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, 2016
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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, 2016 and ending December 31, 2016 including therein cash surplus on hand at the close of Business on December 31, 2015, are hereby appropriated in the General Fund the sum of $518,742,310 $518,983,192 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, 2016 and ending December 31, 2016 as well as all encumbrances and obligations incurred prior to January 1, 2016 for which services have not actually been rendered or Supplies, Materials or Equipment actually delivered on or prior to December 31, 2015 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 2015, shall be and the same are hereby ordered to be cancelled effective January 1, 2016, excluding 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, 2015 and so reported to the City Controller.
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 Treasurer
in such form, and at such time as she 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 hourly, daily, 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 her to the respective Directors or Heads of Department
or offices for approval and certification in such form as she 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 Office of Management and Budget 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 Office of Management and Budget in excess of the unencumbered balance of the Appropriation properly chargeable, and that no order shall be issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or by the head of any other Department of the City Government, until it has been approved by the City Controller.
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. Council may, per Article 5, Section 507 of the Home Rule Charter, may by resolution transfer unexpended, unencumbered appropriations from one code account to another, so long as the total budget amount is not exceeded.
Section 6. For purposes of Administration and Account Control, the Account Numbers indicated herein shall be considered as part of the Appropriation titles.
Section 7. The appropriations budget additionally includes a five year plan that consists of the proposed budgetary year and a projections for revenues, expenditures, operating result and fund balance for the years 2016 through 2020.
Section 8. The City Council Budget Director is authorized to make minor technical and formatting changes to the budget as needed. No changes shall change the funding of any department or bureau, or otherwise be substantive in nature.