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8.C. - Page 33 <br />amended April 11, 1978, certified by Secretary of State June 12, 1978) (As amended November 8, <br />2011, certified by Secretary of State on December 23, 2011) <br />Section 48b. ANNUAL BUDGET: <br />The Board shall annually, on or before the third Monday of May, carefully prepare a budget <br />setting forth the estimated receipts of the pFort, and from other sources, for the ensuing year, <br />and the sums of money necessarily required for the administration of the department, and for <br />maintenance, operation, construction and development of the pFort and its facilities for the <br />ensuing year, and stating the amount necessary to be raised by tax levy for said purposes. Said <br />budget, when so prepared shall be certified by the President and Secretary of the Board, and a <br />certified copy thereof shall, on or before said date, be filed with the eCity eClerk, one with the <br />eCity mManager, and one with the aAuditor. <br />Section 48c. TAX LEVY FUNDS: <br />The act of filing such budget, as provided for in the foregoing section, shall constitute an <br />appropriation to the Board of the total amount so specified therein as necessary to be raised by <br />tax levy, and such amount shall become a part of the annual budget of the Council, and shall be <br />deemed included in the proceeds derived from any tax which the Council, in accordance with <br />Sections 55 to 57 of the Charter, may levy. <br />Provided, however, there is reserved to the Council the right to reduce the amount of such <br />appropriation by adopting an ordinance therefor at any time prior to the introducing of its <br />ordinance fixing the annual rate of taxation, stating specifically therein its reasons for making <br />such reduction. Such amount so fixed by the Council shall thereupon be included in its annual <br />budget and tax levy in lieu of the amount fixed by the Board. <br />It shall be the duty of the eCity aAuditor to credit to the Board the amount so appropriated, and <br />the tTreasurer shall keep all such funds separate from other funds in his their possession. The <br />aAuditor shall draw and sign warrants upon such funds, when allowed by the Board, in <br />accordance with Section 59 of the Charter, and all powers and duties therein conferred or <br />imposed upon the City Council are, in relation to pFort funds, hereby conferred and imposed <br />upon the Board. The Board shall have the exclusive management and disbursement of such <br />funds. <br />The eCouncil may also, from time to time, make further appropriations to the Board of such <br />amounts as may, in its judgment, be necessary or proper. <br />Section 48d. REPAYMENT OF FUNDS: <br />All moneys once apportioned or appropriated to the Board, and all income from the operation of <br />the pFort and its facilities, or all net income from leases or other sources, shall remain in its <br />control until expended; provided, the Board shall annually pay over to the General Funds of the <br />Page 26 of 45 <br />ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2017/2017 DRAFT CHARTER AMENDMENTS <br />REV: 11-29-17 JS <br />