CHARTER
ARTICLE XI CITY FINANCES
Section 11.03 — Budget Message:
The Mayor’s budget message shall describe and evaluate
the proposed budget prepared by the City Manager. It shall relate the
Manager’s budget to Council-defined policies and programs. It shall
contain a review of the present and projected City economy and its impact on the
proposed City budget. It shall: outline and evaluate the Manager’s
proposed budget strategies for the next fiscal year; describe the important
features of the proposed City budget; indicate any major changes in the proposed
budget from the current year’s budget in terms of financial policies,
expenditures and revenues together with a reason for such changes; summarize the
City’s present debt position and evaluate debt-related strategies proposed
in the budget by the Manager; include such other information as the Mayor, City
Manager and Council deem desirable. (Added at election held Nov. 6,
1990)