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: BI� M' „oR E GITY OF SAINT PAUL File NO.
CANARV= D�PARTMENT
� Ordin�nce Ordinance N�.�D`7��
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Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
An ordinance pertaining to the Capital Improve—
ment. Budget; amending Ghapter 66 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code, as amended.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CI� OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1.
That Chapter 66 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code, as
amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read
as follows: �
CHAPTER 66. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET
66.01. Annual Capital Improvement Budge�. There
shall be an annual capital budget for the ci � of Saint
Paul, hereinafter usually referred to as the annuaZ capital
improvement budget, which shall be separate and distinet
from the eity� s operating budget ��ese���e�-��-C�a��e�-����
ursuant to Cha ter 10 of the Char'ter of the City o� Saint
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66.02. Ado tion amendment. Said capital improvement
budget for the city of aint Paul shall be adopted by resolu-
tion of the council. The council may by resolution adopt
an amended eapital improvement budget.
66.03. Items ineluded in bud et. The annual capital
improvemen budge shall include proposed appropriations for
all projects having an estimated useful life in excess o�
three years other than the acquisition o� office or meehanical
equipment, or mmnor remodeling or repairs of existing structures, and
ineluding all projeets which }�-}s are proposed to ����-�a�-a�e-e�
COUIVCILMEN ested by De art t of:
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Form A rove y City orney
Adopted by Council: Date
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Approved by Mayor: Date Appr d by Mayor for Submissi t Cou�t�cil
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be funded with the proceeds of general obligation or revenue
bonds of the city authorized by �a�s-e�-P4���e�se�a-�e�-�9��-�
�eg�t���-sese��e�-E�a��e�-4b83-a��-�a;vs-e�-P4}�ese��-�e�
��69;-�1��a��� -�T law, all aids, �rants and special ,
re�enues received b,y the cit.y for funding capital improvements,
and all moneys appropriated by the city council in the
_ general fund and special fund bud�ets for capital projects.
66.04. Lon� Range Capital Improvement Bud�et
Committee. There is hereby established a capital improvements
committee consisting of 18 members, none of whom ehall hold
any paid office or position under the city of Saint Paul,
which committee shall be designated the "Long Range Capital
Improvement Budget Committee of Saint Paul" and for convenience
of reference shall be hereinaf ter referred to as the CIB
committee. The members shall be appointed by the mayor
with the consent of the cou_zcil in the foll�wing manner,
with at least three members from each Minnesota state
senate district: Each council recognized citizen par-
ticipation district sl�all submit three names for considera-
tion by the mayor. The mayor shall whenever possible submit
recommendations from each of the citizen participation
districts. The terms of office for such members initially
appointed shall be as follows: six members shall be ap-
pointed for a one-year term, six shall be appointed for
a two-year term, and six shall be appointed for a three-year
term. Their successors shall be appointed to three-year
terms of office. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as the initial appointments and all a�pointmerits
to fill vacancies shall be for the length of the unexpired
term. To facilitate �the selection of the initial staggered
terms, the mayor shall select the three groupings of
. nominees by lottery. Initial appointments submitted
by the mayor and confirmed by the council, under the terms
� of this ordinance, shall be performed during the month
af November 19'78. Al1 subsequent appointments shall
also be made in the month of November, provided that
vacancies shall be filled when they occur.
66.05. CIB Committee function and duties. The
function and duties of said B committee shall Ue to
receive from city department or ���ea�-�ea�s office
. directors and from other �overnmental and citizen a�encies,
including, b.y way of illustration and not of limitation,
the Port Authorlty, School District, Parent Teachers
Association, and District Councils, hereinafter referred
to as '�other a�encies, " descriptions of projects which
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such department . or ��t�e��-�ea�e office directors and other
agencies desire to have included in the city' s annual
capital improvement budget and to consider the same, and
further to study and consider, among other things, long
range capital needs of the city, methods of financing �
such needs, and related matters, to assign priority ratings
to the capital improvement projects considered and revie�,Ted
by said committee, and to make recommendations to the mayor
and city council , which recommendations shall include a
proposed or suggested annual capital improvement budget
for consideration by the mayor and city council .
66.06. Submission of requests and recommendations.
��ee��-�s-�e�e�����e�-��e���e�-w}��-�es�ee�-�e-��e-3�ea�s
��6�-���-�}b8; All capital improvement budget requests
which city departments or ���ea�s offices and other a�encies
desire to have included in the tiroposed annual. capital
� budget to be adopted by the ���ge� CIB committee shall
be submitted to the see�e�a��-e�-e�ee��}�e-see�e�a��-e�
��e-���ge�-ee�}��ee ma or' s office bud et section by
the first Monday in aa��a�3�,--�9 8-a��-��-��e-�}��s�-�4e��a�
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eag}�a�-��g�s�e�e��-��e�ee�s-�e�-�}�e-e�s�}�g-���e-�ea�
�e��e� April of each year, such requests to cover capital
improvement projects for the following year and identify
pro�rams for the next ensuin� four-year period. Al1
requests for capital improvement projects and reports
with respect thereto shall be on forms prepared and
provided by the 8��3�-�e����e��e� bud et dir�ctor.
Upon receipt of such capital budget requests rom
city departments or ��t�ea�ts offices and other agencies,
the see�e����-e�-e�ee�t���e-see�e�a��-e�-��e-��t�ge�
. ee����ee mayor' s office, budget section, shall transmit
copies of such requests to the-��a���g-�ea��-e�-��e
G���-e�-�a���-�at��;-w�e-s�ia��-ee��}�e�-��e�-�e��es�s
ar��-�a3�e-�eea��e��a��e�s-����-�es�ee�-��e�e�6-a��
��a�s�}�-s�te�-�eee��e��a��e�e-�e-��e-see�e�e��-e�-��te
���ge�-ee�}��ee-�e�-�a�e�-����--��e�-�-e�-eae�-ea�e��a�
�ea�-a��e�-��e-e��ee�}�e-���e-e�-��}�-e����a�ee CIB •
committee for its consideration as rovided in Section
.05, and to the planning commission for its consideration
to determine the projects ' compliance with the city' s
. comprehensive plan-. �'he plannin� commission shall
tllereupon make recommendations with respect thereto and
transmit such recommendations to the mayor' s office,
budget section, not later than June 1 of each calendar
ear.
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66.07. Annual review of expenditures. Al1 e�rpenditures
on projects authorized hereunder shall be reviewed at least
annually by the ���ge� CIB committee to insure that projects
are being carried out in es��e�����-�e conformance with the
intent of the council. •
66.08. Hearin�s; submission of budget. The ���ge�
CIB committee may hold such hearings with respect to capital
budget project requests at such times and in such manner as
said committee shall determine, and upon such notice as
said ���ge� committee may prescribe. It shall , however,
submit a proposed annual capital improvement budget to the
mayor for consideration by the mayor and council not later
than. �eg�e��e�-�-e�-�}68-a��-�e��e��e�-�-e�-ea8�-�ea�
�ke�ea��e� July 15 of each year. The council may by
resolution change the aforesaid reporting dates and may
by resolution prescribe additional procedures and reports
� to be obtained from city departments and ��aa}ea�t�s offices,
other requestin� agencies, and the ���ge� CIB committee
as the council in its discretion determines.
66.09. Adoption and amendment of annual budget.
The mayor shall submit his pro osed annual capital
improvement bud�et to the cit,y council on or before August
15 of each .year. The council shall conduct public hearin�s
on the ro osed annual bud et and ado t the bud et in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Section 10.0 of the city
charter.
Annual capital improvement budgets maY be amended by
the city council upon the recommenda ion of he mayor ar�d
after the proposed amendments have been reviewed by the
CIB committee and planning commission; Urovided, however,
' that plannin� commission review is not required if a
bud�et amendment does not involve fundin� of a new project
or does not invol.ve a substantial chan�e of the ori�inally
approved project. Amendments to ca�ital improvement
bud�ets shall be made in accordance with the applicable
Qrovisions of Section 10. 10� of the city charter. ,
6b�e� 66. 10. Cost of project less than appropriation.
When the contract price of any capital improvement, includ-
ing architect and engineer fees and a contingency of ten
percent, is less �han the amount appropriated to the im-
provement in any capital improvement budget, the ee����e��e�-
bud�et director and director of finance and management
services shall , upon the recommendation in writing of the
�e�a���e��-�ea� director of the department .in charge of
the improvement, transfer such excess to a "restricted userr
account� in behalf of the department concerned.
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Funds transferred to '�restricted use" accounts shall
remain therein until all projects of that department for
which appropriations were made in the capital improvement
budget with respect to which the excess appropriation
resulted are completed, and shall t.�i�reaf ter be credited
to the ee����ge�� unallocated reserve account provided in
Section ��-�e�ee� �i.�13 unless expended or encumbered as
provided herein.
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. 6bT�8 66.11: Cost of project greater than appropriation._
If the cost of any capital improvement project approved by
the city council, including architect and engineer fees
and a contingency of ten percent, appears to be likely
to exceed the amount appropriated therefor in the capital
improvement budget, additional moneys necessary to fully
finance the project ma.y be appropriated �,s follows:
(a) If the excess cost is less than ��8;898 20 000,
and fu.nds are available in the department' s "restricted use"
account to fund the excess cost, such amount shall be
transferred by the ee�g��e��e� director of finance and
mana�ementservices upon written request- of the �e�a���e��
�ea� director of the department involved, sub�ect to the
written approval of the ��t�ucigeti �director, and the ee�g��e��e�
director of finance and mana�ement services shall send
written notice of such transfer to the sse�e�a��-e�-��e
G�$-8e�}��ee bud�et director. If the total of such transfers
with respect to � part�cular �e��~=�me�t�_ proj�ct will exceFd
��A;AAB 20 000, the council must approve the transfer by
resolution.
(b) If: tke .exeess cost is greater than ��A;AAB -
�20,000, or funds are not available in the department' s
"restricted use" account, an additional appropriation may
, be made by the council, with the advice of the ���ge�
CIB committee and recommendation of the mayor, from the
"restricted use ' account, es��}��e�� unallocated reserve
account, other uncommitted funds available, or by
reallocation of project funds. Appropriations authorized
pursuant to this subsection (b) may be made by the council
by resolution without holding a public hearing with
respect to any such appropriation. �
(c) If it appears that the cost of a capital
improvement for .which an a ppropriation is made in the budget
for the next calendar year will be in excess of the appro-
priation, and �unds are available in the department' s
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"restricted use" account to fund the excess cost, a
supplemental appropriation within the current year' s
capital improvement budget may be made by resolution,
with the advice of the ��t�ge� CIB committee and recom-
mendation of the mayor. Appro riations authorized
pursuant to this subsection (c� may be made by the
council without holding a public hearing with respect
to any such appropriation.
6bT�� 66. 1�. Use of funds from succeedin� years' capital
improvement bud�ets. If any capital improvement pro�ect
will require more than one year to complete, or if the
total amount of funds required for any such project cannot
be made available under one annual capital improvement
budget, the council may, by resolution, indicate that
funds from succeeding years' capital improvement budgets
shall be used for the completion of such pruject.
6gT�� 6�. 1 .3. Abandoned projects; over-estimates of costs.
A project included in an annu�.l capital improvement budget
adopted by the council shall stand as an approved project
until completed or until abandoned pursuant to resolution
of the council. Any amounts remaining in a previous
year' s budget because of abandoned projects, or over-estimates
of costs or similar item, or otherwise not required for
a project shall be credited to a-se�a���e-ee����ge��
- an unallocated reserve account which may be used to
finance other capital improvements recommended by the
mayor with the actvice of the CIB committee and authorized
by the city council pursuant to the provisions of th.is
ordinance.
b�T�� 66._1�. Recommendations advisory only. All recommenda-
tions received from the CIB committee, including any proposed
annual budget, shall be considered advisory only and shall
• not be binding on the mayor or council , and the council
may alter, amend, or revise the same in such manner as
the council considers appropriate.
6&T�4 .66.15. Issuance of bonds . The council may at any
time aut orize the issuance of bonds-�-e��e�-��a�-�e��s
a�t��e�}�e�-��-S�a}��e�-469;-�a�ae-e�-P4���eee�a-�€e�-���f� .
pursuant to law, and the authorization of such bonds
for the purposes enumerated in the ordinance or resolution
authorizing the same shall constitute an amendment to
the capital budget appropriating the amount of the bond
issue to such �urposes, and no public hearing shall be
req.uired with respect thereto .
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BLI�ERV.-MA ORTMENT . CITY OF SAINT PAITL File NO.
� � Ordindnce Ordinance N 0. � ����
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
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�Section 2.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty
days from and after itfs passage, approval and publication.
COUfVCILMEN
Yeas Nays Requested by Department of:
Butler
Hozza _� In Favor
Hunt �
Le�� Maddox Against BY
�� Showalter
Tedesco
,�� � 5 �� Form rov d by it Attorney
Adopted,t�}a-�unci . Date �
Cgrfified ss by Council Secretary gy �
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By.. � `
Approv Mayor: Da • �� �'� � - Appro by Mayor for Subm' 'o o uncil
By - BY
���ES�EV AU 2 61978
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BUTLER
HUNT
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�"� MADDOR
. . SHOWALTER J i
TEDESCO
PRESIDENT (HOZZA)