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CITY OF BENBROOK 2019-20 ANNUAL BUDGET

BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS

BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS

Any adjustment to the budget requiring City Council action must be initiated by the appropriate Department Director. The Finance Director
must then certify that excess funds are available, either a surplus in fund balance or an excess amount in a separate line-item account. The
City Manager must then approve or reject the request for a budget adjustment. If approved by the City Manager, the budget adjustment is
placed on the next available City Council agenda for consideration by the entire City Council. After the budget adjustment has been discussed
by the City Council, a vote is taken to approve or reject the budget adjustment. Budget adjustments that do not require City Council action
follow the same path as outlined, with the exception of being placed on the City Council agenda. Any adjustment that exceeds 25 percent
of the original appropriation of any fund has to be advertised in the official newspaper, followed by two public hearings before the budget
adjustment may be approved by the City Council.

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

Any additional appropriations must be approved by the City Council and filed as an amendment to the original budget ordinance. The City
Council may appropriate additional funds for any reason and the additional appropriation is not limited as long as the additional
appropriation does not cause the expenditure level to exceed the total anticipated revenues plus any balance of funds carried forward from
prior years.

TRANSFERS BETWEEN DIVISIONS

The City Council must approve any inter-divisional transfers as an amendment to the original budget ordinance.

INTRA-DIVISIONAL TRANSFERS

The City Council must approve any intra-divisional transfer as an amendment to the original budget ordinance.

CITIZEN INPUT AND PUBLIC HEARINGS

The City of Benbrook's Annual Budget process is a lengthy one which requires input from each of the City's Department Directors, City Manager,
City Council, civic organizations, and the citizens of Benbrook.

The schedule followed to obtain citizen input during the 2019-20 Budget Adoption Process is provided below:

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