2013-09 ORDINANCE NO. 2013-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
ADOPTING THE ATTACHED TENTATIVE OPERATING
AND CAPITAL BUDGET, AS REVIEWED AND
APPROVED BY CITY COMMISSION AT THE REVIEW
MEETING HELD ON JULY 17, 2013, AS THE CITY OF
AVENTURA FINAL BUDGET FOR THE 2013/2014 FISCAL
YEAR, PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.05 OF THE CITY
CHARTER; AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS
ESTABLISHED BY THE BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR
BUDGETARY CONTROL; PROVIDING FOR PERSONNEL
AUTHORIZATION; PROVIDING FOR GIFTS AND
GRANTS; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS; PROVIDING
FOR PROCEDURES REGARDING ENCUMBRANCES
AND THE RE-APPROPRIATION OF UNEXPENDED
CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS; ESTABLISHING THE
COMMITTED FUND BALANCE FOR CAPITAL RESERVE;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The tentative 2013/2014 Operating and Capital Improvement
Program Budget, reviewed and approved by the City Commission on July 17, 2013, a
copy of said budget being attached hereto and made a part hereof as specifically as if
set forth at length herein, be and the same is hereby established and adopted as the
City of Aventura's final budget for the 2013/2014 fiscal year. The tentative budget
adopted hereby may be amended or adjusted by a motion approved by a majority vote
of the City Commission at the public hearings in accordance with State Statutes.
Section 2. Expenditure of Funds Appropriated in the Budget Authorized. Funds
appropriated in the Budget may be expended by and with the approval of the City
Manager in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter and applicable law. Funds
of the City shall be expended in accordance with the appropriations provided in the
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Budget adopted by this Ordinance and shall constitute an appropriation of the amounts
specified therein. Supplemental appropriations or the reduction of appropriations, if any,
shall be made in accordance with Section 4.07 of the City Charter.
Section 3. Budgetary Control. The 2013/2014 Operating and Capital Outlay
Budget establishes a limitation on expenditures by department total. Said limitation
requires that the total sum allocated to each department for operating and capital
expenses may not be increased or decreased without specific authorization by a duly-
enacted Resolution affecting such amendment or transfer. Therefore, the City Manager
may authorize transfers from one individual line item account to another, so long as the
line item accounts are within the same department and fund.
Section 4. Personnel Authorization. The "Personnel Allocation Summary"
included within each department budget enumerates all authorized budgeted positions for
appointment by the City Manager. All personnel filling said authorized positions shall be
paid pursuant to the City's Budget, Personnel Policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements.
Section 5. Grants and Gifts. When the City of Aventura receives monies from
any source, be it private or governmental, by Grant, Gift, or otherwise, to which there is
attached as a condition of acceptance any limitation regarding the use or expenditures of
the monies received, the funds so received need not be shown in the Operating Budget
nor shall said budget be subject to amendment of expenditures as a result of the receipt
of said monies, but said monies shall only be disbursed and applied toward the purposes
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for which the said funds were received. To ensure the integrity of the Operating Budget,
and the integrity of the monies received by the City under Grants or Gifts, all monies
received as contemplated above must, upon receipt, be segregated and accounted for
based upon generally accepted accounting principles and where appropriate, placed into
separate and individual trust and/or escrow accounts from which any money drawn may
only be disbursed and applied within the limitations placed upon the Gift or Grant as
aforesaid.
Section 6. Amendments. Upon the passage and adoption of the 2013/2014 fiscal
year Budget for the City of Aventura, if the City Manager determines that an Operating
Department Total or a Capital Outlay Line Item will exceed its original appropriation, the
City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to prepare such Resolutions as may be
necessary and proper to modify any line item from the Budget hereby.
Section 7. Encumbrances.
1. All outstanding encumbrances for operating expenditures at September 30, 2013
shall lapse at that time; and,
2. All outstanding encumbrances for Capital Expenditures as of September 30, 2013
shall lapse at that time; and, that all unexpended Capital appropriations, including
outstanding encumbrances, may be added, at the City Manager's discretion, to the
corresponding 2012/2013 available balances and be simultaneously re-
appropriated for capital expenditures, as previously approved in the 2012/2013
fiscal year; and,
3. It is contemplated and acknowledged that the possible addition of available Capital
balances in the General Fund and other Funds and their simultaneous re-
appropriation, at the City Manager's discretion, under this Section shall not be
interpreted or construed as an increase in revenues available for appropriation
under Section 4.07 of the City Charter or as a variation of the total budget under
Section 6 of the City's Original Budget Ordinance.
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Section 8. Committed Fund Balance. The Committed Fund Balance to be utilized
for the Capital Reserve, as established in the 2013/2014 Budget, is $14,773,488
(effective September 30, 2013).
Section 9. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any
reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance but they
shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand
notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon
adoption on second reading.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Vice Mayor Stern, who moved its
adoption on first reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Luz Weinberg,
and, upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Enbar Cohen absent
Commissioner Teri Holzberg yes
Commissioner Billy Joel yes
Commissioner Howard Weinberg yes
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg yes
Vice Mayor Michael Stern yes
Mayor Susan Gottlieb yes
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Howard Weinberg, who
moved its adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner
Enbar Cohen, and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Enbar Cohen yes
Commissioner Teri Holzberg absent
Commissioner Billy Joel yes
Commissioner Howard Weinberg yes
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg yes
Vice Mayor Michael Stern yes
Mayor Susan Gottlieb yes
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on first reading this 9th day of September, 2013.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this 18th day of September, 2013.
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CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTO'1 EY
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