Utah Code § 10-6-108
Each city must maintain some or all of the funds and account groups in its system of accounts, according to its accounting needs and the Uniform Accounting Manual for Utah Cities.
- Municipal accounting
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Each city must maintain some or all of the funds and account groups in its system of accounts, according to its accounting needs and the Uniform Accounting Manual for Utah Cities.
The budget officer must prepare a budget each budget period for specified city funds, and major capital improvements financed by certain funding sources must use a capital projects fund budget.
Each fund budget must be a complete financial plan for the budget period and show revenues and expenditures in tabular form, with total anticipated revenues equal to total appropriated expenditures.
Tentative budget to be prepared -- Contents -- Estimate of expenditures -- Budget message -- Review by governing body. On or before the first regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body in the last May of the current period, the
A tentative budget and its supporting schedules and data must be kept as public records and made available for public inspection.
The governing body must set the time and place for a public hearing on tentative budget adoption and order notice of that hearing to be published for the city at least seven days before the hearing.
Budget -- Public hearing on tentatively adopted budget. At the time and place advertised, or at any time and place to which the public hearing may be adjourned, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the budgets tentatively
After the public hearing, the governing body may keep reviewing the tentative budget and may add or change expenditure items, but it may not reduce debt retirement/interest appropriations or existing deficits.
Accumulated fund balances -- Limitations -- Excess balances -- Unanticipated excess of revenues -- Reserves for capital improvements. A city may accumulate retained earnings or fund balances, as appropriate, in any fund. With respect to
A city governing body may not budget appropriations above estimated expendable revenue, and must budget for a deficit in certain circumstances.
The governing body must adopt the budget by the stated deadline, and the budget officer must certify and file a copy of the final budget with the state auditor within 30 days after adoption.
After final adoption, the budgets take effect for the budget period and may later be amended.
The budgeted estimated property tax revenue is the basis for setting the property tax levy for the corresponding tax year, subject to legal limits.
The budget officer must require departmental spending to match the departmental budget.
Purchasing procedures and file of bids received and proof of advertisement -- Time for keeping. All purchases or encumbrances thereof by a city shall be made or incurred according to the purchasing procedures established by each city by
City officers may not spend or commit city funds beyond the total appropriations for a department, and claims must be processed before a check or warrant can be issued.
A department head may transfer unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balances within a department during the budget period if the budget officer consents, and charter cities may use charter-required approval.
The governing body may, at the budget officer’s request or on its own initiative, transfer unencumbered or unexpended appropriation balances between departments within the same fund by resolution.
The governing body may reduce a department’s total budget appropriation by resolution at a regular or specially called meeting if all members receive at least five days’ notice; the notice may be waived in writing or orally at the meeting.
The governing body may review individual fund budgets during the budget period, and if it wants to increase a fund total it must follow public hearing procedures.
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