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Total Appropriation $21,974,507 910 Community Development Fund Expenditures Community Development Block Grant 1,545,652 HOME 494,216 Total Appropriation $2,039,868 3. That the appropriations hereby made shall be made available on the approval of the City Manager. 4. That the City Manager is hereby authorized at any time during the fiscal year to effect any consolidation of offices or to make other changes he/she may deem to be in the interest of the City, provided there is no overall increase in expenditures. 5. That all appropriations under this ordinance, with the exception of capital projects appropriations and grant fund appropriations, shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year. Appropriations for capital projects and grants shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year and shall remain in effect until the completion of the project or grant, or until City Council, by appropriate ordinance or resolution, changes or eliminates the appropriation (or authorizes the change or elimination). Any appropriation made during FY 2027 other than to the Portsmouth Public Schools which has been lawfully encumbered and which the City Manager determines is necessary to remain in place shall be deemed re -appropriated by this ordinance and estimated revenues adjusted accordingly. 6. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary to implement this ordinance and the operating budget approved herein. 7. That the payment and settlement during FY 2027 of any claim of any kind against the City (inclusive of fees as applicable), the payment during FY 2027 of any final judgment (including interest and costs) obtained against the City, and/or the payment during FY 2027 of costs, expenses or fees incurred in the defense or evaluation of claims involving the City (whether asserted or unasserted), shall be made upon the certification of the City Attorney and the order of the City Manager from funds appropriated to the Risk Management Fund or from funds appropriated for the expenditures of the Fund involved in the subject matter of the claim or judgment, as the City Manager shall find necessary. 8. That the funds appropriated to the line item "Contingency — Other Operating" of the Non -departmental category of the General Fund Budget constitute the City Manager emergency contingency fund, established pursuant to Section 12-5(b) of the City Code. In accordance with the requirements of Section 12-5(b), the City Manager may transfer any or all of the unencumbered portion of the City Manager emergency contingency fund to any item of expense contained in the City budget (including the Capital Improvement Fund budget), reporting such action and reason therefor to City Council at its next regular meeting. 9. That this ordinance shall take effect on July 1, 2026.