HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-06-13 Ordinance 5199ORDINANCE NO. 5199
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014
SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds and
determines as follows:
A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6(g) of Article IV of
the Charter of the City of Palo Alto and Chapter 2.28 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, the City Manager has prepared and submitted to
the City Council, by letter of transmittal, a budget proposal for
Fiscal Year 2014; and
B. Pursuant to the provl.sl.ons of Section 12 of Article III of
the Charter, the Council did, on June 3 and 13, 2012, hold public
hearings on the budget after publication of notice in accordance.
with Section 2.28.070 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code; and
C. In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8 of Division
1, of Title 7, commencing with Section 66016 of the Government Code,
as applicable, the Council did on June :3 and 13, 2012, hold a public
hearing'on the proposed amendments to the Municipal Fee Schedule,
after publication of notice and after availability of the data
supporting the amendments was made available to the public at least
10 days prior to the hearing.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Chapter 2.28 of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code, the following documents, collectively referred to as "the
budget" are hereby approved and adopted for Fiscal Year 2014:
(a) The budget document (Exhibit "1") containing the proposed
operating and capital budgets submitted on April 29,
2013, by the City Manager for Fiscal Year 2014, entitled
"City of Palo Alto -City Manager's Fiscal Year 2014
Proposed Budget" covering General Government Funds,
Enterprise Funds and Internal Service Funds, a copy of
which is on file in the Department of Administrative
Services, to which copy reference is hereby made
concerning the full particulars thereof, and by such
reference is made a part hereof; and
(b) The Amendments to the City Manager's Fiscal Year 2014
Proposed Budget, attached hereto as Exhibit "2," and made
a part hereof; and
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(c) Changes and revised pages in the Table of Organization,
attached hereto as Exhibit "3," and made a part hereof;
and
(d) Revised pages of the Municipal Fee Schedule attached
hereto as Exhibit "4"; and
SECTION 3. The sums set forth in the budget for the various
departments of the City, as herein amended, are hereby appropriated
to the uses and purposes set forth therein.
SECTION 4. All expenditures made on behalf of the City,
directly or through any agency, except those required by state law,
shall be made in accordance with the authorization contained in this
ordinance and the budget as herein amended.
SECTION 5. Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2013 that are
encumbered by approved purchase orders and contracts for which goods
or services have not been received or contract completed, and/or for
which all payments have not been made, by the last day of the Fiscal
Year 2013 shall be carried forward and added to the fund or
department appropriations for Fiscal Year 2014.
SECTION 6. The City Manager is authorized and directed to make
changes in the department and fund totals and summary pages of the
budget necessary to reflect the amendments enumerated and aggregated
in the budget as shown in Exhibit "2" and the Fiscal Year 2013
appropriations carried forward as provided in Section 5.
SECTION 7. As specified in Section 2.04.320 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code, a majority vote of the City Council is required to
adopt this ordinance.
SECTION 8. As specified in Section 2.28.140(b) of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, the Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby
delegates the authority to invest the City's funds to the Director
of Administrative Services, as Treasurer, in accordance with the
City's Investment Policy for Fiscal Year 2014.
SECTION 9. The Council of the City of Palo Alto adopts the
changes to the Municipal Fee Schedule as set forth in Exhibit "4".
The amount of the new or increased fees and charges is no more than
necessary to cover the reasonable costs of the governmental
activity, and the manner in which those costs are allocated to a
payer bears a fair and reasonable relationship to the payer's burden
on, or benefits received from, the governmental activity. All new
and increased fees shall go into effect immediately; provided that
pursuant to Government Code Section 66017, all Planning Department
fees relating to a "development project" as defined in Government
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· Code Section 66000 shall become effective sixty (60) days from the
date of adoption.
SECTION 10. Fees in the ·Municipal Fee Schedule are for
government services provided directly to the payor that are not
provided to those not charged. The amount of this fee does not
exceed the reasonable costs to the City of providing the services.
Consequently, pursuant to Art. XIII C, Section l(e) (2), such fees
are not a tax.
SECTION 11. The Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby finds
that this is not a proj ect under the California Environmental
Quality Act and, therefore, no environmental impact assessment is
necessary.
SECTION 12. Except as specified in Section 9, as provided in
Section 2.04.330 (a) (3) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, this
ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 13, 2013
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, KLEIN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID,
SHEPHERD
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENTtlir1lN.I) ~ CityC~' . Mayor
APPROVED:
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