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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, 2017
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. That the revenues of the City of Pittsburgh derived from taxes and other sources for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017, as well as the unassigned and unrestricted fund balance on hand at the close of business on December 31, 2016, are hereby appropriated in the general fund the sum of $539,282,845 $539,150,356 to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh during the period beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017.
Section 2. The City Controller, the City Treasurer, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget are authorized to transfer a total of $12,000,000 from the general fund to the capital improvement/PayGo fund, for use in the 2017 Capital Budget.
Section 3. All encumbrances and obligations incurred prior to January 1, 2018 for which services have been rendered or supplies, materials or equipment actually delivered on or prior to December 31, 2017 and so reported to the City Controller shall be charged to the proper 2017 appropriation accounts against which encumbrances have been originally charged. All said encumbrances shall be paid or cleared by the City Controller no later than March 31, 2018.
Section 4. 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 shall include records of employment, time worked, whether compensation is based upon hours, daily, monthly or annual salary basis, quantity of work performed, 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 Departments or Bureaus for approval and certification in such form as she may prescribe.
(c) Any other terms and conditions as required by the City Code.
(d) Any other terms and conditions as required by any grant agreement or special revenue fund enabling legislation.
Section 5. 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 invoice, 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 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 appropriation budgeted to the department.
Section 6. Council may, by resolution, restrict expenditures from the appropriations made herein, both as to amounts of expenditures, reasons for expenditures and the periods within which expenditures may be made.
Section 7. Pursuant to Article V, Section 507 of the Home Rule Charter, Council may amend by resolution the operating budget within five weeks of the beginning of the 2017 fiscal year, but not thereafter except with the approval of the mayor. Council at all times may by resolution transfer funds from one account to another if the total budget amount is not exceeded. This operating budget shall, in any event, remain balanced at all times.
Section 8. Pursuant to Title Two, Article I, Chapter 219, Section 219.02 “Five-Year Plan,” this appropriations budget also includes a five year plan which consists of the budgetary years 2017-2021 and a projection for revenues, expenditures, operating result, and fund balance.
Section 9. For purposes of administration and account control, the account numbers indicated herein shall be considered as part of the appropriation titles.
Section 10. The appropriations related to grants, trust funds, and special revenue funds contained in this budget document shall be used as a guide. The revenues and expenditures of City accounts other than the general operating budget are authorized by their enabling legislation.
Section 11. The City Council Budget Director is authorized to make minor technical and formatting changes to the budget document as needed. No changes shall change the funding of any department or bureau, or otherwise be substantive in nature.