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The City Manager shall be chosen on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications. He shall be paid a salary commensurate with his responsibilities as chief administrative officer of the City. Section 605. BUDGET: SUBMISSION TO THE CITY COUI~CIL. On or before the fifteenth day of JUne of each year the City Manager shall recommend and submit to the City Council a proposed budget for the next ensuing fiscal year and a proposed appropriation ordinance as prepared by him. Section 606. BUDGET: PUBLIC HEARING. Upon receipt of the proposed budget from the City Manager, the City Council shall proceed to the consideration of the proposed budget and, by the affi~ative vote of at least a majority of its members, may increase, decrease, or omit any item or insert new items therein. Before adopting the budget the City Council shall fix the time and place for holding a public hearing upon the proposed budget and shall cause to be published a notice thereof not less ~han ten days prior to said hearing, by at least one insertion in the official newspaper. Copies of the proposed budget shall be available for inspection by the public in the office of the Clerk of the Council at least ten days prior to said hearing. At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which such public hearing shall from time to time be adjourned, the City Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget, at which interested persons desiring to be heard shall be given such opportunity. Section 607. BUDGET: FUBT~ER CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION. After the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Council may further con- sider the proposed budget and make any revisions thereof that it may deem advisable. On or before the thirty-first day of July the C~ty Council shall adopt the budget with revisions, if any, by the affirma- tive votes of at least a majority of its members. Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for the ensuing fiscal year. Between the first 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 expenditures of each such office, department or division during the preceeding June. -10-