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Recommendation to declare ordinance approving Resolution No. WD-1309, a resolution of the City of Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners establishing the rates and charges to be charged for water and sewer service and declaring the urgency thereof, and providing that this ordinance shall take effect at 12:01 A.M. on October 1, 2013, read and adopted as read. (Ordinance No. ORD-13-0013) (A-3)
DISCUSSION
On August 1,2013, the City Manager's Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY 14) was delivered by the Mayor to the City Council and community with recommended amendments for consideration. Budget meetings were set for February 12, March 5, March 12, April 23, August 6, August 13, August 27, September 3 and September 10, along with nine Budget Oversight Committee (BOC) meetings and nine community meetings at which the FY 14 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 27 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 14 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 Band C to this letter, respectively.
The Appropriations Ordinance officially adopts the FY 14 budget and authorizes expenditures in conformance with the adopted budget. To become effective October 1, 2013, 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 Appropriations Ordinance and certain fee adjustments. Requests for approval include the FY 14 Capital Improvement Program; the Mayor's...
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