Appropriation Resolution

A RESOLUTION MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE VARIOUS FUNDS, DEPARTMENTS,
INSTITUTIONS, OFFICES AND AGENCIES OF                                              COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 20__, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 20__

SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of _______________ County, Tennessee, assembled in regular session on the ___ day of July, 20__, that the amounts hereafter set out are hereby appropriated for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the various funds, departments, institutions, offices and agencies of                                              County, Tennessee, for the capital outlay, and for meeting the payment of principal and interest on the county's debt maturing during the year beginning July 1, 20__, and ending June 30, 20__, according to the following schedule:

GENERAL FUND

COURTHOUSE & JAIL MAINTENANCE FUND

SOLID WASTE/SANITATION FUND

DRUG CONTROL FUND

GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND

CENTRAL CAFETERIA FUND

GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND

RURAL DEBT SERVICE FUND

EDUCATION DEBT SERVICE FUND

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there are also hereby appropriated certain portions of the commissions and fees for collecting taxes and licenses and for administering other funds which the trustee, county clerk, circuit court clerk, clerk and master, register, and the sheriff and their officially authorized deputies and assistants may be entitled to receive under state laws heretofore or hereafter enacted. Expenditures out of commissions and/or fees collected by the trustee, county clerk, circuit court clerk, clerk and master, register and sheriff may be made for such purposes and in such amounts as may be authorized by existing law or by valid order of any court having power to make such appropriations. Any excess commissions and/or fees collected over and above the expenditures duly and conclusively authorized shall be paid over to the trustee and converted into the General Fund as provided by law.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any fee officials, as enumerated in Section 8-22-101, Tennessee Code Annotated, operate under provisions of Section 8-22-104, Tennessee Code Annotated, provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to those particular officials.

SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any amendment to the budget, except for amendments to the budget for funds under supervision of the director of schools, shall be approved as provided in Section 5-9-407, including the alternative methods authorized therein.  Tennessee Code Annotated. The director of schools must receive approval of the Board of Education for transfers within each major category of the budget, and approval of both the Board of Education and Board of County Commissioners for transfers between major categories as required by law.

One copy of each amendment shall be filed with the county clerk, one copy with the chairman of the Budget Committee, and one copy with each divisional or departmental head concerned. The reason(s) for each transfer shall be clearly stated; however, this section shall in no case whatsoever be construed as authorizing transfer from one fund to another, but shall apply solely to transfers within a certain fund.

SECTION 4. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any appropriations made by this resolution which cover the same purpose for which a specific appropriation is made by statute is made in lieu of but not in addition to said statutory appropriation. The salary, wages, or remuneration of each officer, employee, or agent of the county shall not be in excess of the amounts authorized by existing law or as set forth in the estimate of expenditures which accompanies this resolution. Provided, however, that appropriations for such salaries, wages, or other remuneration hereby authorized shall in no case be construed as permitting expenditures for an office, agency, institution, division or department of the county in excess of the appropriation made herein for such office, agency, institution, division or department of the county. Such appropriation shall constitute the limit to the expenditures of any office, agency, institution, division or department for the year ending June 30, 20__. The aggregate expenditures for any item of appropriation shall in no instance be more than the amount herein appropriated for such item.

SECTION 5. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any resolution which may hereafter be presented to the Board of County Commissioners providing for appropriations in addition to those made by this Budget Appropriation Resolution shall specifically provide sufficient revenue or other funds actually to be provided during the year in which the expenditure is to be made to meet such additional appropriation. Said appropriating resolution shall be submitted to and approved by the state director of Local Finance after its adoption as provided by Section 9-21-403, Tennessee Code Annotated.

SECTION 6. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the county mayor and county clerk are hereby authorized to borrow money on revenue anticipation notes, provided such notes are first approved by the state director of Local Finance, to pay for the expenses herein authorized until the taxes and other revenue for the year 20__-20__ have been collected. The proceeds of loans for each individual fund shall not exceed 60% of the appropriations of each fund and shall be used only to pay the expenses and other requirements of the fund for which the loan is made. The loan shall be paid out of revenue from the fund for which money is borrowed. The notes evidencing the loans authorized under this section shall be issued under the applicable sections of Title 9, Chapter 21, Tennessee Code Annotated. Said notes shall be signed by the county mayor and countersigned by the county clerk and shall mature and be paid in full without renewal not later than June 30, 20__.

SECTION 7. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the delinquent county property taxes for the year 20__ and prior years and the interest and penalty thereon collected during the year ending June 30, 20__, shall be apportioned to the various county funds according to the subdivision of the tax levy for the year 20__. The clerk and master and the trustee are hereby authorized and directed to make such apportionment accordingly.

SECTION 8. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all unencumbered balances of appropriations remaining at the end of the year shall lapse and be of no further effect at the end of the year at June 30, 20__.