ORD 2024-27 Budget FY2025 AdoptedORDINANCE NO. 2024-27
ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025
CONTAINING ESTIMATES OF PROPOSED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
BY THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
FOR THE BUDGET YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2025,
AND DECLARING THAT SAME SHALL CONSTITUTE THE BUDGET
OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA FOR SUCH BUDGET YEAR
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Laws of South Carolina, and the Ordinance of the City
of North Augusta, the City Administrator must prepare and submit to the City Council a Balanced Budget
for the next budget year to begin on January 1, 2025, and end on December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing has been held on said budget, as required by law.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED AND
BY THE AUTHORITY THEREOF, THAT:
Section I. The City Council hereby adopts the 2025 Fiscal Year Budget, incorporated by
reference as though it were set out herein in its entirety, for the conduct of the
business of the municipal government of North Augusta for the budget year,
January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025.
Section II. The transfer of budgeted amounts between functional areas of expenditures or
expenses shall be approved by City Council; however, transfers of budgeted line
items within the functional areas of expenditures or expenses not to exceed $5,000,
may be approved by the City Administrator as long as total expenditures or
expenses do not exceed appropriations in the functional area. Management can
also over expend appropriations, with the City Administrator’s approval, at the line
item and department level, as long as the total expenditures or expenses do not
exceed appropriations of the functional area. Functional areas are: General
Government; Public Safety; Public Works; Parks, Recreation, and Tourism;
Sanitation Services; Stormwater Utility; and Water and Wastewater.
Section III. The Mayor or City Administrator may authorize the expenditure of an amount not
to exceed $500 at any one time from the Council Contingencies Account without
prior approval of the City Council provided that any such expenditure is reported
in the minutes of the next Council meeting.
Section IV. The City Council must approve expenditures from the following funds: Sales Tax
III, Sales Tax IV, Accommodation Tax Fund, Fireman’s Fund, Street Improvement
Fund, Riverfront Central Core Redevelopment Fund, Tax Increment Financing
Fund, Transportation Improvement Fund, Capital Projects Fund, North Augusta
Public Facilities Corporation Fund, Depreciation Fund, Contingent Fund, Utility
Construction Fund, Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Fund, ARPA/SLFRF Fund,
and the Savannah River Settlement Act Fund unless otherwise previously
budgeted.