HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 3993 RESOLUTION NO . 3993
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH IN REGARD TO BUDGET CONTROL
WHEREAS, the purpose of this resolution is to insure
responsible fiscal control of unbudgeted items presented to
the City Council in the form of ordinances , resolutions , minute
actions , appropriations , orders for the payment of money, and
any means whatever by which the Council is able to act, and
where such action shall or may have an impact upon the budget .
The basic assumption underlying this resolution is that informed
and intelligent action must be preceded by and based upon fiscal
data and information, and upon an understanding and appreciation
of the impact of such action upon the budget . It is recognized
that an integrated and orderly budgetary process requires a
budget in balance and that any action of the City Council that
shall or may disturb or affect such balance must be preceded
by thorough study and analysis . Where unbudgeted expenditures
are authorized by the City Council, it is and shall be the
policy of the city that adequate provision must first be made
for the funding of such proposals through the budgetary process
to the end that the budget be and remain in balance . It is a
policy of the City of Huntington Beach that the Council shall
not create a deficit in the city 's budget by any action of the
Council. This statement constitutes the official policy of the
City of Huntington Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Huntington Beach as follows :
SECTION 1. ACTIONS TO UNBALANCE BUDGET PROHIBITED. The
City Council shall not take any action whether by adoption of
ordinance, resolution, minute action, appropriation, order for
the expenditure of money, or otherwise, which will result in
anticipated expenditures for the current fiscal year exceeding
the total of anticipated revenues for the current fiscal year
plus all other available funds .
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SECTION 2 . FINANCIAL ANALYSIS REQUIRED. The City Admin-
istrator with the assistance of the staff shall prepare and
transmit to the City Council, together with any ordinance,
resolution, appropriation, request for order of expenditure of
money, or any other request for action which is not funded in
the current fiscal year' s budget, a detailed financial analysis
of the proposed action, giving the impact , both positive and
negative , upon the city ' s budget . A cash flow time analysis
shall be included to compare proposed cash outlay timing with
cash receipt schedule from the revenue source proposed. Such
analysis shall be contained in a report entitled, "Financial
Impact Report . "
SECTION 3. REVIEW BY ECONOMIC ADVISORY COMMISSION. The
Economic Advisory Commission shall meet prior to each regularly
scheduled City Council meeting, shall review the Financial Impact
Report , and shall prepare and transmit to the City Council its
own report and recommendation which shall accompany the Financial
Impact Report as it is transmitted to the City Council.
SECTION 4. REVIEW OF FINANCIAL IMPACT REPORT BY CITY
COUNCIL REQUIRED FOR UNBUDGETED ITEMS. The City Council shall
not adopt any ordinance, resolution, appropriation, order for
payment of money; minute action or any other action, without
first reviewing the Financial Impact Report, the report and
recommendation of the Economic Advisory Commission, and without
first making adequate provision for the funding necessary to
support such action and to keep the budget in balance . The
provisions contained herein shall apply to unbudgeted items
and to items which cost more money than the amount budgeted
for such items .
SECTION 5 . AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET. Whenever during the
fiscal year, anticipated revenues fall below projections , the
Finance Director shall transmit to the City Council proposed
amendments in the city' s budget which will bring the budget
into balance, so that no deficit shall be created or maintained.
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SECTION 6 . This resolution shall not apply to any proposed
unbudgeted expenditure less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500 )
unless such proposed expenditure may reasonably be expected to
result in other related or continuing expenditures .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular adjourned meeting thereof held
on the 9th day of December, 1974 .
ATTEST: Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
City Attorney City Administrator
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Res. No. 3993
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular adjourned meeting thereof held on the 9th day
Of December , 19 74 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Shipley, Gibbs, Matney, Wieder, Duke, Coen
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Bartlett
a a
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California