Ordinance No. 15,539 ORDINANCE NO. 15,539
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR,
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Baytown has submitted to the City Council a
budget estimate of the revenues of said City and the expenses of conducting the affairs thereof for
the ensuing fiscal year, beginning October 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and which
said estimate has been compiled from detailed information obtained from the several departments,
divisions, and offices of the City containing all information as required by the Charter of the City
of Baytown; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has received said City Manager's estimate and held a public
hearing thereon as provided by Section 44 of the Charter and Section 102.006 of the Texas Local
Government Code; and
WHEREAS, after full and final consideration of the public hearing and after certain
revisions to the proposed budget, it is the opinion of the Council that the budget as revised should
be approved and adopted;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section l: That the budget estimate of the revenues of the City of Baytown and the
expenses of conducting the affairs thereof for the ensuing fiscal year, beginning October 1, 2023,
and ending September 30, 2024, as finally submitted to the City Council by the City Manager of
said City (a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's office) be, and the same is in all things,
adopted and approved as the budget estimate of all the current expenses as well as the fixed charges
against said City for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024.
Section 2: That the sum of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX MILLION EIGHTY-
NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($136,089,347.00) is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund for the payment of Operating
Expenses and Capital Outlay of the City Government.
Section 3: That the sum of TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION SIXTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($27,068,000.00) is hereby appropriated out of the
General Debt Service Fund for the purpose of paying the accruing interest and redeeming the bonds
and debts as they mature on the General Debt Service Fund.
Section 4: That the sum of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($1,575,111.00) is hereby
appropriated out of the Hotel/Motel Fund for the payment of Operating Expenses and Capital
Outlay of the City Government.
Section 5: That the sum of FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($4,534,548.00) is
hereby appropriated out of the Aquatics Fund for the payment of Operating Expenses and Capital
Outlay of the City Government.
Section 6: That the sum of FIFTY-FOUR MILLION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($54,652,228.00)
is hereby appropriated out of the Water and Sewer Fund for Operating Expenses and Capital
Outlay Costs.
Section 7: That the sum of SIXTEEN MILLION NINETY-ONE THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND NO./100 DOLLARS ($16,091,336.00) is hereby
appropriated out of the Water and Wastewater Interest and Sinking Fund for the purpose of paying
the accruing interest and redeeming the bonds and debts as they mature.
Section 8: That the sum of EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED EIGHT
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($8,308,309.00) is hereby
appropriated out of the Sanitation Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the
municipally owned Solid Waste Collection System.
Section 9: That the sum of FOUR MILLION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX AND NO/100 DOLLARS($4,623,566.00)is hereby
appropriated out of the Storm Water Utility Fund for payment of Operating Expenses and Capital
Outlay of the City Government.
Section 10: That the sum of THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($3,362,722.00)
is hereby appropriated out of the Garage Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay for
Municipal Garage Services System and Activities.
Section 11: That the sum of FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS($461,447.00)is hereby appropriated out
of the Warehouse Operations Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay for Central
Warehouse Activities.
Section 12: That the City Manager is hereby authorized to transfer any unencumbered
appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an
office, department or agency, in accordance with Section 68 of the Charter.
Section 13: That the City Manager shall have the authority to increase a department's
line item budget by the amount equal to outstanding purchase orders as of September 30,2024, to
be appropriated out of the Fund Balance.
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Section 14: This ordinance shall be and remain in full force and effect from and after its
passage and approval of the City Council, and it shall be published once each week for two (2)
consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 14th day of September, 2023.
RANDON CAPETIL O, Mayor
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SCOTT LE ND, City Attorney
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