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-6.1.D. - Page 112 <br />REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION <br />NOTE 1 - BUDGETS AND BUDGETARY ACCOUNTING <br />Formal budgetary integration is employed as a management control device during the year for the general <br />fund, special revenue funds, debt service funds, and capital projectsfunds. <br />Budgets are adopted on a basis consistent with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the <br />general, special revenue, and debt service funds. Capital projects funds' budgets are adopted on a project <br />length basis and are not presented here. As the Housing Legal Aid Society Fund was created after the <br />February 1, 2012 dissolution of the former Redevelopment Agency and is currently under litigation, there <br />is no adopted budget for this fund. <br />The City Manager submits a recommended operating budget in May each year to the City Council for the <br />fiscal year commencing the following July 1, showing proposed expenditures by programs and the means <br />of financing them. <br />The City Council conducts budget study sessions, which are open for public comment, before adopting the <br />budget. Once the budget is adopted, expenditures may not legally exceed appropriations at program level <br />except when the excess is attributable to a particular activity for which the City has been reimbursed. This <br />is especially apparent in the Community Development Program where developers reimburse the City <br />through sub -division fees and environmental impact reportfees. <br />At the request of the department head through the City Manager, the City Council may, by resolution, <br />transfer appropriations between sub -programs and funds. Any increase or decrease to the total <br />appropriations provided for in the budget must also be carried through by resolution passed by the City <br />Council. The City Manager may authorize the transfer of funds between object categories within a sub- <br />program of a department. The adoption and administration of the Port of Redwood City budget, unless <br />property tax revenues are requested, is exclusively under the control of the Board of Port Commissioners. <br />Budgeted amounts are as originally adopted, or as amended by the City Council during the fiscal year. <br />Individual amendments were not material in relation to the original appropriations. <br />All unexpended appropriations lapse at the end of the fiscal year. Appropriations for capital projects or <br />appropriations that are encumbered are re -appropriated and carried over in the following year's budget. <br />85 <br />