§ 6-26. Revision of annual budget.

(a)

While the Village President and Board of Trustees have ultimate authority over the budget, the Village Manager is authorized to delete, add to, change or create line items within funds budgeted previously to any department provided he notifies the Budget Officer who shall promptly document such revisions and report them as part of the regular financial reporting to the Village President and Board of Trustees. The revisions allowed in this subsection (a) shall not include the authority to appropriate additional monies above the total appropriated for a given fund at the time the budget is adopted unless the budget is amended as set forth below.

(b)

By a vote of two-thirds of the members of the corporate authorities then holding office, the annual budget for the village may be amended by deleting, adding to, changing, or creating funds or any item within the budget.

(c)

No revision of the budget shall be made increasing the total budget in the event funds are not available to effectuate the purpose of the revision.

(d)

Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter the Village Manager's purchasing authority as provided elsewhere in this Code or the Village Manager's authority to hire employees pursuant to article VII of chapter 2 in accordance with the duly adopted pay plan or salary ordinance.

(Code 1993, § 6-2.6; Ord. No. 2014-O-64, 11-11-2014)