BUDGET

Sec. 49: On or before the first Monday in July of each year every Department, Office, Court, District, Board and Commission of the County shall file with the Auditor an estimate in writing of the amount of expenditures specifying in detail the objects thereof required in such Department, Office, Court, District, Board or Commission, for the current fiscal year, including a statement of all salaries.

Sec. 50: On or before the first Monday in August of each year the Auditor shall transmit to the Board of Supervisors a budget in writing containing an estimate of the expenditures of the County for the current fiscal year as determined by the reports filed as required by the preceding section. Said budget shall include an estimate of the probable revenue of the County exclusive of taxes upon property, classified in detail according to sources; a statement of the amounts necessary to meet the interest and principal of all bonded indebtedness, and the following information arranged in parallel columns:

(a)

Detailed estimate of the expense of conducting each Department, Office, Court, District, Board and Commission as transmitted to him by the respective Departments, Offices, Courts, Districts, Boards and Commissions.

(b)

Expenditures for corresponding items for the last two fiscal years.

(c)

Detailed objects of expenditures.

(d)

Such other information as the Board of Supervisors may require.

Said budget also shall include an estimate of the probable amount required to be levied and raised by taxation.

Sec. 51: The Board of Supervisors upon receipt of the budget from the Auditor, shall proceed to the consideration thereof at public hearings, notice of which shall be given in the manner prescribed by the Board.

Sec. 52: The Board of Supervisors, on the first Tuesday in September of each year, shall finally pass the annual appropriation ordinance, which ordinance shall provide for the entire cost of the County government during the current fiscal year. Said ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage.

No salary or compensation of any appointive officer or employee shall be increased except by provision made therefor in the annual appropriation ordinance. The Board shall have power to create additional offices or positions to provide for urgent necessities.

Sec. 53: The Board of Supervisors may appropriate a sum each year for urgent necessities. No money shall be paid out of such appropriation unless authorized by a four-fifths vote of the Board.

Sec. 54: No expenditure shall be made unless a specific appropriation shall have been made therefor in the annual appropriation ordinance, except as may be otherwise provided in this Charter.

Sec. 55: At the close of each fiscal year, the unexpended balance of each appropriation against which no salaries, contracts for work or supplies, or other commitments are outstanding, shall revert to the fund from which it has been appropriated. Any money in the general fund otherwise unappropriated may be appropriated by the Board of Supervisors at any time by ordinance.

Sec. 56: The Board of Supervisors shall authorize the disbursement of all public moneys except as otherwise specifically provided by law or by this Charter.

Sec. 57: The Board of Supervisors shall cause to be prepared a preliminary budget to cover all expenditures required between the first day of July in each year and the passage of the annual appropriation ordinance. No warrant shall be drawn except upon an unexhausted specific appropriation.