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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-01-09 95-76 RESOLVECOUNCIL ACTION Item No. 95-I6 Date January 9. 1995 Item/Subject: Directing City Staff to Present Zero -Base Budget Proposals for FY 1996 Responsible Department: legal This item was prepared at the request of Councilors Blanchette, Baldacci, Sullivan, Popper, Tyler, and Frankel. Department ment Read UU Manager's Comments: Associated Information: Budget Approval: City Manager Finance Director Legal Approval: city Solicitor Introduced For Passage First Reading Referral Page — of A99T&Hed to Councilor Frankel January 9, 1995 95-76 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) PMOloe,.. Directing_City Staff to Present zero -Base ___ _ ____ 11.1 ........... By W CHy Cosuil Sithe GYN of Hauser: RESOLVED, WHEREAS, The current process for presentation of City of Bangor annual municipal budget proposals incorporates an above/current below/current system in which departmental budget proposals are analyzed by comparison to the prior year's approved municipal budget; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of the City Council that a system incorporating zero -based budget proposals requiring independent justification for the continuation of prior year expenditure levels will enable the Council to conduct a more thorough review of the City's FY 1996 municipal budget proposal and will create new opportunities to reduce total budgeted expenditures, NOW, THEREFORE, by the City Council of the City of Bangor be it RESOLVED, THAT the City Staff are hereby directed to present departmental budget proposals for PY 1996 as zero -based proposals, with written justification for each program expenditure; and be it further RESOLVED, THAT the City Manager and City School Committee are hereby directed to take all necessary action to implement this Resolve. 95-)6 IN CITY COUNCIL January 9, 1995 E E S 0 L V E Pa d As Jed CITY C BK Bisecting City Staff to Present Zero-Base Budget Proposals for BY 1996.