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Page 31 of 45 ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2018/2018 DRAFT CHARTER AMENDMENTS REV: 06-25-18 VR Section 51. BUDGET: Upon a date established by motion of the City Council At least thirty (30) days before the commencement of a fiscal year, the City Manager shall submit to the Council a proposed budget for all departments to be known as the general budget. Said budget shall include estimates of the revenues and expenditures of the cCity departments for the ensuing year. These estimates shall be compiled from detailed information obtained from the several departments on uniform blanks to be furnished by the City Manager. The classification of the estimates of expenditure shall be as nearly uniform as possible for all departments and shall give the following information: (a) A detailed estimate of the expense of conducting each department as submitted by the department. (b) Expenditures for corresponding items for the last two fiscal years. (c) Estimated expenditures and appropriations for corresponding items for the current fiscal year. (d) Such other information as is required by the Council or that the City Manager may deem advisable to submit. Sufficient copies of such budget shall be prepared and submitted so that there may be copies on file in the City Clerk's office for inspection by the public unless the Council publish the same in the official newspaper. The Council shall have the power to revise, correct or modify said proposed budget in any particular. (As amended March 4, 1975; certified by Secretary of State March 20, 1975) (As amended April 8, 1980, certified by Secretary of State April 25, 1980; as amended November 8, 2005 certified by Secretary of State January 24, 2006) Section 51.5 ADOPTION OF BUDGET: At the meeting of the Council at which the budget is submitted, the Council shall set a time and place for a public hearing on the budget thereon, shall order copies thereof to be filed in the office of the City Clerk for inspection by the public and shall cause a notice to be published at least once in accordance with procedures established by ordinance of the Council for the publication of notices the official newspaper stating that copies of the budget are available for inspection at the City Clerk's office and stating the time and place at which the Council will hold the public hearing. At the time and place so advertised, or at such time and place to which such hearing may from time to time be adjourned, the Council shall hold a public hearing on the budget as submitted. After the conclusion of such public hearing, the Council may insert new items, delete items or may increase or decrease the amount of moneys set forth for the various items included therein. A copy of the budget as amended by the Council shall be certified by the City Clerk and the City 8.A. - Page 39