(70 ILCS 2605/5.4) (from Ch. 42, par. 324n)

Sec. 5.4. The executive director shall prepare the budget for the district and shall submit the proposed budget to the board of trustees which shall make such changes as it deems desirable and shall approve the budget. The content of the budget shall be substantially as follows:

(1) A budgetary message which sets forth the fiscal policy of the district for the fiscal year, describing in connection therewith the programs and the cost of performance to achieve the objectives of the district relating to drainage, sewage collection, sewage treatment and solids disposals including unit costs whenever ascertainable, in such a manner that indirect cost to achieve such objectives will be set apart for purpose of cost analysis. The message also should include a general budget summary setting forth the aggregate figures of the budget to show the balanced relationship between the total proposed expenditures and the total anticipated receipts and other means of financing the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, contrasted with the actual receipt and disbursement figures for the preceding year and the estimated figures for the current year.

(2) The several estimates, statements, and other detail, set forth in Section 5.3 of this Act.

(3) Complete drafts of the proposed appropriation ordinance, tax levy ordinance, and other ordinances required to give legal sanction to the appropriations when approved and adopted by the board of trustees of the district.

(Source: P.A. 95-923, eff. 1-1-09.)