File #: 17-114    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 5/23/2017 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 6/13/2017 Final action: 6/13/2017
Title: To adopt an order regarding committed fund balance.
Attachments: 1. 17-114 Cover Sheet, 2. Committed Fund Balance resolution - FY '18

I.                     Council Action Requested.

Title

To adopt an order regarding committed fund balance.

Body

II.                     Basis for Council Action.

 

Council approval of this item is required because;

 

a.                     the Council has the authority to act as the legislative body of the Town pursuant to Article II, Section 3(I) of the Charter.

 

III.                     Issue Summary.

 

A government at its highest level of decision-making may formally place a constraint on the use of its own resources that remains legally binding unless removed in the same manner.  Resources subject to such self-imposed legal constraints are reflected in committed fund balance.