Work program and allotments.
San Antonio City Charter, art. VII, § 83
in effectSec. 83. - Work program and allotments.
Immediately before the beginning of each fiscal year, the head of each department or agency of the City government, upon the direction of the City Manager, shall submit to the responsible Department a work program for the year, which shall include all appropriations for its operation and maintenance and for the acquisition of property, and show the requested allotments of the appropriations for such department or agency by months for the entire fiscal year. The City Manager, with the assistance of the appropriate Department, shall review the requested allotments in light of the work program of the department or agency concerned, and may, if the City Manager deems necessary, revise, alter, or change such allotments before authorizing. The aggregate of such allotment shall not exceed the total appropriation available to the department or agency for the fiscal year. The department responsible for preparing the budget shall authorize all expenditures for the departments and agencies to be made from the appropriations based on the approved allotments, and not otherwise. The approved allotments may be revised during the fiscal year by the City Manager, or upon application by the head of any department or agency as approved by the City Manager, but in no event shall the aggregate of departmental or agency allotments exceed the appropriation available to such departments or agencies for the fiscal year. If, at any time during the fiscal year, the City Manager shall ascertain that the available income, plus fund balances, for the year will be less than the total appropriations, the City Manager shall reconsider the work programs and allotments of the several departments and agencies and revise them so as to prevent the making of expenditures in excess of the income and fund balance.
(Ord. No. 85965, § 1 (Prop. 1), 5-5-97; Ord. No. 2015-05-20-0423, § 3 (Prop. 4), 5-20-15; Ord. No. 2024-08-08-0550, § 1, 8-8-24/Elec. 11-5-24)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH_ARTVIIFIBU_S83WOPRALFetched: 10/27/2026