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Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the FY 13 budget of the Long Beach Water Department as adopted by the Board of Water Commissioners on June 21, 2012. (A-4)
DISCUSSION
On August 1, 2012, the City Manager’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY 13) was delivered by the Mayor to the City Council and community with recommended amendments for consideration. Hearings were set for March 6, April 17, June 10, July 3, July 24, August 7, August 14, August 21, August 28, and September 4 and September 11, along with five Budget Oversight Committee (BOC) meetings and ten community meetings at which the FY 13 Proposed Budget was discussed. We are pleased to report that through the scheduled hearings, BOC and community meetings, presentations have been made by multiple City departments resulting in 26 separate opportunities for public feedback, deliberation and input.
At the conclusion of the hearings, the City Council will amend the proposed budget as it deems appropriate, and adopt the proposed budget as amended. Since the publication of the FY 13 Proposed Budget, updated estimates of revenue and expense, which address technical corrections as well as decisions made by elected offices, are listed by fund and department in Attachments B and C to this letter, respectively.
The Appropriations Ordinance officially adopts the FY 13 budget and authorizes expenditures in conformance with the adopted budget. To become effective October 1, 2012, this Ordinance must include a finding of emergency. Specific resolutions provide for approval of the budgets for the Harbor, Sewer, and Water funds, which are not in the appropriation ordinance, and certain fee adjustments. Requests for approval include the FY 13 Capital Improvement Program; the Mayor’s Recommendations; and the Budget Oversight Committee’s Recommendations for the FY 13 Proposed Budget.
This matter was reviewed by Assistant City Attorney Charles Parkin on August 16, 2012.
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