2007-15 Budget FY 07-08ORDINANCE N0.2007-15
• 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, 2007 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
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; 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 11, 2007 and September 26, 2007, the Village Council conducted
duly advertised public hearings to review the proposed Annual Budget for the fiscal year
commencing October 1, 2007 and ending September 30, 2008 ("Fiscal Year 2007/2008") and
has adopted a final Annual Budget to meet the needs and requirements of the Village and its
residents for the upcoming fiscal yeaz.
• 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 Yeaz 2007/2008 attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference is hereby adopted and established as the
Village ofNorth Palm Beach's Annual Budget for Fiscal Yeaz 2007/2008.
Section 2. The amounts allocated in the Annual Budget for expenditure effective October 1,
2007 aze authorized in accordance with the purposes as set forth in the Annual Budget.
Section 3. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Annual Budget establishes limitations
on expenditures by department total within fund, and the total sum allocated to each department
for operating expenses may not be increased or decreased without specific authorization by a
duly enacted Resolution or Ordinance effecting such amendment or transfer. However, specific
activity amounts may be exceeded so long as excesses exist in other activities within said
department budget. Appropriations shall not be transferred in amounts over $10,000 without the
approval of the Village Council. Appropriations of $10,000 or less shall not be transferred
without the approval of the Village Manager; however, nothing set forth herein is intended to
permit the Village Manager to violate the intent ofthe approved Annual Budget.
Section 4. Amounts allocated to Capital Outlay items are specific authorizations and may be
• expended only for capital project and capital purchase purposes. The amount allocated for
Capital Outlay may not be exceeded or increased without the Village Council enacting a
Resolution or Ordinance effectuating such amendment or transfer.
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Section 5. The Comprehensive Pay Plan, as set forth in the Annual Budget, is hereby
approved. In the event that an authorized position is vacant and monies aze 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.
Section 6. The omnibus appropriation and expenditwe 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 ofthe Village Council for
any other reason or purpose deemed proper by the Village Council.
Section 7. 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 Statues and the Village Charter and the Code of Ordinances.
Section 8. All outstanding encumbrances for Non-Capital and Capital Expenditures on
September 30, 2007 shall lapse at that time, and all unexpended encumbrances may be added to
the corresponding approved 2007/2008 available budget balances and be simultaneously re-
appropriated for expenditure, as previously approved in the 2006/2007 Fiscal Yeaz.
• Section 9. 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 10. All ordinances or parts of ordinances and resolutions or parts of resolutions in
conflict herewith aze hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 11. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption and shall be
implemented October 1, 2007.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 11th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2007
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 26th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2007.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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