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Dear Mayor Morris,

Our office has received an opinion request from you concerning the validity of certain amendments to the City of Slidell's budget for FY 2010 under the City of Slidell's Home Rule Charter.

Section 5-02 of the City of Slidell's Home Rule Charter requires the mayor submit to the council an operating budget for each fiscal year. According to your request, the proposed budget you submitted to the council was adopted with several amendments. It is our understanding that the council adopted the original budget submitted by the mayor and subsequently adopted several amendments to…