Alabama § 45-57A-63.86 - Budget Adoption.

§ 45-57A-63.86. Budget Adoption.

After the public hearing prescribed in Section 45–57A–63.84, the council may at its next or any subsequent regular public meeting or any adjournment thereof adopt as the budget, the budget proposal without amendment or change. In this event it shall not be necessary that the council have further consideration of the ordinance as prescribed in Section 45–57A–63.85. If further consideration is made necessary by the insertion of any new item or by the increase or decrease of any item, then the council, after the public hearing prescribed in Section 45–57A–63.85, may at its next or any subsequent regular meeting or any adjournment thereof, adopt the budget. The council may insert in this budget the additional item or items or make the increase or decrease to the amount in each case indicated by the published notice, or to a lesser amount, but where the total proposed expenditures shall be increased, the total anticipated revenue shall also be increased to an amount at least equal to the total proposed expenditures.