otherwise provided by ordinance the personnel director shall be in the department of administration. Section 7.050. The adoption of this charter shall not affect the


merit system status of any employee subject thereto at the time this charter takes effect, except as otherwise provided by this charter.


ARTICLE VIII


The Budget Section8.010. The budget and financial affairs of the county


shall be governed by this charter and ordinances enacted pursuant thereto except as otherwise provided by the constitution. The fiscal year of the county shall be as established by ordinance from time to time. Section8.020. 1.Not later than ninety days prior to the beginning of each fiscal


year, the county executive shall submit to the council a balanced current expense budget for the ensuing fiscal year, a capital program and an accompanying message. The proposed budget document shall present for each fund: (a) the estimated income and revenue of the fund for the


budget year and (b) the estimated income and revenue of the fund during


the fiscal year immediately preceding the budget year. The total expenditure proposed in the budget for each fund shall be no greater than the lesser of (a) and (b), plus any unencumbered cash balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the budget year. The county executive may propose additional expenditures if the county executive also proposes additional income and revenue, but such additional expenditures may not exceed ninety percent of the estimated additional income and revenue to be received from taxes plus the total estimated additional income and revenue to be received from any other source.


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