(A) The City Council shall publish in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in the City the general summary of the budget and a notice stating:
1. the times and places where copies of the message and budge: are available for inspection by the public; and,
2. the time and place for a public hearing on the budget.
(B) After the public hearing, the City Council may adopt the budget with or without amendments. In amending the budget, it may add or increase programs or amounts and may delete or decrease any program or amounts, except expenditures required by law or for debt service provided that no amendment to the budget shall increase the authorized expenditures to an amount greater than the total of estimated income plus any accumulated surplus.
(C) The City Council shall adopt the budget on or before the twenty-ninth (29th) day of the twelfth (12th) month of the fiscal year currently ending. If the Council fails to adopt the budget by this date, the amounts appropriated for current operation for the current fiscal year shall be deemed adopted for the ensuing fiscal year on a month-to-month basis, with all items in it prorated accordingly, until such time as the City Council adopts a budget for the ensuing fiscal year.
(D) Adoption of the budget shall constitute appropriation of the amounts specified therein as expenditures from the funds indicated and shall constitute a levy of the property tax therein proposed, provided that in no event shall such levy exceed the legal limit provided by the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas.
(Ord. 2023-15-O, passed 11-15-2023)