预算过程

The budget represents a fiscally conservative and prudent approach to developing a City-wide spending plan.  每年12月份, City Department Leaders submit their estimates of revenues and expenditures to the 金融 Director.  The 金融 Director consolidates the information and presents it to the 城市经理 who must submit to the 市议会 a balanced annual budget for the next fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) and assists in developing a proposed budget to be delivered to the 金融 Committee.

After interviewing Department Leaders and scrutinizing the entire budget, the 市议会 holds a Public Hearing to obtain input from the public.  Within 20 days after the last Public Hearing, after giving due consideration to the input received from the citizens, the Council must adopt the budget.  The Mayor is afforded a line-item veto within 5 days of the adoption of the budget; the 市议会 may override any veto by a two-thirds vote of the entire body.  Within 10 days of adoption, the tax rate must be set and the budget is legally enacted through passage of an ordinance.

Current budget documents are now available online.