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<br />FINANCES Section 56. LIT MIT OF TAX
<br />Section 51. BUDGET: Not later LEVY: The is,., levy authorized by
<br />(halt June first, lite City Manager the Council to meet the municipal
<br />shall submit to ills Council a expenses for each fiscal Year shall
<br />Proposed budget lcr the public not exceed the rate of one dollar
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<br />service department, and a pro - on each one hundred dollars of
<br />posed budget for all other depart, the assessed valuation of the real
<br />nnonts to be known as tine Gen. and personal Property within the
<br />eral Budget. Said budget shall in- City, except as in this charter
<br />' clude estimates of the revenues otherwise provided. The moneys
<br />and expenditures of the city de. collected from such levy slall be
<br />Partulents for the ensuing year. placed in the general fuel of the
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<br />The Public Service Department
<br />i shall control file generation, Par-
<br />Chnsc, distribution and sale of
<br />o2ecirle energy, water. gas, and
<br />any other utility owned, operated
<br />or distributed by the City.
<br />Section 46. FRANCHISES: Ev-
<br />ery franchise or Privilege to con-
<br />struct, maintain, or operate any
<br />I railroad, or enter means of trans-
<br />portation in or over any street or
<br />highway, or to lay pipes or con-
<br />duits, or erect poles or wires or
<br />other structures in or across any
<br />street or highway for the trans-
<br />mission of gas, electricity, or
<br />other commodity, or for the use of
<br />Public property or places now or
<br />hereafter belonging to the city,
<br />shall be granted under and in
<br />pursuance of the provisions of the
<br />general laws of the state relating
<br />to the granting of franchises;
<br />provided no new franchise or the
<br />renewal of Im existing franchise
<br />Shall be granted except upon con•
<br />dition that at least two, per cent
<br />(2%) of the gross annual receipts
<br />derived from the use of such
<br />franchise shall be paid to the
<br />city. ism all cases the applicant for
<br />it franchise shall advance the cost
<br />of advertising same.
<br />Every- such franchise shall re-
<br />quire. the grantee thereof to agree
<br />to a joint use of its property by
<br />bothers whenever practicable, and
<br />nothing herein shall be construed
<br />its prohibiting the Council from
<br />requiring 'other Conditions not In-
<br />consistent
<br />-consistent with the constitution or
<br />general laws. No franchise or
<br />privilege so granted shall be sold,
<br />leased, assigned or otherwise
<br />aPonated without the express call -
<br />rent of the Council given by ordf-
<br />uance and subject to referendum.
<br />Sections 47, 4S, 49, 50*
<br />Section 54. BOARD OF EQU`ALI-
<br />?ATION: 'Fite Council shall meet
<br />tit its usual meeting place on the'
<br />second Monday In August of each
<br />year, at ten o'clock A. lI., and sit
<br />as a Board of Equalization, and
<br />shall continue in session by ad-'
<br />journment from Clay to day until
<br />till returns of the Assessor have
<br />been rectified and assessments
<br />equalized, The Board of Equalfza-
<br />tion shall hove power to hear
<br />complaints, to take testimony un-
<br />der oath, and to correct, modify,
<br />strike out, or raise any assess-
<br />ment, Provided that notice shalt
<br />first be given to any one whose
<br />assessment is proposed to be
<br />raised, excepting In case of a uni-
<br />form increase h, the assessed
<br />valuation of the property of the
<br />entire city. '
<br />Section 55. ANNUAL T A X
<br />LEVY: The Council must finally
<br />adopt, not litter titan its first regu-
<br />lar meeting in September, an ordi-
<br />nance levying upon the assessed
<br />valuation of ani property fu the
<br />City, a rate of taxation sufficient
<br />to raise the amounts estimated
<br />to be required in the annual bull -
<br />gets still as herein provided, less
<br />the amounts estimated to be re-
<br />ceived from fines, licenses, and
<br />other sources of revenue. The
<br />Council shall then deliver the as-
<br />sessunent roll to the Auditor, who
<br />shall thereupon compute and carry
<br />out tine amount of the tax so
<br />levied on each Parcel of property
<br />contained in the assessment roll.
<br />The corrected fist for each tax
<br />Shalt be the assessment roll of
<br />said tax for said year, and it
<br />Shall be certified by the Auditor
<br />as being the assessment roll of
<br />said tae
<br />mud sold to the state when
<br />offered for sale for county taxes;
<br />and the council shall have power
<br />to Provide by ordinance for the
<br />procedure to be followed In such
<br />salols to the city and redemption
<br />thereafter.
<br />Section 59. PAYMENT OF CITY
<br />MONEYS: )Honey shalt be drawn
<br />front the treasury only on war-
<br />rants its herein proscribed. Every*
<br />demand against the City, from
<br />whatever source, excepting the
<br />public library, when approved by
<br />tine City Itinuager, still when al-
<br />lowed by the Council, shalt be
<br />signed by the Mayor; and a war•'
<br />raut prepared by the City Clerk,
<br />numbered the same as the its -
<br />Could, shall be issued and signed
<br />by the Mayor anct City Clerk or
<br />sued other officers as the Council
<br />in ay designate; provided, how-
<br />ever, that wilettever prescribed by
<br />the City Council such demand
<br />shall be approved by the city
<br />Auditor, who shall satisfy himself
<br />that Lhe money is legally due and i
<br />its Payment authorized by lair - i
<br />;No demand shall be allowed, art -
<br />proved, audited, or paid unless It
<br />shall specify each Item of the
<br />elahn and the data thereof; pro-
<br />vided, however, that tvm•rants for
<br />salaries of officers and emPloyees
<br />shall be allowed by the Anulttor
<br />and paid regularly send -monthly,
<br />from the Treasury without the,
<br />necessity of any demand therefor;
<br />at- approval thereof Its In tills son -
<br />tion proscribed for other claims.
<br />Section 60. UNIFORM AC-
<br />COUNTS AND REPORTS: The
<br />city manager shell prescribe trill -
<br />form forms at accounts whleln
<br />shall be observed by all officers
<br />and departments of the City which
<br />receive or disburse city moneys.
<br />Whenever an net shall be Passed
<br />by the legislature of the state
<br />providing for uniform municipal
<br />accounts or .reports, the City
<br />council may elect to conform
<br />thereto.
<br />Section 61. GENERAL RESERVE
<br />ACCOUNT: The Council shalt
<br />maintain a permanent revolving
<br />account, to be known as the Gen-
<br />eral Reserve Account, for the put'-
<br />Cliese estimates shall be compiled City, suit may b° appo one as, Pose of keeping the payment of
<br />front [detailed information oil- determined by the Council. the running expanses of the City
<br />twined from the several depart. The foregoing limitation slail'ot n ensh basis. Said account
<br />meats on uniform blanks to be,' not apply in . the event of any sliall be maintained In an
<br />1 furnished by the manager. The , great necessity or emergency, in amount sufficient to meet all
<br />classification of the estimates of 'I which case it may be temporarily llegal demands against the Tress -
<br />expenditures Shull be as nearly ,suspended; provided, that no fn-Iury for the first four months or
<br />uniform as possible for all depart- Crease over said limit, except as1power
<br />other necessary period or each
<br />inents acct shall give in parallel herein Prescribed, shall be made fiscal year prior to the collection
<br />columns the following fnforma- In any fiscal year, unless anthol'' or taxes. The Council shall have
<br />tion: ,zed by ordinance adopted by Ilii(a) A iletalfed estimate of the vote of the electors of the City. to transfer from the Can-
<br />(a)
<br />of conducting such [le• arch Reserve Account any other
<br />Y ds- LEVY: The l sum o
<br />�partment as submitted l theSection 5SPECIAL TAX account or fund suceh Council shall have the sums as may be required for the
<br />t partueut' 111power to levy and collect taxes in purpose of placing such account
<br />1 (b) Expenditures for corre- addition to the taxes herein or by or fluid, as nearly as possible, oil
<br />spending items for the last two general law authorized to be n cash busts. It shall be the duty
<br />fiscal years. ;levied and collected In All amount of lite Council to Provide that all
<br />ic) Expenditures for rent fiscal
<br />sufficient to pay the bonded in- moneys so transferred from the
<br />Ing items for the current fiscal debtedness of said City and also General Reserve Account be re-
<br />veau• Plns an Cstiunata of Cxpendi-
<br />• iu au amount sufficient to Pay any ! turned thereto an or .afore t e
<br />tacos neressst'y to complete the delinquency for bonds Issued un• end of the fiscal year in w1llC11
<br />current fiscal year. der the Improvement Bond Act of sold transfers are node; pro -
<br />I((I) Amount still description oft 1915 of the Slate of California and vided, that In any fiscal year in
<br />supplies turd material an land at for the additional following par- which lite total balance in said,
<br />Ithe date of the Preparation of the
<br />Invoice. poses anti not to Exceed the fol- General Reserve Account exceeds
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<br />(e) Increase or decrease of re- lowing rates, e wit: thirty per cent of Bu total
<br />(quests connrared with the corre• (a) Par the acquisition ouch amount of the General Budget for
<br />spending appropriations for the f Construction of permanent im- that year, the Council may aP-
<br />l Provemeits, real Property, Public propriato suet, excess for any
<br />current yeah•, buildings aid structures and public City piu'pose without returning the
<br />If) Such other information a5 is
<br />required by the Council or that i offices, including equipping and same.
<br />the City il7anager nay deem nd-I; furnishing of the same, at the rate Section 62. SURPLUS RE•
<br />the(o to Manage. i or not more than five•cents oil TURNED TO GENERAL FUND:
<br />1 each $100, of assessed "'nation At the close of each fiscal year,
<br />SecGou 65: BORRONtIING MON-
<br />EY BY THE CITY: The City may
<br />borrow money for any municipal
<br />purposes by the issue and sale of
<br />bonds authorized by ordinance
<br />pledging the credit of the City or
<br />the property or revenue of any
<br />public ulilits, owned by the City.
<br />Every ordinance authorizing a
<br />bond Issue, except ordinances
<br />authorizing such bond issues as
<br />are specified in Section 66 of this
<br />Charter, shall be passed only by a
<br />two-thirds majority vote of the
<br />electors voting thereon at it regu-
<br />lar or special election. No bond
<br />shall be issued on the credit of
<br />the City which will Increase the
<br />banded indebtedness thereof be.
<br />yond fifteen per Cent (16%) of
<br />the assessed valuation of property
<br />III the City subject to direct taxa -
<br />Lion as shown by the last proced-
<br />ing valuation for city taxes; but
<br />bonds issued for Lite construction,
<br />acquisition, extension, or Improve-
<br />ment of any iincome•prodmchig
<br />utility owned by the City shall be
<br />deemed to increase the banded
<br />Indebtedness of the City only to
<br />the extent that such utility is not
<br />self-supporting. Every Issue of
<br />bonds shall be payable within a
<br />term of years not to exceed the
<br />estimated period of usefulness of
<br />the. property ar improvement for
<br />which issued, and in no case to
<br />exceed twenty (20) years.
<br />The Council of said City is also
<br />authorized to proceed under any
<br />general law of Lhe State of Califor.
<br />ills. now in effect or hereafter to
<br />be enacted with reference to bond-
<br />ing said City and treating a bond.
<br />ed Indebtedness thereon.
<br />Section 66. BORROWING MON-
<br />EY ON SHORT TERM NOTES:
<br />Bonds or notes issued in anticipa-
<br />tion of the colloction of special
<br />assessments, and bonds, notes, or
<br />registered warrants on the Treas-
<br />ury, issued in anticipation of the
<br />collection of taxes, may be author.
<br />Azecd by the City Council by ordin.
<br />once and shalt not he deemed the
<br />creation of debt within the .mean.
<br />ing of Section 65 of this Charter.
<br />Bonds, notes, or registered war-
<br />rants on the Treasury issued in
<br />anticipation of the collection of the
<br />taxes of any fiscal year shall be
<br />issued only during the first four
<br />months of such fiscal your, and
<br />each such bond, note, or warrant
<br />$trail specify that it is payable
<br />solely out of tiro revenues of the
<br />fiscal Year in which Issued, and,
<br />before the close of such year, anti
<br />shall not bear a higher rate of
<br />Interest than five (5) per cent
<br />per annum, still the total amount
<br />of such bonds, notes or warrants,
<br />authorized and issued in any Us -
<br />cal year shall not, in the aggro -
<br />gate, be more than twenty -fire
<br />(25) per cont or tie total all -
<br />propitiations of the City for such
<br />year.
<br />Section 67. CONTRACTS: Any
<br />public work or improvement cost-
<br />ing more than five hundred dol.
<br />lars ($500.) shall be executed by
<br />contract, except where a specific
<br />work or improvement is authorized
<br />by the City Council based on de.
<br />tailed estimates submitted by the
<br />department authorized to execute
<br />such work or Improvement direct.
<br />ly. All such contracts for more
<br />than five hundred dollars ($500.)
<br />shall ba awarded to the lowest re.
<br />sponsible bidder, after public ad-
<br />vertisement and competition as
<br />may be prescribed by ordinance,
<br />but the City Council shall have the
<br />Sufficient copies of such lull• during any oma fiscal year, pro, Power to reject any and all bids,
<br />i gets shall be Prepared and sub- if a22 demands against each frond and advertise again., All advertfse-
<br />initin l so that there may be vidrd, however, that said amount have been paid or satisfied, and
<br />copies on file In the City Clerk's of five -cents may be Increased by all disputed or contested demands meats as to contracts shall can.
<br />a vote of tile electors of said ftilly determined, the. Connell shall talo a reservation of tie forego -
<br />office for inspection by the Pub-, clay. tion "aS. TAX LIENS: All [direct the treasurer to transfer into 1d�yl theACity shall ll contracts
<br />lie, nnlexs the Council shall Pull-,
<br />fish the same in the official news• all surplus moneys to thq�generai gnarl
<br />paper. The Council shall have l l taxes still assessments levied, to- fund, except such surplus men- by the City Manager -offs and any
<br />power to revise, correct or modify gather with any Percentage inn- °js as may be in tine several in otho officer or officers of the'
<br />I said proposed budget in any par. I Posed for delinquency and the terest and siniting funds and In -City s.5 the Council may by or.
<br />thiole cost of collection, shall consti- such ether fends the disposition dinatce Provide.
<br />S`acton 52. FISCAL YEAR: 'Plc tate glens on the property as- of whose surplus- moneYs is oth- Section I 6S. WOITY K, r PER-'
<br />fiscal year of the city shall cam- sessed; every tax upon the Per- erwise provided far. FORM ITS OWN WORK, ETC.: I£
<br />mence an the first clay of July soleal property shalt dna n lion Section 63. DAILY DEPOSITS the City Council shalt reject all
<br />aor s malt benfiaetl tsuch other Lima by ordiulins. owner th ereofn the ilT1 property
<br />provided Or itfONEY: All moneys received forbidnew ubills, determineing
<br />Section 53. TAXATION: Except for in this section shall attach as from taxes, licenses, fees, fines, Clare by a five•sevenths (5-7) vote
<br />as otherwise herein Provided the of the first Monday in March at penalties slid forfeitures, and all of all its members that the work In
<br />Council shall, by ordinance pro- 12 o'clock noon of each year, and moneys which may be collected or question may be more economic.
<br />vide a system for the assess- may be enforced by notion$ to received by any officer i of the dilly or satisfactorily performed by
<br />nnent, equalization, levy, and Col• foreclose such lions in any court city in his official capaeitY, or day labor, or the materials or labor
<br />leaton of taxes, which as nearly of competent jurisdiction, or by front any department of the city purchased at a lower price in the
<br />• �- as may be, shall conform to the. Wattle of the property affecte[i for the performance of say Of- open market, and after the adop-
<br />ficial duty and all money$ an- tion of a resolution to tills effect,
<br />system provided by ting Senecal and the oxacutio11 and delivery of
<br />laws of the State; provided, that all necessary certificates aid o•u:ittg to the city from any source, it may proceed to have the sumo
<br />all sales for delinquent taxes shall deeds therefor, under such regular sand all moneys directed by lain done in the manner stated without
<br />be made. to the City of Re;twootl tions as may bo Prescribed by or- or by this charter 'to be Pall 03 further observance of tine provi.
<br />I Clfy. Should the. Council tail to dinancel provided, that when real deposited in the treasury, shall $ions of Section 67 hereof, and
<br />fix the tax rate within the time estate is offered for sale for city 1nQ Paid Into the treasuryMONTHLY
<br />daily.'
<br />prescribed, then the tax rate of taxes clue and delinquent there- Section l first day o RE•
<br />i the previous year shall constitute on, the same shall be sold to the PORTS! On the first day of each
<br />Llie rate of the current year. city in 1II:o easo and miner, and mon Ll, every officer authorized by�
<br />with like effect and right of re• law to charge any fee, commission,
<br />damption as may be struck orf Percentage, allowance, at- couPen-
<br />sation, must make it written report,
<br />to Lite Auditor of all money$ re-
<br />ceived by him during the precea-
<br />Ing month. '
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