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ANNUAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET
FOR THE CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND,GEORGIA
This is Ordinance 36-2014 adopted on June 26, 2014 for the fiscal year 2014-
2015 Operating and Capital Budget to provide for the raising of revenues and
appropriations of funds to support the City of Tybee Island, Georgia for fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015, to provide for the operations of
government departments, elected officials, other governmental activities, and to provide
for the level of personnel authorized for the various departments.
WHEREAS, the City of Tybee Island operates on a fiscal year beginning on July
1St and ending on June 30th of each succeeding year; and
WHEREAS, the State of Georgia, in accordance in the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, Section 36-81-7, provides for the submission of the City's proposed budget to
the public; and
WHEREAS, in obedience to the Georgia Code, on June 26, 2014, the fiscal year
2015 budget was duly presented to the Mayor and City Council during a public hearing
was conducted; and
WHEREAS, the public was informed of the public hearing in the manner
prescribed by law; thus, a public notice of said hearing was caused to be given by the
Mayor and City Council and said notice was published in the "Savannah Morning News"
and said public hearing was held according to said notice, as well as the availability of the
budget for inspection both in the office of the Clerk of Council during regular business
hours of the City and the Tybee Island Branch of the Live Oak Library during normal
business hours; and
WHEREAS, the appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and
ending June 30, 2015 for the support of the general government of the City of Tybee
Island, Georgia shall be fixed and determined for said term in accordance with the sums
of money shown in the City's fiscal year 2014-2015 Budget, a copy of which is made a
part of this Ordinance, shall be and are hereby amended and adopted as the Operating
Budget and the Capital Budget of the City of Tybee Island for Fiscal Year 2014-2015,
beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015 for the appropriation of funds for all
departments and agencies; and
WHEREAS, each of the Enterprise Funds shall be operated in accordance with
Proprietary Fund accounting standards and procedures and shall not be governed by the
Governmental Fund budgetary accounting principles; however, the budgetary estimates
upon which such budgets are adopted shall be retained in memorandum form for budget
control purposes and shall not be increased without the approval of the Mayor and City
Council; and
WHEREAS, all financial operations shall be accounted for in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Standards; and
WHEREAS, the employees are prohibited from transferring funds from
contingency line item budgets between funds without the authorization of the Mayor and
City Council; and
WHEREAS, with the exception of the contingency line items and, except as
limited by the City Charter, the Finance Manager is authorized to approve line item
budget transfers within a department's budget. All line transfers of money between funds
and departments require the authorization of the Mayor and City Council; and
WHEREAS, the budget document, entitled "City of Tybee Island FY2015 Annual
Operating and Capital Budget July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015" shall be maintained on file in
the Office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Section
33-8-8, the proceeds from the tax on insurance premiums estimated to be $150,000 for
FY2012, shall be used for the provision of services to all residents of the City of Tybee
Island; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Section
46-5-134, the monthly"9-1-1 charge" of$1.50 per exchange access facility and the $1.50
per month "wireless enhanced 9-1-1 charge" is reaffirmed for the period of July 1, 2014—
June 30, 2015; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved, and it is hereby resolved by the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Tybee Island, Georgia, in open meeting assembled, the
aforesaid budget for fiscal year 2014-2015 is hereby adopted on June 26, 2014, as
ordained by the Mayor and City Council as follows:
The attached exhibit(s) are incorporated herein and are a part hereof.
ADOPTED, this44' day of June, 2014.
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MAYOR
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