Ordinance No. 2019-14 Adopting City of Aventura FY 2019-2020 Budget - September 18, 2019 ORDINANCE NO. 2019-14
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 18, 2019, AS THE CITY OF
AVENTURA FINAL BUDGET FOR THE 2019/2020 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 2019/2020 Operating and Capital Improvement
Program Budget, reviewed and approved by the City Commission on July 18, 2019, 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 2019/2020 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
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.
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Section 3. Budgetary Control. The 2019/2020 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
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
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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 2019/2020 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, 2019
shall lapse at that time; and,
2. All outstanding encumbrances for Capital Expenditures as of September 30, 2019
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 2018/2019 available balances and be simultaneously re-
appropriated for capital expenditures, as previously approved in the 2018/2019
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.
Section 8. Committed Fund Balance. The Committed Fund Balance to be
utilized for the Capital Reserve, as established in the 2019/2020 Budget, is $14,772,304
(effective September 30, 2019).
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
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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 Commissioner Narotsky, who moved its
adoption on first reading. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Landman, and
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Dr. Linda Marks No
Commissioner Gladys Mezrahi Yes
Commissioner Marc Narotsky Yes
Commissioner Robert Shelley Yes
Commissioner Howard Weinberg Yes
Vice Mayor Denise Landman Yes
Mayor Enid Weisman Yes
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Vice Mayor Landman, who moved its
adoption on second reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Weinberg,
and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Dr. Linda Marks No
Commissioner Gladys Mezrahi Yes
Commissioner Marc Narotsky Yes
Commissioner Robert Shelley Yes
Commissioner Howard Weinberg Yes
Vice Mayor Denise Landman Yes
Mayor Enid Weisman Yes
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PASSED on first reading this 10th day of September, 2019.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this 18th day of September, 2019.
ENID WEISMAN, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
ELLISA L. HORVAT MC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY
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