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CITY OF AZLE CHARTER
ARTICLE 9
MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Section 9.02 Preparation and Submission of Budget:
The City Manager shall, each fiscal year, submit to the Council a proposed budget in
compliance with state law.

Section 9.03 Anticipated Revenues Compared With Other Years in Budget:
In preparing the budget, the City Manager shall place in parallel columns opposite the several
items of revenue: the actual amount of each item for the last fiscal year, the estimated amount
for the ensuing fiscal year.
Section 9.04 Proposed Expenditures Compared With Other Years:
The City Manager in the preparation of the budget shall place in parallel columns opposite the
various items of expenditures: the actual amount of such items of expenditures for the last
completed fiscal year, the estimated amount for the current fiscal year and the proposed amount
for the ensuing fiscal year.
Section 9.05 Budget a Public Record:

The budget and all supporting schedules shall be filed with the person performing the duties of
City Secretary, submitted to the City Council and shall be a public record. The City Manager
shall provide copies for distribution to all interested persons.
Section 9.06 Notice of Public Hearing on Budget:
At the meeting of the City Council at which the budget is submitted, the City Council shall fix the
time and place of a public hearing on the budget and shall cause to be published in the official
newspaper of the City of Azle, a notice of the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof at
least five days before the date of such hearing.
Section 9.07 Public Hearing on Budget:
At the time and place set forth in the notice required by Section 9.06, or at any time and place to
which such public hearing shall from time to time be adjourned, the City Council shall hold a
public hearing on the budget submitted and all interested persons shall be given an opportunity
to be heard for or against any item or the amount of any item therein contained.
Section 9.08 Proceedings on Budget After Public Hearing:

After the conclusion of such public hearing, the City Council may insert new items or may
increase or decrease the items of the budget, except items in proposed expenditures, it shall
also provide for an increase in the total anticipated revenue to at least equal such proposed
expenditures.
Section 9.09 Vote Required for Adoption:

The budget shall be adopted by the favorable vote of majority of the members of the whole City
Council.
Section 9.11 Effective Date of Budget; Certification; Copies Made Available:

Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for the fiscal year. A copy of the budget, as
finally adopted, shall be filed with the person performing the duties of City Secretary, the County
Clerk of Tarrant and Parker Counties and the State Comptroller of Public Accounts at Austin.
The final budget shall be printed, mimeographed, or otherwise reproduced and copies shall be

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