(A) Neither the Village Board nor any department or officer of the Village of Romeoville shall add to the village expenditure in any one year anything over and above the amount provided for in the annual appropriation ordinance of that year, except as is otherwise specially provided. No expenditure for an improvement to be paid for out of the general fund of the village shall exceed in any one year the amount provided for the improvement in the annual appropriation ordinance.
(B) Nothing contained herein, however, shall prevent the Village Board from ordering, by a two-thirds vote, any improvement or restoration the necessity of which is caused by any casualty or accident happening after the appropriation is made. The Village Board may, by vote, order the President and finance committee to borrow a sufficient amount to provide for the expense required to be incurred in making improvements, necessitated by the casualty or accident, for a space of time not exceeding the close of the next fiscal year, which sum and interest shall be added to the amount authorized to be raised in the next general tax levy, and included therein.
(C) Should any judgment be obtained against the village, the President and finance committee, under the sanction of the Village Board, may borrow a sufficient amount to pay the judgment, for a space of time not exceeding the close of the next fiscal year. The sum and interest shall in like manner be added to the amount authorized to be raised in the general tax levy of the next year and included therein.
('71 Code, Ch. 1 § 8-4) (Ord. 82, passed 10-2-07)