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ORDINANCE NS-1472 EXHIBIT A Ballot lan~.ua~e: REVENUE AND TAXATION. Shall the Charter be [ ] YES amended to revise the budget adoption procedure by prohibiting yearly budget growth greater than 3% and [ ] NO salary, wages and fringe benefits greater than 70% of the budget without an affirmative vote of the electors. Proposed amended charter language: Sec. 607. Same - further consideration and adoption. After the conclusion of the public hearing, the city council may further consider the proposed budget and make any revisions thereof that it may deem advisable. On or before the thirty-first (31st) day of July, the city council shall adopt the budget with revisions, if any, by the affirm- ative votes of at least the majority of its members. Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for the ensuing year. Between the first (let) day of July and any subsequent date on which the budget is adopted, the several offices, departments and divisions shall be authorized to expend, each calendar month subject to the controls established in other sections of this charter, amounts of money equal to the ex- penditures of each such office, department or division during the preceding year. The budget adopted by the city council shall provide for the support of public recreation programs at least the equivalent of six cents (6~) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of taxable property in the city on the legal assessment date for the previous fiscal year. The b~d~et ~ by the city council shall not exceed the previous yeaz's bud~et..-~more ~re-~--~pr~nt ~--~n~-~he total budget expendltur~--~r--6~icer-~-~Fsa~-~ employees; w--~s, sal--~i~-~d fringe benefits shall not be greater than seventy percentS%) of th~ bud~e~wltho~t an' ~f~-~v~ vote of the electors. A copy of the adopted budget, certified to by the clerk of the council, shall be filed with the director of finance and a further copy shall be placed, and shall remain on file, in the office of the clerk of the council where it shall be available for inspection. The budget so certified shall be reproduced and copies made available for the use of all officers, offices, departments, and other agencies of the city and for the use of civic organizations.