CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-20-7 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
ORDINANCE
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Enacting An Ordinance To Provide Special Procedures For The City Of Albuquerque Fiscal Year 2021 Budget; Superseding Certain Provisions Of The Present City Budget Ordinance (Benton)
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WHEREAS, Section 2-11-6 of the City of Albuquerque Budget Ordinance requires the Mayor to propose an operating budget to the City Council by no later than April 1 of each year; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-11-10 of the City Budget Ordinance provides that the Council may amend the operating budget as proposed by the Mayor only through May 31 of each year in anticipation of the fiscal year commencing on July 1; and
WHEREAS, the State of New Mexico, and the United States of America declared public health emergencies on March 11, 2020, and March 13, 2020, respectively relating to the COVID-19 global pandemic; and
WHEREAS, these unprecedented events will likely result in unpredictable budget needs and revenues over at least the near term, which will impact the City's ability to reasonably meet the budget deadlines identified above; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-11-12 of the City's budget Ordinance further provides that no public funds may be expended unless the expenditure is authorized in the budget and is made or encumbered in the fiscal year covered by the budget.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. SPECIAL BUDGET PROCEDURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET.
A. Notwithstanding the deadlines and limitations set forth by ROA 1994 ?? 2-11-6, 2-11-10, and 2-11-12, the City of Albuquerque may, by Resolution of the Council, carry forward the appropriations and provisions of its Fiscal Year 2020 budget (F/S R-19-138, as amended) to serve as the Fiscal Year 2021 budget on a month-to-month basis, beginning July 1, 2021.
B. Under the circumstances described in su...
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