HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #797 ORDINANCE No. 797
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
ADOPTING A METHOD OF MODIFYING THE BUDGET OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR, 196o-1961 BY RESOLUTION GF THE CITY
COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted a budget for
the City of Huntington Beach by passage of Ordinance No.
780; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it will be
necessary to modify the budget, f rom time to time during the
year in order to keep in step with changing and unforseen
events; and
WHEREAS, no provision was made in said budget for an
Unappropriated Reserve to meet such unforseen requirements;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish effect-
ive budgetary controls with sufficient flexibility as to en-
courage conservative budget practices;
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Hunt-
ington Beach does ordain as follows:
Section 1. That the City Administrative Officer may
authorize transfers of appropriations between budget ac-
counts within departments without approval of the City
Council.
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Section 2. That the City Council may authorize trans-
fers of appropriations between departments by resolution
thereof.
Section 3. That all such appropriation transfers shall
be executed on standard forms especially prepared for this
purpose. The transfer form to be used for transfer of appro-
priations within a department shall require the signature of
the City Administrative Officer. The transfer form to be
used for transfers of appropriations between departments shall
provide space for entering the resolution number thereon and
shall require the signature of one member of the Finance Com-
mittee of the City Council and the City Administrative Officer.
Section 1+. The City Auditor is hereby authorized to
make such appropriation transfers upon receipt by him of the
authorization therefor as set forth in this ordinance.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the pass-
age and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same
to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News
a weekly newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the
City of Huntington Beach, California, and thirty (30) days
after the adoption thereof, the same shall take effect and
be in force.
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Ord. No. 797
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, this 7th day of November
1960.
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STATE OF CAL IF ORNIA )
County of Orange ) ss
City of Huntington Beach" )
I, PAUE C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-of"'
ficio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is five ; that the foregoing
ordihaftbevwas read to said City Council at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 17th day of October 1960, and was
again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 7th day of November 1960, and was passed
and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority
of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
WELLS, LAMBERT, STEWA.RT, WAITS, GISLER.
NOES: Councilmen:
NONE.
ABSENT: Councilmen:
NONE.
City Clerk and x-ozficio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California
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