Chapter 3.80
BIENNIAL BUDGET PROCESS

Sections:

3.80.010    State statutes adopted.

3.80.020    Modification – Mid-biennial review.

3.80.030    Modification – Hearings.

3.80.040    Modification – Transmittal to state.

3.80.050    Tax levy determination.

3.80.010 State statutes adopted.

The city of Oak Harbor shall use a biennial budget. The following sections of Chapter 35A.34 RCW, as now in effect or hereafter amended, are adopted and by this reference are incorporated herein as fully as if set forth verbatim:

Section	35A.34.030
	35A.34.050
	35A.34.060
	35A.34.070
	35A.34.080
	35A.34.090
	35A.34.100
	35A.34.110
	35A.34.120
	35A.34.140
	35A.34.150

A copy of said sections is on file in the clerk-treasurer’s office and shall be made available hereafter for inspection. (Ord. 810 § 1, 1988).

3.80.020 Modification – Mid-biennial review.

There shall be a mid-biennial review and modification of the biennial budget. Such review and modification shall occur no sooner than eight months after the start nor later than the conclusion of the first year of the fiscal biennium. The mayor shall prepare the proposed budget modification and shall provide for publication of notice of hearings consistent with publication of notices for adoption of other city ordinances. Copies of the proposed modification shall be distributed to members of the city council. Copies of the proposed modification shall be available to the public at the office of the clerk-treasurer and at public hearings thereon. (Ord. 810 § 2, 1988).

3.80.030 Modification – Hearings.

There shall be public hearings on the proposed budget modification as follows: Immediately following the preparation of the proposed budget modification by the mayor, the clerk-treasurer shall publish a notice once each week for two consecutive weeks stating that the budget modification has been proposed, that a copy thereof will be furnished to any member of the public who will call at the clerk-treasurer’s office therefor and that the city council will meet on or before the first Monday of the month next preceding the beginning of the second year of the fiscal biennium, but not before September 1st of the first year of the fiscal biennium, for the purpose of fixing the budget for the second year of the fiscal biennium, designating the date, time and place of the city council meeting and that any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against any part of the proposed budget modification. The publication of the notice shall be made in the official newspaper of the city. The budget modification, if any, shall be by ordinance approved in the same manner as are other ordinances of the city. (Ord. 810 § 2, 1988).

3.80.040 Modification – Transmittal to state.

A complete copy of the budget modification as adopted shall be transmitted to the Division of Municipal Corporations in the office of the State Auditor and to the Association of Washington Cities. (Ord. 810 § 2, 1988).

3.80.050 Tax levy determination.

On or before the first Monday in October of the second year of each fiscal biennium, the mayor shall provide the city council with current information on estimates of revenues from all sources as adopted in the budget for the current biennium, together with estimates submitted by the clerk-treasurer under RCW 35A.34.070. The city council and the mayor, or his or her designated representative, shall consider the city’s total anticipated financial requirements for the ensuing fiscal biennium, and the city council shall determine and fix by ordinance the amount to be raised the first year of the biennium by ad valorem taxes. The city council shall review such information as is provided by the mayor and shall adopt an ordinance establishing the amount to be raised by ad valorem taxes during the second year of the biennium. Upon adoption of the ordinance fixing the amount of ad valorem taxes to be levied, the clerk-treasurer shall certify the same to the county legislative authority as required by RCW 84.52.020. (Ord. 810 § 3, 1988).