2020-164 Ordinance Adopting the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget and Appropriating Monies for the Purpose of Defraying the Expenses of Departments and Funds of the City of Decatur, Illinois for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2021

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LETTER to the DECATUR CITY COUNCIL Finance Department DATE: December 2, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor Moore Wolfe and City Council Members FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager Gregg Zientara, City Treasurer& Director of Finance SUBJECT: Ordinance Adopting the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget and Appropriating Monies for the Purpose of Defraying the Expenses of Departments and Funds of the City of Decatur, Illinois for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2021, and Ending December 31, 2021, Including All Outstanding Claims and Obligations, and Fixing a Time When the Same Shall Take Effect SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: The City Manager recommends City Council approval of the attached Ordinance approving the budget for the fiscal period January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. In accordance with City Code Chapter 18.1, adopted by Ordinance No. 2019-119, September 3, 2019, and in compliance with Illinois Municipal Code, the City of Decatur operates under the budget method for appropriations. Under the budget method of appropriation, Council adoption of the budget ordinance will give the City legal authority to expend monies for outstanding claims and obligations as defined in the budget. BACKGROUND: The City Manager presented the 2021 proposed budget to City Council members at Council Study Sessions on November 16, 2020 and November 23, 2020. The budget presented herewith to Council for approval includes certain revisions as requested by the Council during the Study Sessions. The revisions requested by the Council were incorporated into the budget proposal and made available for public inspection on November 25, 2020. On November 28, 2020, the City published notification in the Decatur Herald & Review newspaper of a public hearing in the matter of the annual budget ordinance to be held at the council meeting of December 7, 2020. The public hearing was held at the council meeting on December 7, 2020.