Explanation
The following ordinance is similar to ordinances submitted annually by this office. It gives the Auditor the ability to transfer and increase, if necessary, appropriations within each fund to ensure that final costs of 2003 can be meet.
The ordinance also authorizes the payment of payrolls and other obligations due prior to the passage of the 2004 appropriation ordinances.
Fiscal Impact
Possibly no net impact. Some increases, however, in appropriations may occur, but only to the extent as described herein.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to transfer and increase, if necessary, appropriations within any of the various funds of the City to provide for payrolls, internal services, and other obligations for 2003 and to authorize the payment of payrolls and other obligations due in 2004 prior to the passage of the 2004 appropriation ordinances.
Body
Whereas, the last pay period of fiscal year 2003 will end on December 20, 2003 and will be paid on December 24, 2003, and
Whereas, it may be necessary to make various budget transfers and or encumbrance cancellations within appropriated funds and to increase appropriations, if necessary, to meet said payroll, bills for internal services and other obligations for 2003, and
Whereas, pay periods may elapse in 2004 before the 2004 annual appropriation ordinances will be approved by Council; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer appropriations within any fund, if necessary, and to cancel encumbrances, if necessary, to provide for City payrolls for the pay period ending December 20, 2003, unpaid internal services and other obligations from any object level one with available funds to the appropriate object level one.
Section 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to honor and pay all properly presented payrolls, related items and other obligations for periods prior to passage of the annual appropriation ordinances for fiscal year 2004.
Section 3. Sufficient appropriations necessary to pay such costs referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this ordinance are hereby authorized.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.