Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-04-26 93-240 ORDERCouncil Acrmn Date 4-26-93 Item No. 9}24l ORDER: Amenilre It to City Baxter - Article W 9laims arcl Finmlcial Aoviafone Item/SubjeR: Finans Depantanneent Responsible Department: Commentary: This action would establish a public h in dmas for � of the City CheRer—Article V2, Fssiress anal Fiswsial Send the sitter to Una wterS m November, 1993, if appiwed by the Cfty C il. This itasa as xeri 1f tl Finance Camlitttm, which xanmieevle appmw .. Manager's Comments: coy �wso, Associated Information: Budget Approval: F u Legal Approval: Ciry SMieimr Introduced] For ay Passage Page _ of `First Heading Referral '93-240 e. Aenrne,f b Coencior Frankel April 26, 1993 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) (DrUr- ---------- .......... � to city oiezaec..=. xsticle wn iroees and Panaroial 1 isione Cir Me cur w of City ofaawver: ORDERED, TEAT a vote of the people uncler authoelty of 30- M.R.S.A. Sec. 2104 to set at the nett regularly scF luled nemicipal general election for adoption of a rewritten Article yr to the City Charter. Purtlter that a public heari>g to Ret for at t be leld in the City Couecil anmrlgers to accept ancient fxa� the public. Per 30- M.R.S.A Section 2104 (6) a szsary of the amend s to be printed on the ballot follc%e: Avaidaent of city C11arter — mticle w suom y This mrendrtent will revise the order and mmoering of sectio a within the article so that sectloa corcemirg like matters are grouped together and follow, an a logical proryessim,-Iffifereses to the 6 mmth interim budget year an 1982 and the Oaaober 1981 budget sutmiseim are deleted. Subdivides the fidget se:ti®n into titled for ease of ming and referercing. Moves a section an undr$igeated fund bnlanse frau the budget section t a stand alone section, and adds new, sections recognizing the creation and adainistoetion of the ax Fit reserve freed and other m fonds. Adds a sectim requiring that urenparind and nu�encmobesd . - app yria[toea lapse at yosr end, and that capital appropriations will lapse if ur oeoed or urnapavied for thuee years. Residual mfereraroe to cash surplus one replaced with refererces to unanticipated and unappropriated revemrs, general feed undesignated fiord balance and/or reserve axvats. Subdivides the section m assaDoe an bads and notes into titled subsatioa. idstifies db[ issuance as general food, eMarpra ee fuMe or refunding debt. Catvmes t require that general fund debt be issued on the basis of level principal but m a project by project loris. Autluor a enterprise fund debt repaynant to be achedulei as appropriate for the fading souse on a project by project basis. Finally, authorizes the debt service for refuMrd debt t be sclad led to maximize savamis given the mtural repsynat schedluie, rather than an level primipil. IN CI74 COUNCIL April 26, 1993 Passed as Amended by the following yes and no votes. Councilors voting yes: Blanchette. Bragg, Cohen, Frankel, Berl, Shubert, Soucy, stone and Sullivan. Amended by adding the date of May 10, 1993 and the time 7:30 P.N. in the space provided. CueC amC&N 93-240 t: OR D I R Title, �! Ameaament co city cmxtor �, Arcicly„vl Business and Financial Provisions. Asdgoed to ......... May 30, 1993 Public Hearing - Amendment of City Charter Article VI Business and Financial Provisions (full text of the proposed Charter Change is availablc for public inspection in the Council Chamber. Public hearing was declared open. John Quartararo Finance Director explained the Charter Changes. No one from the General Public spoke. CITY CLiftK Sam. RIO S.♦a fe of usfe Af Gerert x•n ARro• Fte4e/IN �Msrt /e /•- nue+e nese �a gfesM � i• A R /e C- 1 Councilman rsmimmww yoaamma`�.a"�0... °imw'.'.' xie.ap suvx.?' snuaimumi'u w� _ Item No. 9}24 GaRaz - article tR ataiawee for Arerdment'Of the City icxne 1 send tee matter m ity C U. T iten wa k approval. aeq,...rx..d Manager's Comments: Introduced For !ry Passage First Reading Referral Page � of CRY OF BANGOR PUBLIC HEARING mn aae:..,.u�.nmunc�.,—Ma. vi e.ti...ernamna.w., baa gema .a.� ,dd72104 0 Fl", do Wft�0, M, eme.s ns... s..mn nw�a.dm'.r a wv..e,.. ma nnwa, n.uw rwa��acme„—mm.nam.,, oWE .mh ""pOF ��'moTMH ME,`R CEoPPnonoFOR .&'YE :"m'i� .>cma.. 9S-240 Aeaip�eSto CovncJor Praekel April 26. 1993 i CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Mrbgrf all proemial Pawisioaa. BV cay Common s/W GTh' of Dd ' ORDRRRD, TMT a wte of Lila people utdm' tatMrity of 30-A , M.R.S.A. Sec. 2104 to eat at flea +art regularly schsluled tsmicipel el fw woof a rirq beasetrftcle vl ptOitX _ at to be held in i City Crnmcil atmrbem /111.99 . cmto3¢ £mu tie public. p 30-A 41.R.S.A Ssiton. 2104 (6) a misery of be —printed mt the ballot follwes: MaaNmt of City Geller — Article Vi Stmn: Y ntLs mrerdmnt Will reviee tlg oxdet and mmbering of emriore within the article so that sectiore concerning like aattzrs ere 4maped togetlear all follow in a logical pragreeaion. Aef� to i 6 gat suimfseimm are oeej8l s . Slxlivides Uw_ budget secii irb981 D titled s e ectiore for ease of readimg all referemfng. moves a ev m m ll G lance uideaigrated fufmn ilea budget section to a stere] alore section. and adds m seoriws remizxng the creation and adelnistretion of tta credit me a flam auld Nsazve fulls. � a x ion �Pring t une4 i and appxcpciatymia lapse M year e , ael that capital apprvpriatiws will lapse if m unarpsded for tfime years. Preidual mEmvcas to cashsurplus am replaced with mf fmm ux�ignatad ueeaMieipated all nmaFPrmlriemd reveres, 9eearal form balance and/or resexva accounts.. -MXiL ides tie eecti m isswme m bolls all rotes into titled yLkeeDCt mLe. xdwtifies tlebt lesunca oe general fuel, enterprise finds m refunding detit. C olrpyes w require that 9eaxal fwd debt be issued m ids basis of le+el principal. ut m a project by Pmjst lysis. Auttvrisae en* prise full d xepeymsnt w be eclsdttled as apprvpxiate £or tM funding w re on a project by pro}at lssis. Finally, mrt 'see Tls debt service for rafiuded debt to be schttluled to naxgmee savings given ilia natural repayasmt scbea e,rather then on level principal. 93-240 A&£ = P - P.W3NSS9 ANO F11aN1CIPB PPDVSSIm New Secilon +=ting Sections Sec 1 1 Accounts and zsocds Sec 2 2 Am�val audit Ss 10 3 Additicre appxopxlatimis Sec 7 4 Budget Sec 8 5 Budge[ changes Sec 9 6 T fess Sec 12 7 Boavwing Sec 13 8 Issue Of borcls and rotes Sa 14 9 � b and nous Sec ]5 10 'Noporuy loans Ss 6 11 Pay e Ba 3 12 -B of officers Sa 4 13 Cont cn arca custody of city rtoneys Sa 5 14 Puzctasing of supplies Sec 11 SS Fm^m^^,, appropr.xi^^ Sec 17 16 Capital inprwerent reserve Sec 16 New Urc3eeiyreted Fmd %lance Sec 18Nes (z Nlt Peeexve � Ssc 19 13eu Otl�et Peserve Flstls Ilea SF1:tim Cux7°r Sec 1 1 Pccc aM xaords. Sec 2 2 Arcual audit Sa 3 12 mms of officers Sa 4 13 Collation and custody of city rtoreye Sec 5 14 Pusbasi of supplies Sec 6 11 Payments Sec 7 4 Budget Sec 8 5 9vlget changes Sec 9 6 1Yans£exs S c 10 3 un:tim N. .� Sa 11 35 Flmrgency appmpriatien Sa u 7 Bxrowtivl Sec 13 8 issue of bonds arcl nor Sec 14 9 Pemume bonds and rotes Ss 15 30 8� lcaz Sec 16 Nes Ondesignatat £u:� salanre Sec 17 16 Capital lnyrev t reserve Sa 18 Nes Cr t Fesecre Purtl Sc 19 New OtFei Pn fluds Hl1S3 AND FINTNC p SI@ Sec 1 *Sec. 1 Acoaurts and racrtls. Accounts shall M lapt by the City Finance Director, stnwfng the financial t sat:..r„ of all departments of the city. The Finance Directar sball have the authority and shall he raprired to: (a) Supervise and he respansible for the disbas�t of all moneys and have coxrol over all �tures to ensure that the budget apprcpriatfons are not exceetled; (b) Maintain a general accewtiig system the city o'mrn^mnt gand each of its office s and agencies) keep Mol® for and exercise financial budgetary control over each office n. t and agency; keep separate accounts for the i+are of appxopr£atfon concainod in the city fidget, each of which accounts shall show the amount of the annrcp. ation, the amounts Fain theasf=, the ulgasid obligations against it and the unencwmernd bahance, reguim reports of receipts and n: aM..smo a f= each receiving and spend a agency of the city goverment to bc made daily or at such intervals as he may deem expedient; (c) n.ho:t to the Cpursfl through the City Manama a Monthly statement of all receipts and disGua nts in sa£fi.c detail to Sh the exact financial condition of the city; (d) Prepare for the City Manager, as of the end of each fiscal ycar, a compLate financial statement ad report; (e) Approve all propesai expendttums; u ESS he Shall certify that there fs annn�naim�M ed L ante of apinropriation and available funds, no appropriation shall be encumL nal and no ex[xldrture stall be node; *(f) the Finance Dirac shall have and perfom for the City of s n pr all of the pmvss and duties v torsed by law upon ,m.s:,.ipsl +.neon .e.a and tax wllectors. For p se of this article, ore or More of the functions of the Finan os Director pay be delegatod to one M More Deputy Finance Directors, to he appointed by the City Manager and subject to ccsu i tion by the City Council. *Anmrded Nrnardar 5, 1974 Sec 2 Sec. 2 Nmual alit. All the acrosffi of the city stall be audited annually by a certified public a.........,. to be cMser by the City Coach, or by an acmmntam assigned by the state auditor. Sec 3 Sec. 12 lixds of officers. the City Comcil shall require a Mrd with sufficient surety or sureties, satisfactory to the City covxil, fzam all parsmm trusted with +lm collation custody or diSGus® nt of any of the public coneys; and say ,eq"A such L d fan such otlat officials as it cosy deer advisable. T lrzanimn charges for said k ds shall M paid V -7-A5- C 93-240 by the city. Sec 4 Sec. 13 Collation arca custOdY of city moneys. All Honeys receival by any officer, emlopee or agent of the city telcwf to the city, or for, or In connection with the Nsf of the City, shall far ith y paid by the officer, E gIoyea or agent recefvfng the score into the city tiesaury, and sha11 then be deposited by the city treasurer with a responsible bark n institution or institutions to be chosen by said City Council. All interest from all deposits of massy belonging to tta city shall accrue to tta ba efit of the city. Sec 5 Sec. 14 Purchasing of supplies. Toe p hasing as nt shall pschase all supplies for the city ant for the several officers and Nerds thereaf, excepting educational supplies for the city schools, which voy to porchasai by him upon �ition by Y s¢erintergi g scbcol committee. The purchasing agent shall sec to the delivery of s lies to each officer arca deiacaent to whaa they belong and tabs arcs file receipts therefor. He shall rorchst all sales of property belcng to throe city which are unfit or unnsos ssary for the city's use but only after such sale has bee authorized by tta City Council, and subject to such restrictions as the city Council may by ordaiance Provide. The city manger stall act as Purchasing agent unS and uaze%ss the City Council by ordinance shall Provide for ills ap intnent of a pachasing agent. :- Sec 6 *Sec. 11 Payments. Abney shall be P i cut only on wasants on the city Treasury fsauai by rico- finanoa di ;tor and co=t igned by a maober of the City � to be designated f tine to time by said City Council; Parvided, b, that in the matter of Payrolls, the signature of the finance director shall ba sufficf t. The ffnenoa director shall exmdne. all payrolls, bills arca other claims ant looms against the city, and stall Issue no w amt £or pay nt until he fi that the claim is in Pxoisr £orni, co T1y cvgxisl. �y certified a legaUY due and payable. ate finance director may require any ciaivant N make ceth to the validity of his claim, may 5nvestfgate any Claim, and for such pupose or purposes may exmire witresees .ostler oath. *ID � 51 1974 Sec 7 Sec. 4 Padget **(a) Fiscal Y . Tsem-eAalt-Be-ani€na-six-aenEli Tp fiscal year of tk�a city goveament stall cumene on Ue first day of Scaly and wRall entl on the 30N day of Sure of each cafe gear. **mre[ded (t[otez 13, 1981 - Effective Qxoher 23, 1981 +++(b) atlmt silmiae' Nuf-}aEa-EAan-eAe-€iasa-asda€ay 3n-seear8esi-}983r-FAS-eiBY-�a9ee-sPa}}-sn§rttf-t EAa 6esrei3-a-�Ya49e€-T'a3eA-sita}3-6e-a'e®g*lekz t Me 3nn�st6in-nepnot laea3-�. ' nd€xs rE 'lte city manag t shall, not later than tha second M day a dp t, sulawt to the Camcil an ammmal Pu for expense nget, which shall he a cmq fete financial plan £or by ensuing fiscal year. *x*passed by 6, 1990 +**(c) aaioet moms:[. TTm amm,.t budget stroll contain: (1) an estiste of all revenue cash rsxipts anticilaatal fore sources other than the tax levy for tum roving fiscal yeas; (2) taw_ esti steel e3n:tares necessary for the operatim of iae several dep offices a ageceiea of the city; (95(3) debt servuce ream is b=o ensuing fiscal hex le(y)foorr ti�iaisensreuin9 £ czl ; and to he raises by Ute }asci and (5) a balanced relationship ated n Ute total estvoated eY,e ceptes and Ue total alMicipat� by S and Um tax levy, ettept for overlay as lanuiw i by statute for the General sc= All estimates sn=11 be do detail ahwdng units, s by sources ad objecU of a by f1IDd, OIgN bu iO t units, fso a=an 8nd oo 8e of cx ativefi Tne budget shall be so arranged as to ehov crnpar ne fpreoea £� receipts and e�6 wr t far the cuaent and nal P+-sc�in9 fiscal years. (6j-9ke-Stay E'BFIXe€}_sAa}LtaegeQ-dA-��sa9ddFHl-£vM-ba}dme-Bf-116-Mx2 Epan-}B&-a€-d£+n§-»gdF-e�}xdifl§�f-€es-ERS fane..a}-F1e€�'£ke-mir�mne-tam-gd}arl6�sp 33 -Be e66 bagel[e€aE�'%-e€-ER¢-iasE-3wa£zs�x[36:dflifums-less%eb£ e e +*++Pawed by leferercLml Nwaoter 51 1991 (d) Adoet ti eaoe. 11re budget stall be accogvni by a budget l ssage which Shall mnfain tum z Matins of the city m ager corcerni g tle fiscal policy of Ute city, a description of the kqn t features and mior increases or decrayses an Ue prgassl budget and summry staten=nfa of tae budget acoeaiing to pr m pal sources of rEJemle a� the s headings of sgvditure. (e) mice[ Coria. Tre city m age shall have printed sufficient copies of the budget and tum budget t sage for Ue use of public. 1Ae bdg t and thm- budget vasage stall be a public mord. f ofh m eco f� 'tal e�ldibae 6 lameatt Clue Of the fiaml Ue ea'a1t Uut " bas ort Deal exps ®1d_bne force mtil Ute far 1-7-95 e+� 93-240 wnirh 9pde }aa beea lieFalof a}NKb(B'] 1 o£K such apgoap tion Stall to 6 i aWrxka� it Ot eisimbravice of tic Sec 8 *Sec. 5 Hrdget charges. The Council y insert row itsms Of a,vo tures or y increase, decease, or strf out iters of ex¢erchtum, except that no item of appropriation for debt ervice shall be redoes. Tfie C 11 shall not alter t city manager's estimate of receipt except that any increases or from es in expe tune iters shall be felly reflected by increasing or dsressing Hn a t required to be raised by tax levy Sn the ensuing yeaz.. In the saint the City C ncil sta11 fail to adopt a budget by the Legf g date of t fiscal year, the prolose3 budget as pteente3 by the City Manager shall autavatically beome the city W get for the fiscal yeer. *P des Cteo 13, 1981 - 6ffecti � 23, 1981 Sec 9 Sec. 6 Transfers. 'Rin city manager y at arty time transfer a� rmercumiv. tl appropriation tulas or Portion ttwsr'Jf from one clsssiffcatinn of expa tvr6 to another within the same dcpa.tnen*, office or agency. At the request of the city manager, the Council y by order trans£ arty n.miu.a appropriation lalance or portion thereof from mo depa tr office or agera. to arcxtcr'. Such rn for transfer ]o sadunan a single Sec 10 *B . 3 adr:tiorel. app yridtions. Algsopriatimis in addition to those remotest in the br3cst shall to inside only if the Pinanee mrxVir certifies that there is available �� - .gash-seegFua Sufficient unant2cn.atai am navp.orm'iatsi 'Hun the bix tinm £inti to meet such additimala tori by tiQn from 'thin the tudoatvo Sed or W an imerfimi trans£¢ troy tin Caeml pmd or otter' Sind. +Menr�i Sbva�api.' 5, 1974 Sec 11 Sec. 15 mmrgeiry appropriation. The Cltv Crnm u Stull have Hie los to appropriate In arty one yoer, without re£ereoe to otter provisions of H charter, an Woont not to four percent of t e current sexual budget, for the p pose of meeting a public ®errRnty *.mte.`+ng tic UVoS, health or property of citizas; provided such shall regn at least seven affiroative vows in tho appropriation. Council. In the atsave of available ps el fund Bash SmTg mdeslm a furtl mlmre sufficient to suet each erergvoy apyxga.'iation, tTe C it may, fn accordarxe with the prece set forth in section 8 - of this article, a prize the issuance of rotes to fiend such am 9crs.Y dation. Sec n **Sec. 7 Borrowing. Tde b=OWMg 0£ aorcy by erd for the city shall be for m.macipal pnpees auy. The credit of the city shall in m manner be loaned to any individual, asscciation or corporation. **NreMed � 5, 1974 Sec 13 **Sec. 8 Issue of horde and not . fat. Autln '+ N y mmy be �, within tFre limitations find by the constitution and statutes of the stats rrmv or herea£ts apply to said Bangor, by the issue and sale of cords or rotas pledged an the credit of the city, the proceeds to to used for the acq + ltim of lard or intezescs in laeh or lersonal property, the construction and eguiprent of biildinp and other permanent public _, the Purchase of equ£p erz, flet payaemt or refunding of Lards, notes a certificates of �ss prev£wsly issd, or for any orhar purpose authorized by general ]arm or special lmv now or bereaiter applicable to ihn City of Bangor; pradde4, 1e van', tint m bads an&or notes issued puauant to this sectio shall be used for the frndrg of current operating expenses. No order pvov£ding for brewing order thus section shall be passed without P+b notice of the same being given by posting such rutice in two or more p� places is the City of Bangor and by publish: the sono at least in one or more newspapers published in said Bangor, such p•nt:^ation to be not less than ten days before £incl action by the City Comxil; nor shall any order provid] for borrowing ceder this section be passed exbapt On the affinnettve vote of at least two-thirds of all the yrs of the City cOo cil. Any order providiml for baxadng cedar this set£ar may be anercled witbcut further � notice, laovided tM amount of the herr r under such order is not thereby £xrraasd, or the pnapose of the h wing changed. **pmantleti Nweober 5, 1974 fbl 4 . Every £ssue of tads shall be payable within a fixed term of years, the tens of such bomd to not exceed the estLre period of utility of the interests, public imquv eoents, equiptennt or other iters purchased with Ube Proceeds from the sale, but the rizclaration of the City cauca aobodfed fn the order autbnrs g the issue shall be ccnclnaioe deGnoaviation of the estimated � of utility thereof; and the term within which all bads shall be made payable shall in no case exreed 30 years. s-sseseA sAa33-F�made-gays§3e-as-l�'�4+'s-Ee-@siaei@a4-irt-aaena3 A -s— - G _ �.,t-eery-ba-eE3eceF-aeu'aE-£fin-fAe` -gxersaas sfthe tes is E-elNa3-Ae-m�e-g35 tb, __ _.off Notes issued 1n accten (10 with this sertion shall of fora term not weed tend o) years, for a term Mut enseeding the estimstal pariad of ,ntr:ty of the 93-340 intemsts, public i�mvaismtr, eg.iprent ar other iians w � fimdal, whichever is lis. Ns-annaa}-: _..__,._�E_sp�,y §e-less-Han-Haa-aeeat�€-Hie-nate-dvid i-By-the-t�a�€ a Awnater-fsec r-1�..e�ee�-r3at-H�vp�ses-anS'-Baet e€ a nf issue Of ro r or rotes may to made callable L�foxe maturity by appropriate recital in the osier authorizing the Mxxwin4. lcl. 'tax Sew. EVe order for the lsaue of bo�tla rotes �t revawe bsds a� rotes as notes issred in camrction with taiq»rary lows as autMuiiei !n sectim� 13ld1. 9 14 a*r3 or lB LS of this article shall provide for a tax levf for each ymr of an sv nseesaxy to met T1�e payrtent of the arwial serial instalb h of principal and the arcual intexea[ theram; a i such mwr2e shall to exin the t,. levy for each y c until the debt is tmxjUtvguished. -7-fo C7� Ss 17 Sec. 16 Capital v�q xwe�enY ieseive. TM Cowcii may aplaopria azwielly an mmunt not in eusss of tM equivalent of a tax of 62.00 per $1000 of asaessal valuatiore W a fwd to be #wn m the 'Capital Imptovarent flmd" establiahal far tte pocyse Ofp yl.�g tffi ccv of capital. inprovamms for xitich the city to issue bads and for m other przpse. ' Cowuil dull also have the povet to naf= to this fwd arty .� of the ge fwdeach-svagles weHaim�at d fmi h'il a or a ye�eve fords not � appicptiat i. 1t atoll ret be necessary to specify at the time ttu appropriation or t ansfer to Nis fi is made, tt specific in@xosaren[ or type of iuv� for aTich Ne funis axe intentlsd. AfprOpriatioa 8vn Nis fist shall be made by a�rt»ilation resolve which aFal l ba re d on dm se &a days in ecmrda�ce wiN Ne pxwisions of Ssttion 8 of Article xx o£ tttis cbazi (�-7-4s (y�