HomeMy Public PortalAbout086-1996 - 1997 BugetORDINANCE NO. 86-1996
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE 1997
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, 1997, the sums of money shown on attached budget Form 4-A,
pages 1 through inclusive, 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
4-13, pages 1 through , inclusive, are hereby fixed.
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Passed and adopted this J L day of �� 4Q�.L:1996, by the Common Council of
the City of Richmond, Indiana.
-,P President
(Geneva Allen)
ATTES City Clerk
41x('�Norrna chroeder)
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P SE TED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this D-I day of
J , 1996, at 9:00 a.m.
Clerk
(Norma'Schroeder)
APPROVED y mD�nnis Andrews, Mayor o of Richmondndi a this
1 day of 1996, at 9:0'a.m.
ATTE4T: City Clerk
(Norma S roeder)