The Finance Officer of the city shall be considered the Budget Director, and it shall be his or her duty to cause said budget to be prepared in the manner hereinafter provided. The Council member who acts as the supervisor of the Finance Department shall serve as an assistant to the Finance Officer in the preparation of said budget. All Council members or Mayor who are serving as supervisors of any city department provided in § 31.06 of this code of ordinances shall submit to the Finance Officer, on or before August 1 of each year, a detailed and itemized estimate of the expenses which each supervisor believes will accrue for his or her respective department during the following year. The Chairperson of all other boards or committees for which expenditures will occur during the following year shall also submit to the Finance Officer on or before August 1 of each year, a detailed and itemized estimate of such expenses. All other city officials shall be required to assist in the preparation of said budget at the call of the Finance Officer or Supervision of Finance Department.
(Prior Code, § 1-5-2)