O-2013-3482 Canvassing Special 2013 Election

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Section 15. That pursuant to the Charter Amendment Election., Proposition Nineteen, Section 3.03 of the La Porte Charter is amended to read as follows: 3.03. - City secretary. City council shall appoint a city secretary. The city secretary shall be provided space in the City Hall sufficient to maintain the records entrusted to the care of the city secretary, and shall be entitled to a seat at the council table at all official meetings. The city secretary shall: a. Give notice of council meetings. b. Authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book kept and indexed for the purpose all ordinances and resolutions. C. Be the custodian of all municipal records. Recommend to the council rules and regulations to be adopted by ordinances to protect the safety and security of all municipal records. d. Hold and maintain the City Seal and affix to all instruments requiring such seal. e. Administer oaths in any matter pertaining to municipal affairs and in accordance with state law. f. The council shall set the compensation of the city secretary. g. Perform such other duties as may be assigned by council, state law or elsewhere in this Charter. Section 16. That pursuant to the Charter Amendment Election, Proposition Twenty, Section 4.01 of the La Porte Charter is amended to read as follows: 4.01. - Preparation and submission of budget. At least forty-five (45) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the city manager shall submit to council a proposed budget with required attachments. For such purpose, at such date as he shall determine, he shall obtain from the head of each office, department or agency estimates of revenue and expenditures of that office, department or agency, detailed by organization units and character and object of expenditure, and such other supporting data as he may request. In preparing the budget, the city manager shall review the estimates, may hold hearings thereon and may revise the estimates, as he may deem advisable. a. Contents of budget. The budget shall provide a complete financial plan for the fiscal year. It shall contain the following: 1. A consolidated statement of receipts and expenditures for all funds. 2. An analysis of property valuations. 3. An analysis of tax rate. 4. Tax Ievies and tax collections by years for at least ten (10) years or for a number of years for which records are available. 5. A detailed listing of the resources of each fund. 6. A summary of proposed expenditures within such funds by department, function and classification. 7. A revenue and expense statement for all outstanding bonded debt. 8. A schedule of principal and interest on each issue of outstanding bonds showing rate of interest, maturity dates and amount outstanding. 18