HomeMy Public PortalAbout042-2014 - Appropriation - 2015 BudgetCOMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
ORDINANCE NO. 42-2014
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE 2015 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, 2015, 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.
4Passed and adopted this day o , by the Common Council of the City of
Richmond, Indiana. /j
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(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this A day of t
9:00 a.m.
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
APPROVED by me, Sarah L. Hutton, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this o2 day of
04 , 2014, at 9:05 a.m.
'4" , Mayor
(Sarah L. Hutton)
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(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)