2022-44 An Ordinance Adopting the Fiscal Year 2023 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, 2023

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LETTER to the DECATUR CITY COUNCIL Finance Department DATE: November 28,2022 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 2023 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, 2023, and Ending December 31, 2023, 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 beginning January 1, 2023 and ending December 31,2023. 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 provide the City with the legal authority to expend monies for outstanding claims and obligations as defined in the budget. BACKGROUND: The City Manager presented the 2023 proposed City Manager's Budget to City Council members at Council Study Sessions on November 7,2022, and November 14, 2022.The budget document has been available for public inspection since November 1, 2022, on the City Web Site and in hard copy form in the City Clerk's and City Treasurer's Office. On November 26,2022,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 5, 2022. The public hearing will occur at the council meeting on December 5,2022.