§ 2-17. Budget submission procedure for city attorney and city clerk.

The following procedure shall apply to submission and review of the budgets of the city attorney and city clerk:

(1)

Consistent with the City Charter, the city attorney and city clerk shall submit estimates of revenue and expenditure for their departments on the forms and at such time prescribed by the city manager or the manager's designee for budget preparation.

(2)

The city manager may conduct such meetings with the city attorney or the city clerk as he may deem proper to create an understanding of their departmental budgets. The city manager's budget recommendation to the council may include a recommended revision to these departmental budgets, but such revision shall relate only to the total estimated departmental expenditure.

(3)

Prior to the council's first scheduled budget work session, the city attorney and city clerk shall transmit a copy of their office budgets directly to the council.

(4)

The council shall request such information from the city manager, city attorney and city clerk as it deems necessary to obtain a full understanding of the city attorney's budget and city clerk's budget. The council may request that this information be provided in the form of written reports or it may seek information through discussion with the city attorney or city clerk, or both.

(5)

The council shall approve the budgets of the city attorney and city clerk at the same time as it acts on the operational budget of the city as a whole.

(Ord. No. 4067-90)

(Ord. No. 4067-90)