Ordinance No. 15,914 ORDINANCE NO. 15,914
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING
OCTOBER 1,2024,AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,2025, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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 1,2024, and ending September 30, 2025,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 1: 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, 2024, and ending
September 30, 2025, 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 1,2024,and ending September 30,2025.
Section 2: That the sum of ONE-HUNDRED,FORTY-TWO MILLION,FIVE-HUNDRED,
SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND, FOUR-HUNDRED, EIGHTY-SEVEN AND 00/100 DOLLARS
($142,573,487.00)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 FIFTEEN MILLION, TWO-HUNDRED, SIXTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND, NINE-HUNDRED, TWENTY AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($15,268,920.00) 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 THREE-MILLION, NINETY-SIX THOUSAND, SIX-
HUNDRED, FIFTY-NINE AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($3,096,659.00) 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, SIX-HUNDRED, NINETY-FOUR
THOUSAND, EIGHT-HUNDRED, EIGHTY-FOUR AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($4,694,884.00) 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 SIXTY-TWO MILLION, ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE
THOUSAND, ONE-HUNDRED,NINETY-EIGHT AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($62,129,198.00) is hereby
appropriated out of the Water and Sewer Fund for Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay Costs.
Section 7: That the sum of FIFTEEN-MILLION, TWO-HUNDRED, SEVENTY-THREE
THOUSAND, EIGHT-HUNDRED, THIRTY-TWO AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($15,273,832.00) 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 NINE-MILLION, ONE-HUNDRED, FORTY-ONE
THOUSAND, EIGHT-HUNDRED THREE AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($9,141,803.00) 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 FIVE-MILLION, THREE-HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND,
EIGHT-HUNDRED,SIXTY-ONE AND 00/100 DOLLARS($5,304,861.00)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, ONE-HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE
THOUSAND, NINE-HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($3,155,984.00) 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, EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND, NINE-
HUNDRED, THIRTY-EIGHT AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($483,938.00) 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.
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.
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INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 26th day of September,2024.
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DON CAPETILLO Mayor
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SCOTT LE • D,City Attorney
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