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19 NORTH OLMSTED CHARTER SEC. 5. BOARD OF CONTROL. The Mayor and the Directors of the several departments, established either by this Charter or by ordinance, shall constitute a Board of Control. The Mayor shall be ex- offieio president and shall appoint a secretary. The Board shall keep a journal of its proceedings. The voting shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays" and entered in the journal, and the vote of a majority of all of the members of the Board shall be necessary to adopt any question, motion, or order. All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public. No contract involving an expenditure in excess of ~1, 000.00, shall be entered into without the prior approval of the Board of Control. The Board shall have such further powers and perform such further duties as shall be prescribed by ordinance. ARTICLE VIII FINANCES SEC. 1. ANNUAL ESTIMATE. The fiscal year of this City shall, unless Council by proper action adopts a different date, be the same as thatestablished from time to time for cities by the general law of Ohio. Within forty-five days after the beginning of each fiscal year, the Mayor, with the assistance of the Director of Finance, shall prepare and submit to the Council an estimate of the revenues and expenditures of the City for the current fiscal year. Such ,. estirnate shall be compiled from information which shall be furnished by the head of each _ department, division, board or commission in such form and detail as the Mayor may require . SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE. The Mayor shall furnish to the Council, with the estimate hereinbefore mentioned, an ordinance making appropriations for the expenditures of the City during the year embraced by said estimate. The Council shall adopt such ordinance in its original form or with such revisions as it may deem proper within ninety days from the beginning of the fiscal year. The Council may amend or supplement said appropriation ordinance after its passage. Council may make one or more preliminary appropriations for current expenses until the annual appropriation ordinance is in effect. SEC. 3. TRANSFERS AND BALANCES. The Council may transfer any part of an unencumbered balance of an appropriation of any fund allowed by law or any purpose or object for which the appropriation for the current °} year has proven insufficient, except that no transfer shall be of monies raised or appro- priated for the payment of any bond or note of the municipality until all indebtedness, interest, and other obligations which must lawfully be paid from such monies has been paid. SEC. 4. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. No money shall be drawn from the treasury nor shall an obligation for expenditure be incurred except in accordance with appropriations made by Council. Claims shall be "`" approved in writing by the head or acting head of the department for which the obligation