Sun Valley council amends and approves 2017–18 annual appropriation ordinance

Sun Valley Mayor Peter M. Hendricks and the City Council voted Aug. 8 to adopt Ordinance No. 515, the city’s Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2017. The council conducted a second reading and, by roll call, approved a motion to read the ordinance by title only.

Council Member Michelle Griffith moved an amendment “to remove account numbers ending in XXX,” a motion seconded by Council President Keith Saks that passed unanimously (ayes: Saks, DuFur, Griffith, Conard; nays: none). City Administrator Robertson then read the ordinance by title only as directed. The meeting minutes record the amendment as part of the final ordinance adoption; specific account numbers affected were not specified in the transcript.

The action finalizes the city’s spending plan for the coming fiscal year and implements the procedural step required for ordinance adoption. The council provided no additional detail in the record about which departmental or line-item accounts end in "XXX" or how much the amendment changes the total appropriation.