Ordinance No. 1318 12-08-2014
ORDINANCE NO. 1318
AN ORDINANCE AMDENDING FRIDLEY CITY CHARTER CHAPTER 7
TAXATION AND FINANCES, SECTIONS 7.04 PREPARATION OF ANNUAL
BUDGET; SECTION 7.05 PASSAGE OF BUDGET
The Fridley City Council hereby finds after review, examination and recommendation of
the Fridley City Charter Commission, that the Fridley City Charter Chapter 7 Taxation
and Finance be hereby amended and ordains as follows:
FRIDLEY CITY CHARTER
CHAPTER 7. TAXATION AND FINANCE
SECTION 7.04. PREPARATION OF ANNUAL BUDGET
1. The City Manager shall prepare the estimates for the annual budget which shall include
any estimated deficit for the current year. The estimates of expenditures shall be
submitted by each department to the City Manager. Each estimate shall be divided into
three (3) major subdivisions as follows: (a) Salaries and Wages, (b) Ordinary Expenses,
(c) Capital Outlay. Salary detail shall show a list of all salaried officers and positions with
salary allowance and number of persons holding each. Wages shall be broken down in
sufficient detail to justify the request. Ordinary expenses shall be broken down into such
detail as the City Manager shall direct. Capital Outlay shall be itemized as to items and
amounts. (Ref. Ord. 625)
2. In parallel columns shall be added the amounts expended under similar headings for
the two (2) preceding fiscal years, and, as far as practicable, the amounts expended and
estimated for expenditure during the current year. In addition to estimates of
expenditures, the City Manager shall prepare a detailed statement of revenues collected
for the two (2) preceding completed fiscal years with amounts estimated to be collected
for the current fiscal year, and an estimate of revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. The
estimates shall be submitted to the Council at its last regular monthly meeting in August
in accordance with Minnesota State Law, and shall be published twice in summary in the
official publication prior to November 15. (Ref. Ord. 625, Ord. 946)
SECTION 7.05. PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET
The budget shall be a principal item of business at the last regular monthly meeting of the
Council in August a regular meeting in September., and t The Council shall hold
subsequent meetings from time to time until all the estimates have been considered. The
meetings shall be so conducted as to give interested citizens a reasonable amount of time
in which to be heard, and an opportunity to ask questions prior to passage of the final
budget. The budget estimates shall be read in full and the City Manager shall explain the
various items thereof as fully as may be deemed necessary by the Council. The annual
budget finally agreed upon shall set forth in such detail as may be determined by the City
Council, the complete financial plan of the City for the ensuing fiscal year, and shall be
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signed by the majority of the Council upon being adopted. It shall indicate the sums to be
raised and from what sources, and the sums to be spent and for what purposes, according
to the plan indicated in Section 7.04. The total sum appropriated shall not exceed the total
estimated revenue. The Council shall adopt the budget by resolution in accordance with
State Law. The resolution shall set forth the total of the budget and the totals of the major
divisions of the budget, according to the plan indicated in Section 7.04. The budget
resolution as adopted shall be published in the official publication. (Ref. Ord. 625, Ord.
946)
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY
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THIS 8 DAY OF DECEMBER 2014.
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Scott J. Lund, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Debra A. Skogen, City Clerk
Public Hearing: November 10, 2014
First Reading: November 24, 2014
Second Reading: December 8, 2014
Publication: December 19, 2014