No agency shall expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability in excess of the amount appropriated. Any contract made in violation of this section shall be null and void, and any officer, agent, or employee of the County knowingly responsible shall be personally liable to anyone damaged by his action; provided, however, that the Commissioners may ratify such illegal expenditure or contract.

Agencies may, with the approval of the Commissioners by ordinance, enter into contracts requiring the payment of funds from appropriations of subsequent fiscal years; provided, that contracts requiring the payment of funds from subsequent fiscal years of a total value of less than $1,000, may be approved by the Commissioners by resolution. Real property shall not be leased to the County for more than one year unless it is included in a capital budget appropriated ordinance.