(A) A proposed budget for the Public Library shall be submitted annually by the Library Director to the City Manager and Finance Director, after review by the Library Board, as a request for funding. This request must be based on guidelines set by the Budget Committee or the City Manager and Finance Director for all city General Fund departments. This proposed Public Library Department budget is then subject to the same review process as all other city General Fund departments.
(B) The Library Board shall have no authority to make expenditures on behalf of the city or to obligate the city for the payment of any sums of money, except as herein provided, and then only after the City Council shall have first authorized such expenditures by appropriate resolution, which resolution shall provide the administrative method by which such funds shall be drawn and expended.
(C) The Board shall assist staff in writing budget priorities and communicating budget needs to the City Manager.
(Prior Code, § 1.25.150) (Ord. 302, passed 11-18-2002; Ord. 311, passed 11-3-2003; Ord. 377, passed 11-17-2008; Ord. 390, passed 5-3-2010; Ord. 393, passed 6-20-2011)