Before the beginning of each fiscal year the head of each office, department, institution,
board, commission or other agency of the county government shall submit to the county
administrative officer, when required by him, a work program for such year. Such program
shall include all appropriations for the necessary operations of the requesting office,
department, institution, board, commission, or agency in the next fiscal year, including,
without limitation, all appropriations necessary for the maintenance and purchase
of equipment, for employee salaries and benefits, and for all other administrative
and operational costs of the requesting office, department, institution, board, commission,
or agency, and shall show the requested allotments of such appropriations by fiscal
periods within the fiscal year. The county administrative officer shall review the
requested allotments in the light of the work program of the office, department, institution,
board, commission or agency concerned, and may, with the approval of the county executive,
revise, alter or change such allotments before approving the same. The aggregate of
such allotments shall not exceed the total appropriation available to such office
or agency for the fiscal year. A copy of the allotment as finally adopted by the county
administrative officer shall be filed with the director of budget and finance, who
shall approve all expenditures for the various offices, departments, institutions,
boards, commissions and other agencies of the county to be made from the appropriations
on the basis of the allotments and not otherwise. The allotments may be revised during
the fiscal year in the same manner as the original allotment was made. If at any time
during the fiscal year the county administrative officer shall ascertain that the
available income, plus unexpended balances, for the year may be less than the total
appropriations, he shall reconsider the work programs and allotments of the several
offices and agencies as aforesaid, and shall recommend a revision thereof to the county
executive so as to forestall the making of expenditures in excess of the income and
fund balances, exclusive of allotments of appropriations for employee salaries and
benefits obligated by executed and binding agreements between the county and its certified
employee representation units.
