SEC. 9.116. DEPARTMENTAL SAVINGS AND REVENUE GAINS.
§ 9.116
The Controller must report annually on which departments exceeded their revenue projections or spent less than budgeted in the prior fiscal year, and the Mayor and Board of Supervisors should consider rewarding such departments through supplemental appropriations.
Once a year, after the city's finances are finalized, the Controller tells the Mayor and Supervisors which departments brought in more money than expected or spent less than planned. The city's policy is that when departments do this, the Mayor and Supervisors should think seriously about giving them extra funding through the supplemental budget process as a reward.
- Could be simpler:The phrase 'recovered additional revenues measured by the difference between projected and experienced revenues' could be stated more directly as 'exceeded revenue projections.'
- Complex:The sentence structure is long and nested, making it hard to identify the actual obligation (the word 'should' rather than 'shall' also creates ambiguity about whether this is mandatory).
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Official text
Within 30 days of the Controller's issuance of the combined annual financial report of the City and County, the Controller shall report to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors regarding the extent to which each department in the prior fiscal year has recovered additional revenues measured by the difference between projected and experienced revenues. It shall be City policy for the Mayor and Board of Supervisors, upon receipt of this report, through the supplemental appropriations process to give serious consideration to rewarding those departments that the Controller has certified pursuant to this section exceeded their revenue goals or met or exceeded departmental operational goals expending less than has been projected in the budget.