CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH

MEMORANDUM

DATE:             June 11, 2007

TO:                  Honorable Mayor and City Commission

FROM:            D. Mike Good, City Manager

SUBJECT: An Ordinance of the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida, Amending the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Finance and Taxation, Article II, "Budget Transfers", Section 10-32, "Budget and Budget Message"; Providing for a New Submission Date; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing for an Effective Date

At the June 6, 2007 Commission meeting, the City Commission passed the attached ordinance on First Reading and set Second Reading for June 20, 2007. 

Section 10-32, Budget and Budget Message of the City’s Code of Ordinances requires the City Manager to submit the budget and budget message to the City Commission on or before August 1^st.  The current property tax legislation pending in Tallahassee may drastically alter the City’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.  The City Manager and staff are already preparing for the submission of the budget and intended to have the budget and budget message submitted by August 1^st. 

The proposed ordinance changes the date of submission to the end of the first week in September granting the City Manager greater flexibility to ensure any legislative action or other outside agency’s actions, beyond the City’s control, are properly accounted for in preparing and submitting the budget.  Although the ordinance changes the budget’s submission date, the City Manager’s goal will be to complete the budget process during the first week of August. 

Please advise if you require additional information.

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D. Mike Good, City Manager                           Date

DMG/jf

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