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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5218 - Rules for Annual BudgetWWCsmec 4/7/60 • • RESOLUTION NO. 51X A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING RULES FOR THE ADMIN- ISTRATION OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET WHEREAS, the City Charter requires that an annual budget be prepared and adopted; and WHEREAS, increased revenues and donations occasionally occur during the fiscal year which are not expected when the budget is adopted; and WHEREAS, questions arise as to the authority to make expenditures for the various objects and purposes within the budget; and WHEREAS, it would be convenient and helpful for the City Council to establish rules to guide in the administration of the budget; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby resolve, direct and orders Section 1. The Director of Finance shall increase all revenue estimates upon receipt of revenues that exceed the esti- mates and shall make appropriate adjustment in the unappropriated surplus account of the affected fund or funds. The Director of Finance shall not make any reduction in revenue estimates without prior approval of the City Council. Section 2. Donations or contributions to the City with- out restrictions as to use shall be recorded as revenue by the Director of Finance and an appropriate reserve set up to record such revenue. The Director of Finance shall promptly report any such receipts to the City Manager and City Council. Donations or contributions to the City which are to be used for a specific purpose shall be recorded as revenue only after acceptance by the City Council. Upon acceptance, the Director of Finance shall record such donations or contributions as revenue and establish an appro- priate reserve. Transfers from such a reserve must be authorized only by the City Council. The provisions of this section do not apply to the receipt and expenditure of deposits made for the pur- pose of payment for street or, utility improvements. • Section 3. Expenditures by department heads may be made from the respective accounts listed in the department budget for the object of each such account without approval of the City Man- ager or City Council. Transfers from one object account to another • object account within a departmental budget may be made upon the approval of the City Manager; provided, however, that transfers to or from capital accounts are not hereby authorized. Transfers to or from capital accounts may be made only with the prior approval of the City Council. Transfers from one department's budget to another department's budget may be made only with prior approval of the City Council. 2. 0 0 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH) I, MARGERY SCHROUDER, City Clerk of the City of Newport 0 Beach, California, do hereby certify that according to the records of the City of Newport Beach filed and maintained in my office, the foregoing Resolution Noe 5218 was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the 11th day of April 19 60 , by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: NOES, COUNCILMEN: ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Dated this 14th Kingsley, Atkinson, Higbie, Stoddard, Hart, Lorenz, Somers None None day of April 19 60 , on. City C e 'c anq Ex-Officio C erc o t e City Council, City of Newport Beach, State of California.