Chapter 3.130
BIENNIAL BUDGET

Sections:

3.130.010    Two-year fiscal biennium budget established.

3.130.015    Adoption procedures for two-year biennium budget preparation.

3.130.020    Mid-biennial preparation, submission, review and modification.

3.130.025    Reference to “budget” or “annual budget.”

3.130.010 Two-year fiscal biennium budget established.

There is hereby established for the city of Yakima a two-year fiscal biennium budget beginning with the two-year biennium which commences on January 1, 2023. (Ord. 2022-007 § 1, 2022).

3.130.015 Adoption procedures for two-year biennium budget preparation.

The 2023—2024 biennial budget and all subsequent budgets shall be prepared, considered, and adopted according to the provisions of this chapter law as presently constituted or as hereinafter amended. (Ord. 2022-007 § 1, 2022).

3.130.020 Mid-biennial preparation, submission, review and modification.

A.    There shall be a mid-biennial review and modification of the fiscal biennium budget.

B.    No sooner than eight months after the start of the first year of the fiscal biennium, nor later than the first regularly scheduled city council meeting in November of the first year of each fiscal biennium, if appropriate, the city manager shall prepare and submit to the council a proposed budget modification for the upcoming fiscal year and shall provide for publication of notice of hearings consistent with publication of notices for adoption of other city ordinances. The city manager shall distribute such proposed budget modification to the members of the city council, which shall become a public record and copies shall be made available to the public upon request.

C.    A public hearing regarding the modification shall be advertised at least once and shall be held at a city council meeting no later than the first Monday in December and may be continued from time to time. At the public hearing or thereafter, the city council may consider a proposed ordinance to adopt such modification as it deems appropriate. (Ord. 2022-007 § 1, 2022).

3.130.025 Reference to “budget” or “annual budget.”

All references to “budget” or “annual budget” contained in the Yakima Municipal Code or in the ordinances of the city of Yakima shall be interpreted as referring to the “biennial budget.” (Ord. 2022-007 § 1, 2022).