§ 33.21  PREPARATION AND APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE FIXING TAX RATE; MAKING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.
   The Town Clerk-Treasurer shall present the report of budget estimates to the Town Council under I.C. 6-1.1-17. After reviewing the report, the Town Council shall prepare an ordinance fixing the rate of taxation for the ensuing budget year and an ordinance making appropriations for the estimated department budgets and other town purposes during the ensuing budget year. The Town Council, in the appropriation ordinance, may change any estimated item from the figure submitted in the report of the Clerk-Treasurer. The Town Council shall promptly act on the appropriation ordinance.
(I.C. 36-5-3-4)