer or employee of the City and to make investigation as to City affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel testimony, the production of books, papers, and other evidence. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to designate a police officer to serve such subpoenas. The Council shall provide by ordinance the penalty or penalties for contempt in refusing to obey any such subpoena, or to produce such books, papers and other evidence, and shall have the power to punish any such contempt in the manner provided by ordinance.
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