7.12.080 Budget transfers.
A. The Mayor may approve budget transfers without Assembly action as follows:
1. Transfers within an appropriation to or from the expenditure category “Awaiting Budget”;
2. Transfers within an appropriation for a specific capital project, and projects in the special revenue fund, enterprise project funds, and the pass-through grant funds;
3. Transfers within an appropriation for a specific service area;
4. Transfers within an appropriation between categories;
5. Transfers within an appropriation and within a category in any amount.
B. All transfers within an appropriation not specifically provided under subsections (A)(1) through (5) of this section involving amounts more than $20,000 shall be reported to the Assembly through the administration by memorandum.
C. All transfers between appropriations to an administrative department, fund, capital project, or service area must be approved by the Assembly by ordinance.
D. Transfer of the unencumbered balance within the School District between categories must be approved by the Board of Education.
E. The Mayor may create new temporary employee positions within the limits of appropriated funds and subject to budget transfer limitations, without prior approval of the Assembly; provided, however, that the Mayor may not create permanent new positions without prior Assembly approval.
F.
1. “Appropriation” means the amount appropriated by ordinance to a specific department, fund, capital project or service area.
2. “Category” or “expenditure category” means those allocations of appropriated funds grouped under the headings “Personnel Services,” “Commodities,” “Contractual Services,” “Capital Outlay,” “Awaiting Budget,” “Depreciation (Enterprise Funds),” “Intragovernmental Costs,” “Costs of Goods Sold (Enterprise Funds),” “Operating Transfer Out (Including Indirect),” “Current Operating Expenditures (Service Areas),” “Operating Savings Account (Service Areas),” “Claims and Judgments,” “Litigation Reserve,” “Debt Service Expenditures (Debt Service Fund),” and any other category adopted by the Chief Financial Officer, designated as a category in the budget for an appropriation and approved by the Assembly. (Ord. 2008-08 § 2, 2008; Ord. 93-038 § 2, 1993; Ord. 90-028 § 8, 1990; Ord. 89-101 § 7, 1990; Ord. 85-001 § 2, 1985. 2004 Code § 3.03.060.)