HomeMy Public PortalAbout067-2001 - 2002 BudgetORDINANCE NO. 67 - 2001
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE 2002 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, 2002 the sums of money shown on attached Budget From 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 Form4-B are
hereby fixed.
Passed and adopted this 27th day of September, 2001, by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana.
s/s Karl Sharp, President
(Karl Sharp)
Attest: s/s Norma Schroeder, City Clerk
(Norma Schroeder)
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this 28th day of September, 2001,
at 9:00 a.m.
s/s Norma Schroeder, City Clerk
(Norma Schroeder)
APPROVED by me, Shelley D. Miller, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this 28th day of
September, 2001, at 9:05 a.m.
s/s Shelley D. Miller, Mayor
(Shelley D. Miller)
ATTEST: s/s Norma Schroeder, City Clerk
(Norma Schroeder)