HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 6850 CITY CODE BUDGET
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ORDINANCE NO. 685n
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 2-3-5 OF THE
AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE REGARDING
THE DATE FOR SUBMITTAL OF BUDGET TO
COMMISSION; TO DELETE SECTION 2-3-5 (b) IN ITS.
ENTIRETY; TO PROVIDE AN .EFFECTIVE DATE; TO
REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUST A-RICHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF SAME AS
FOLLOWS;
Section 1. Augusta-Richmond County Code, Title 2, Sections 2-3-5 (a) and 2-3-5
(b) "SUBMITTAL OF BUDGET TO COMMISSION" are hereby deleted in their entirety.
Section 2. In replacement thereof a Section 2-3-5 (a) entitled "SUBMITTAL OF
BUDGET TO COMMISSION" is hereby adopted:
~ 2-3-5 SUBMITTAL OF BUDGET TO COMMISSION.
On or before the third Tuesday in October of each year, the
Finance Committee through the Administrator shall submit to the
Commission for its consideration, a proposed budget consisting of
its statement of the anticipated revenue and expenses of the next
fiscal year. Whereupon, the Commission shall consider the same
and shall revise, amend, supplement or delete any item of
anticipated revenue or expense before the same shall be published,
or hearings held thereon. At the time of submission of the budget
to the Commission, a statement advising the residents of the
county of the availability of the budget shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county. The statement shall
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be a prominently displayed advertisement or news article and shall
not be placed in that section of the newspaper where legal notices
appear. The budget, as tentatively approved, and all supporting
data, shall be. a public record open to inspection by anyone and
shall be filed in the office of the county administrator and in the
office of the budget officer. The Commission may consider the
original budget and any amendment thereto at at least one (1)
public hearing thereon before its final adoption, one which public
hearing shall be set by the county commission at one of its regular
or called meetings and shall be announced in public notice to be
published in one (1) or more newspapers published in the county at
least seven (7) days prior to adoption of the permanent budget by
the Commission, at which time any persons wishing to be heard on
the budget may appear. Changes, increases or decreases, variations
and revisions of any items in the budget or of any total of subtotal
or aggregate sum may be made at any public meeting prior to the
final adoption of the budget, provided such changes, increases,
transfers and revisions shall be recorded on the minutes of the
meetings and provided further the total expenditures) including all
changes, shall at no time exceed the total of the anticipated revenue
as finally certified by the Finance Committee to the Commission.
The budget as finally adopted shall include all sums necessary to
pay the interest and principal reduction or sinking fund
requirements of all outstanding bond issues, and likewise sufficient
funds to meet the requirements of the various departments of
county government to enable.the various departments to perform
the duties imposed upon them by law; and the Finance Committee
shall so certify. .
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Section 5. If any section, provision, or clause of any part of this Ordinance be
declared invalid or unconstitutional, or if the provisions of any part of this Ordinance as applied
to any particular situation or set of circumstances be declared irivalid or ~nconstitutional,. such
invalidity shall not be construed to affect portions of this Ordinance not so held to be invalid, or
the application of this Ordinance to other circumstallces not so held to be invalid. It is hereby
declared as the intent that this Ordinance would have been adopted had such invalid portion not
be included herein.
Duly adopted this 5.t~ day.of
December
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~ 2005 and this 3rd day of
January
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ATTEST:
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MAYOR
First Reading: n~r ') 700')
Second Reading: January 3. 2006
Publish in the Augusta Chronicle January 12, 2006