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Motion of the Council of Allegheny County, amending the Rules of Council as adopted February 17, 2004, and amended on September 7, 2004, by providing for changes to Article V - Budget Process.
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NOW THEREFORE, IT IS MOVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, that Article V - Budget Process - of the Rules of Council is amended as follows:
ARTICLE V. BUDGET PROCESS.
The County budget year is coterminous with the calendar year. Balanced operating and capital budgets for the next fiscal year must be adopted by resolution of Council no later than twenty-five (25) days before the end of the current fiscal year.
A. Proposed BudgetsPresentation of the Comprehensive Fiscal Plan
1. The Chief Executive must appear before Council to deliver a budget message and submit the Comprehensive Fiscal Plan (the Plan) containing proposed balanced operating and capital budgets no later than seventy-five (75) days before the end of each fiscal year.
2. The President will receive the plan Plan and refer it to the Budget & Finance Committee for review and analysis. A copy of the budgets Plan as submitted will be available for public review in Council's offices. It is the responsibility of the County Manager to make available for public distribution summaries of the proposed budgetsPlan and the budget message. available for public distribution.
A. Rules for Proposing Modifications to Budgets
1. Council members may propose modifications to the budgets under consideration. All recommendations must be submitted in writing to the Budget & Finance Committee prior to the last scheduled committee meeting before the second reading of the tax ordinance and budget resolution at a meeting of Council.
i. All proposed changes to the budget must be in writing.
i. All proposed changes submitted to the Budget & Finance Committee will be considered for inclusion. Upon a majority vote of the committee, recommendations will be formulated into motions amending ...
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