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<br />,"-' <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />A budget is a work program and financial plan for a given period based upon an estimate <br />of income as to amounts and sources, and an estimate of proposed expenditures as to <br />amounts and purposes, the total of which should not exceed the total resources (income <br />plus cash on hand). <br /> <br />Revenue accounts are classified in order to aid in (I) preparation and administration of <br />the budget, (2) preparation of financial statements, (3) tabulation of revenue, and (4) <br />establishment of comparable financial statistics. <br /> <br />Expenditures are classified to ensure that money is expanded economically, to prepare <br />financial statements, to secure information to be used in estimating the expenditures for a <br />fiscal period, to control appropriations, and to compile comparative financial statistics. <br />To obtain all other required information, accounts are classified by function, activity, <br />organization units, character and object. <br /> <br />l~ <br /> <br />Records maintained by cities should conform to national standards for the following <br />reasons: (1) A system based upon records which have been developed by agencies of <br />national scope after considerable research and consultation will, if properly adapted, be <br />far superior to a system based solely on the limited experience of a single city. (2) Use of <br />nationally accepted records will allow the gradual development of a valuable body of <br />statistical knowledge about American cities, complied by cities on a comparable basis. <br /> <br />r- <br />