2024-15 Budget FY 2024-2025ORDINANCE NO. 2024-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF
THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
AND AUTHORIZING ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS AND
EXPENDITURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BUDGET AND AS
AUTHORIZED BY LAW; APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE PAY PLAN
AND AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO MAKE TEMPORARY
APPOINTMENTS TO BUDGETED POSITIONS; APPROVING A MASTER
FEE SCHEDULE; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF GOVERNMENTAL
FUNDS WHEN NECESSARY; PROVIDING FOR THE RECEIPT OF GRANTS
OR GIFTS; PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS;
PROVIDING FOR THE LAPSE OF OUTSTANDING ENCUMBRANCES AND
THE RE -APPROPRIATION OF UNEXPENDED APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
PRIOR FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2024 and September 26, 2024, the Village Council conducted duly
advertised public hearings to review the proposed Annual Budget for the fiscal year commencing
October 1, 2024 and ending September 30, 2025 ("Fiscal Year 2025") and has adopted a final
Annual Budget to meet the needs and requirements of the Village and its residents for the
upcoming fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE
OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
Section 1. The proposed Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 attached hereto as Exhibit "A"
and incorporated herein by this reference is hereby adopted and established as the Village of North
Palm Beach's Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
Section 2. The amounts allocated in the Annual Budget for expenditure effective October 1,
2024 are authorized in accordance with the purposes as set forth in the Annual Budget.
Section 3. The Annual Budget includes an appropriation in the amount of $650,000 to be
transferred to the Capital Projects Fund to finance the General Fund's Capital Improvement Plan;
an appropriation in the amount of $650,000 to be transferred to the Special Projects Fund to finance
certain safety-related capital projects and an appropriation of $450,000 to be transferred to the
Country Club Fund to both finance pool and tennis operations ($350,000) and contribute toward
the community share of the Country Club Renewal and Replacement Fund ($100,000).
Section 4. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Annual Budget establishes limitations on
expenditures by find, and the total appropriation of each fund may not be increased or decreased
without specific authorization by a duly enacted Ordinance effecting such amendment or transfer.
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Section 5. The Comprehensive Pay Plan, as set forth in the Annual Budget, is hereby
approved. If an authorized position is vacant and monies are available within a department's salary
appropriation to fund a temporary appointment to the vacant position, the Village Manager may
appoint a temporary employee to fill said vacant position for a period not to exceed 90 days. Said
temporary appointment may be renewable for an additional 90 -day period and may only be made
for the period pending the filling of the authorized position by a permanent employee. The pay
for a temporary employee shall be within the pay scale of an approved Village Pay Plan position.
The Village Council may revise the Comprehensive Pay Plan by Resolution during the Fiscal Year
without need to amend this Ordinance. Furthermore, policy revisions adopted as part of the
Comprehensive Pay Plan may be incorporated into the Personnel Rules and Regulations without
further action on the part of the Village Council.
Section 6. The Master Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025, as set forth in the Annual Budget,
is hereby approved and adopted. The Village Council may revise the Master Fee Schedule by
Resolution during the Fiscal Year without need to amend this Ordinance.
Section 7. When the Village receives monies from any private or governmental source by gift,
grant, contribution, or revenue share, to which there is attached as a condition of acceptance any
limitation regarding the use or expenditure of the monies received, the funds so received need not
be shown in the Annual Budget nor shall the Budget be subject to amendment or expenditure as a
result of the receipt of said monies. Said monies shall only be disbursed and applied toward the
purposes for which said funds were received. All monies received as contemplated by this section
shall be segregated and accounted for based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(GAAP) and where appropriate, placed into separate and individual Governmental Fund accounts
from which monies are disbursed and applied in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
gift, grant, or contribution.
Section 8. The omnibus appropriation and expenditure authorization set forth herein may be
temporarily or permanently suspended by Resolution of the Village Council if at any time it
appears that the projected revenue supporting the above-described budget is below anticipated
levels or may be temporarily or permanently suspended by Resolution of the Village Council for
any other reason or purpose deemed proper by the Village Council.
Section 9. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the event a variation from the total budget
appropriation is or becomes necessary, such variation shall only become legally effective upon the
adoption of an amending Ordinance consistent with Florida Statutes, the Village Charter and the
Village Code of Ordinances.
Section 10. All outstanding encumbrances for Non -Capital and Capital Expenditures on
September 30, 2024 shall lapse at that time, and all unexpended Capital Expenditure encumbrances
and appropriations and other encumbrances specifically designated to be carried over to the
subsequent year may be added to the corresponding approved Fiscal Year 2025 available budget
balances and be simultaneously re -appropriated for expenditure, as previously approved in Fiscal
Year 2024.
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Section 11. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance is for
any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void,
such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 12. All ordinances or parts of ordinances and resolutions or parts of resolutions in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 13. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption and shall be
implemented October 1, 2024.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 26TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024.
ATTEST:
UVILLAGE CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: —
VILLAGE ATTORNEY
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MAYOR