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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 FUNCTIONAL AREAS

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

INTRA-FUNCTIONAL TRANSFERS

The City Council must approve any intra-functional 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 2020-21 Budget Adoption Process is provided below:

October 1 - July City Staff receives and reviews written suggestions from citizens and civic organizations for the 2020-21 Annual Budget.

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