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(b) (c) [(4)]LU) The sums recommended for appropriation on the basis of the proposed expenditures, which sums need not be itemized further than by agencies and programs. [(5)]M The estimated revenues shown by estimated cash surplus, if any, for the fiscal year currently ending, proposed tax levies and other sources. [(6)](F,) A comparative statement of the actual revenues for the preceding fiscal year, and the estimated revenues for the fiscal year currently ending and the ensuing year. The estimated revenues for the ensuing fiscal year shall be at least equal in amount to the proposed expenditures. (2,) The operating budget shall not contain anypositions that have not been previously approved by the council by resolution. The operating program shall present a complete financial plan for the operations of the county and its agencies and executive agencies in the ensuing three fiscal years, showing all funds and reserves. The operating program shall be used by the council for informational purposes and as a guide for the estimated costs of operating the county government for the ensuing three fiscal years and shall contain at least the following: (1) A simple, clear, general summary of the detailed contents of the operating program. (2) The proposed expenditures, including debt service requirements and all other expenditures for the ensuing three fiscal years, capital and otherwise; and the proposed expenditures, year by year, shall be shown by agencies and programs. (3) The estimated revenues shown by estimated cash surplus, if any, proposed tax levies and other sources for the ensuing three fiscal years. (4) Such other information as the council or mayor may request. The mayor's message shall explain the operating budget and capital budget both in fiscal terms and in terms of work to be done. It shall outline the proposed financial policies of the county for the ensuing fiscal year, describe the important features of the operating budget and capital budget and means of financing the budgets. It shall indicate any major changes in financial policies and in expenditures, appropriations and revenues as compared with the fiscal year currently ending, and shall set forth the reasons for the changes. As to the capital budget, the message shall include a list of pending and proposed capital improvements together with the mayor's comments on such list. It shall itemize and explain each pending capital improvement and each capital improvement proposed to be undertaken within the ensuing fiscal year, showing the estimated cost of each improvement and the pending or proposed method of financing it. The message shall also include such other supporting or explanatory material as the mayor deems desirable. The mayor's budget message which accompanies the amendments to the operating budget and to the capital budget shall describe the changes in proposed expenditures and in revenue projections from the budgets which had been submitted on or before March 1, and shall describe the intervening changes in circumstances which justify the changes in the proposed expenditures and projected revenues." 2