Fulton Budget ordinance (Charter § 8.3)

The budget shall provide a complete financial plan of all city funds and activities for the ensuing fiscal year and, except as required by law or this charter, shall be in such form as the mayor deems desirable or the council may require. The budget shall indicate in separate sections:

(1) Proposed expenditures for current operations during the ensuing fiscal year and the method of financing such expenditures.

(2)

Proposed capital expenditures during the ensuing fiscal year and the proposed method of financing each such capital expenditure; and

(3) Anticipated net surplus or deficit for the ensuing fiscal year of each utility owned or operated by the city and the proposed method of its disposition; subsidiary budgets for each such utility giving detailed income and expenditure information shall be attached as appendices to the budget. The total of proposed expenditures shall not exceed the total of estimated revenue, and unencumbered balances from previous years.