Presenter
Presented by Mr. Hertzberg
Title
Resolution making Appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the Public Business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2005.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. That the Revenues of said City derived from taxes and other sources for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2005 and ending December 31, 2005 including therein cash surplus on hand at the close of Business on December 31, 2004, are hereby appropriated in the General Fund the sum of $417,546,382, to pay the expenses of conducting the Public Business of the City of Pittsburgh and meeting the debt charges thereof during the said period beginning January 1, 2005 and ending December 31, 2005 as well as all encumbrances and unencumbered obligations incurred prior to January 1, 2005 for which services have not actually been rendered or Supplies, Materials or Equipment actually delivered on or prior to December 31, 2004 and so reported to the City Controller. Said obligations shall be charged to the proper Appropriation Accounts against which encumbrances have been originally charged, and all unexpended balances of appropriations remaining open upon the books of the City Controller at the close of the Fiscal Year 2004, shall be and the same are hereby ordered to be cancelled effective February 28, 2005, including such amounts as shall be required for payments for salaries and wages earned, services actually rendered or Supplies, Materials or Equipment actually delivered prior to December 31, 2004 and so reported to the City Controller, or such amounts as shall be directed to be carried over to the Fiscal Year 2005 by Resolution or Ordinance of Council.
SECTION 2. No liability shall be incurred against any appropriation item in excess of the unencumbered balance thereof, and said appropriation item shall be administered subject to and in conformity with the following terms and conditions:
A. Data required for preparation of Payrolls shall be submitted to the City Treasurerin such form, and at such time as he may prescribe; this data to include records of employment, time worked, whether compensation is based upon hours or days worked, quantity of work performed, or upon a monthly or annual salary basis, and such other records or reports with reference to personal service as may be required.
B. Payrolls shall be prepared by the City Treasurer upon the basis of such records or reports, and submitted by him to the respective Directors or Heads of Department or offices for approval and certification in such form as he may prescribe.
SECTION 3. No obligation shall be incurred by any department of the City Government other than for Salaries or Wages, or for necessary expenses of employees when engaged upon City Business, except through the issue of an order, stating the service to be rendered, work performed or supplies, materials or equipment to be furnished together with the estimated cost of the same. The Director of the Department of General Services is hereby authorized and directed to provide upon requisition by the head of any department, all necessary supplies, materials, equipment and machinery for such department; provided, however, that no requisition of any department shall be filled by the Director of the Department of General Services in excess of the unencumbered balance of the Appropriation properly chargeable, and that no order shall be issued by the Director of the Department of General Services or by the head of any other Department of the City Government, until it has been approved by the City Controller. Purchase made by the Director of the Department of General Services to go into stores shall be paid from the fund provided for such purposes, and when as directed by the City Controller; said fund shall be reimbursed from other appropriations to the extent of deliveries made from stores.
SECTION 4. Council may, by Resolution of the Finance Committee from time to time, restrict expenditures from the Appropriations made hereby, both as to amounts of expenditures and the periods within which expenditures may be made, and also, by Resolution of the Finance Committee at any time cancel in whole or in part any unencumbered balance of any said Appropriations.
SECTION 5. For purposes of Administration and Account Control, the Code Numbers indicated herein shall be considered as part of the Appropriation titles.
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