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SECTION 12: LEGAL LEVEL OF CONTROL

OPERATIONS BUDGET

That, except as otherwise provided in this section, the legal level of control for operating (non-
capital) appropriations shall be at the department for each fund for which a budget is adopted herein,

meaning that, notwithstanding appropriation or expense category details outlined in the budget documents
incorporated herein, the City Manager or his designee may, in consultation with a department head,
approve reallocation of funds between and among categories of budgeted expenses within a department's
budget without the approval of the City Council so long as such reallocation otherwise complies with all

applicable laws and ordinances and does not result in a net increase to the department's overall
appropriation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City Manager or his designee is authorized: (i).(A) to

make transfers and allocations and .(ID to transfer revenues, appropriations, and associated authorized
positions between departments within a single fund in order to reflect any organizational changes
occurring during the fiscal year and (ii) to effect fully budgeted transfers between departments or funds so

long as the City Council has adopted appropriations in both departments/funds with this ordinance serving
as authorization for such transfers under Chapter X of the City Charter and (ii) to effect fully budgeted

transfers between departments or funds so long as the City Council has adopted appropriations in both
departments/funds with this ordinance serving as authorization for such transfers under Chapter X of the
City Charter.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
That the legal level of control for capital appropriations shall be at the Project, Program, or Outlay

level, as applicable, for which an appropriation has been adopted, whether in this ordinance or another
ordinance duly adopted by the City Council in the past or during this fiscal year. The City Manager, acting

directly or through the Assistant City Managers, may approve the allocation of funds to a lower level
within the same Project, Program, or Outlay,,as applicable, without the approval of the City Council so
long as such reallocation otherwise complies with all applicable laws and ordinances and does not result

in a net increase to the overall appropriation of the Project, Program, or Outlay, as applicable.

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