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Council adopts ordinance raising internal budget transfer thresholds and requires council review if overruns exceed $100,000
Summary
The council adopted changes to the municipal code that increase administrative authority for intrafund transfers, allow limited interfund transfers by the city manager, and require staff to report to council when actual or projected expenditures exceed appropriations by more than $100,000.
The Lompoc City Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance revising the municipal code section that governs budget transfers and midyear appropriation changes, increasing staff authority for some transfers and adding a requirement that staff notify council when expenditures within a fund or department are expected to exceed appropriations by more than $100,000.
City staff described the change as an update to antiquated thresholds that previously allowed smaller dollar transfers by management staff and…
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