ANNUAL BUDGET

Orlando City Code ch. 2, art. XI

in effect

Orlando City Code § 2.65 Adoption.

Sec. 2.65. - Adoption. The City Council shall adopt, by a majority vote, a budget setting forth in such detail as it may deem appropriate, the expenditures to be made by the City during the next ensuing fiscal year. (Ord. of 12-26-1951; Ord. of 9-10-1973, § 4; Ord. of 2-7-1983, Doc. #17524)

Orlando City Code § 2.66 Not to be Exceeded; Exception as to Emergency Appropriations.

Sec. 2.66. - Not to be Exceeded; Exception as to Emergency Appropriations. Upon the adoption of the annual budget, no department, commission, bureau, office, division, officer or employee of the City shall pay for, contract for or in any manner obligate the City to pay for any services, materials, goods, wares, merchandise, supplies, chattels, equipment, personal property, salaries or wages in excess of the amount set forth in the budget for such item; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as a limitation upon the authority of the Mayor or the City Council with reference to emergency appropriations or expenditures. (Ord. of 12-26-1951; Ord. of 2-7-1983, Doc. #17524)

Orlando City Code § 2.67 Provisions of Budget.

Sec. 2.67. - Provisions of Budget. In the annual budget the City Council may provide, in such detail as it may deem advisable, the manner in which any services, materials, goods, wares, merchandise, supplies, chattels, equipment or personal property must be purchased and the limit of the amount authorized to be expended for any such item, and it shall set forth the maximum limit authorized to be expended for salaries and wages by the City, making such division of such authorized maximum limitation among its departments, commissions, bureaus, offices, divisions, officers or employees as it may deem advisable, and specifically fixing such particular salaries or wages as it may deem advisable. (Ord. of 12-26-1951; Ord. of 2-7-1983, Doc. #17524)

Orlando City Code § 2.68 Appropriations for Charitable and Community Sponsored Organizations.

Sec. 2.68. - Appropriations for Charitable and Community Sponsored Organizations. The City Council, upon a proper investigation and a determination that the appropriation request meets the best interests of the City of Orlando and would not violate any local, state or federal law or state or federal constitutional provision, may appropriate funds to a non-profit charitable and community-sponsored organization granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service. The City Council may adopt a policy that establishes financial reporting requirements for any such non-profit charitable and community sponsored organization that requests and receives grant funds from the City. No disbursement of grant funds shall be made until any such financial reporting requirements are satisfied. (Ord. of 11-5-1973, § 1; Ord. of 7-14-1980, § 1; Ord. of 2-7-1983, Doc. #17524; Ord. of 10-29-2007, § 1, Doc. #0710291001)

Orlando City Code § 2.69 Amendment after Adoption.

Sec. 2.69. - Amendment after Adoption. Upon and after the adoption of each annual budget, the budget, or any item thereof, may be amended in accordance with Section 2.70 of this Code or by resolution of the City Council at any regular or special meeting thereof, by a two-thirds (⅔) majority of the members of the Council present and with the approval and consent of the duly elected Mayor; provided, that if the Mayor shall fail to signify, in writing, his approval of such resolution within ten (10) days from the adoption thereof, the resolution shall become effective and operate as an amendment of the budget without the Mayor's approval; provided further, that if within ten (10) days from the adoption thereof the Mayor shall, in writing, signify his disapproval of such resolution, the City Council at the next regular meeting thereof may adopt such resolution notwithstanding such disapproval of the Mayor by a six-sevenths ( 6/7 ) majority of the members thereof. (Ord. of 12-26-1951; Ord. of 2-7-1983, Doc. #17524; Ord. of 6-18-1984, Doc. #18609)

Orlando City Code § 2.70 Administrative Amendment.

Sec. 2.70. - Administrative Amendment. (1) Funds received from an unanticipated source not previously included in the budget, including but not limited to grants, donations, gifts or reimbursement for damage, may be appropriated and expended following approval by City Council of Budget Review Committee action thereon. The fund total provided for in the budget will be increased accordingly. (2) Increased receipts from enterprise or proprietary activities received for a particular purpose may be appropriated and expended for that purpose following approval by City Council of Budget Review Committee action thereon. The fund total provided for in the budget will be increased accordingly. (Ord. of 2-7-1983, Doc. #17524)

Source: City of Orlando, Florida, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/orlando/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIICICO_CH2AD_ARTXIANBUFetched: 11/1/2026