705.18 Annual appropriation ordinance - supplemental appropriation. - Ohio Statutes

705.18 Annual appropriation ordinance - supplemental appropriation.

An annual appropriation ordinance shall be prepared by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation from estimates submitted by the mayor, the chairman of the commission, or the city manager, as the case may be, in the manner provided in section 705.17 of the Revised Code for the annual tax ordinance. The annual appropriation ordinance shall be submitted to the legislative authority at its first meeting in January, and the total of any appropriation ordinance passed by such legislative authority shall not exceed the total balances carried over from the previous year plus the estimated revenue of the current year. Supplemental appropriations shall not be made during the current year except from a contingent fund regularly set aside by the legislative authority in the annual appropriation ordinance or unless by an ordinance passed as an emergency measure.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953