HomeMy Public PortalAbout044-2016 - Appropriation - 2017 BudgetCOMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
ORDINANCE NO. 44-2016
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE 2017 BUDGET
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36-4-7-6(1) requires each department head to prepare an
estimate of the amount of money required for the ensuing budget year,
stating in .detail each category and item of expenditure he or she
anticipates; and
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36-4-7-6(2) requires the City Controller to prepare an
itemized estimate of revenues available for the ensuing budget year and an
itemized estimate of expenditures for other purposes above the money
proposed to be used by the departments; and
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36-4-7-6(3) requires the Mayor to meet with the department
heads and City Controller to review and revise their various estimates; and
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36-4-7-7(a) requires the City Controller to present the report
of budget estimates to the Common Council pursuant to Indiana Code 6-
1.1-17 and requires Common Council, after its review, to prepare an
ordinance fixing the rate of taxation for the ensuing budget year and
making appropriations for the estimated department budgets and other city
purposes during the ensuing budget year; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to the above requirements, Common Council has reviewed the
report of budget estimates through a series of Committee -of -the -Whole
meetings; and
WHEREAS, The above applicable laws allow the Common Council to reduce any
estimated item from the figure submitted in the report of the City
Controller, but enables Common Council to increase an item only upon
the Mayor's recommendation.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, that for the expenses of said City government and its institutions for the year
ending December 31, 2017, the sums of money shown on attached Budget Form 4-A are
hereby appropriated and ordered set apart out of the several funds herein named and for
the purposes herein specified, subject to the laws governing the same. Such sums herein
appropriated shall be held to include all expenditures authorized to be made during the
year, unless otherwise expressly stipulated and provided for by law. In addition, for the
purposes of raising revenue to meet the necessary expense of the City government, the
tax rates as shown on attached Budget Form 4-B are hereby fixed.
Passed and adopted this / / day ofk6, by the Common Council of the City
of Richmond, Indiana.
President
(Bruce Wis 1)
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(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
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PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this /I day of A6�—�
2016, at 9:00 a.m.
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
APPROVED by me, Dave Snow, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this day of
0C,ia� , 2016, at 9:05 a.m.
( , Mayor
Snow
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(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)