Allotment System.
Omaha City Charter, art. V, § 5.09
in effectSection 5.09. - Allotment System.
Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the Mayor shall require each department and agency head to submit to the Mayor or the Finance Director requests for allotments from each appropriation approved in the budget and a work program for each activity appropriated for. Requests for allotments shall be on a monthly or quarterly basis as the Mayor may require and shall cover the entire fiscal year. The Mayor, after reviewing the requests for allotments and associated work programs, shall authorize allotments, and may authorize amounts greater or less than those requested but shall not authorize aggregate allotments for any division of any department in excess of the total amount appropriated for that division. The Mayor shall file the approved allotment schedule with the Finance Director, who shall not allow any commitments or expenditures to be made except on the basis of approved allotments. Allotments may be revised during the budget year by the Mayor. If, at any time during the budget year, the Mayor determines that a fund's available income for the year will be less than the total appropriations authorized, the Mayor shall revise allotments so as to forestall the making of expenditures in excess of income.
Source: City of Omaha, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ne/omaha/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH_ARTVFI_S5.09ALSYFetched: 10/28/2026