Technical Bulletins: Improving Financial Responsibility Through Budget Amendment Control

This Technical Bulletin provides information intended to help city councils and their individual members be more financially responsible. Included is a sample ordinance that establishes a requirement that any additional expenditures resulting from an amendment to a city's budget must be accompanied by a resolution identifying a corresponding increase in income and/or expenditure reduction.

The MTAS publications provided on this website are archival documents intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered as authoritative. The content contained in these publications may be outdated, and the laws referenced therein may have changed or may not be applicable to your city or circumstances. For current information, please visit the MTAS website at: http://mtas.tennessee.edu