City Budget

Pursuant to Section 13-2.A. of the Municipal Code of the City of Franklin, each year, the Mayor presents a budget timetable to the Common Council no later than March 1st, for review and approval by the Common Council.  Each year, the Mayor, with the assistance of the Director of Administration, Director of Finance and Treasurer, and all other department heads, are responsible for the preparation of the Mayor's Recommended Annual Budget, presenting a financial plan for conducting the affairs of the City for the ensuing calendar year, and submits it to the Committee of the Whole for its review and recommendation.  Upon its review of the Recommended Budget, the Committee of the Whole submits its proposed budget to the Common Council for review and approval. 

• Expenses of conducting each department and activity of the City for the ensuing fiscal year and corresponding items for the current year and last preceding fiscal year, with reasons for increase and decrease recommended as compared with appropriations for the current year.
   
• An itemization of all anticipated income of the City from sources other than general property taxes and bond issued, with a comparative statement of the amounts received by the City from each of the sources for the last preceding and current fiscal year.
   
• An itemization of the amount of money to be raised from general property taxes, which, with income from other sources, will be necessary to meet the proposed expenditures.
   
• Any other information required by the Council and State law.

As required by law, the Common Council holds a public hearing on the proposed budget before final approval.

After approval of the annual budget by the Common Council, the amount of the tax to be levied or certified and the amounts of the various appropriations and the purposes thereof cannot be changed except by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of the Common Council.  Notice of such transfer is to be given by publication within 10 days thereafter in the Official City Newspaper.

No money is to be drawn from the treasury of the City or any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred except in pursuance of the annual appropriation in the adopted budget or when changed as authorized.  At the close of each fiscal year, any unencumbered balance of an appropriation reverts to the general fund and is subject to reappropriation.  Appropriations may be made by the Common Council, to be paid out of the income of the current year, for improvements or other objects or works that will not be completed within such year, and any such appropriations continue until the purpose for which it was made have been accomplished or abandoned.