Ordinance No. 244ORDINANCE NO. �L
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR,
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1954 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1955,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
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,
1954 and ending the 30th day of September 1955, and which said estimate has
been compiled from detailed information obtained from the several departments,
divisions and offices of the city, containing all the information as required
by the Charter of the City of Raytown; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has received said City Manager's estimate and
held a public hearing thereon as provided by Section 4/+ of the Charter; and
WHEREAS, FURTHER, after a full and final consideration of the public hearing,
it is the opinion of the council that the budget as filed should be approved
and adopted;, Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
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, 1954 and ending September 30, 1955, as submitted to -the
City Council by the City Manager of said city, be, and the same is, in all things
adopted and approved as the budget estimate of all of the current expenses as
well as the fixed charges against said city for the fiscal year beginning the
• lst day of October, 1954 and ending the 30th day of September, 1955.
SECTION 2: That the sum of Seven } hundred Twenty -Seven Thousand Seven
Hundred Forty Dollars (6727,740.00) is hereby appropriated out of the general
fund for the payment of operating expenses and capital outlay of the city
government as hereinafter itemized, to -wit:
General Government 245,453.00
Public Safety 155,753.00
Highways 137,113.00
Sanitation & Waste Removal 118,039.00
Conservation of Health 13,130.00
Recreation 19,130.00
Miscellaneous 39,122.00
TOTAL $ 727,740.00
SECTION 3: That the sum of One hundred Forty -Six Thousand Three Hundred
• Sixty -Five Dollars ($146,365.00) is hereby appropriated out of the water works
for the operating expenses and capital outlay of the municipally owned water
works as hereinafter itemized, to -wit:
Supply $ 27,755.00
Transmission & Distribution .682660.00
Customer's Accounting &
Collecting 39,476.00
Stores 10,474.00
TOTAL 146,365.00
SECTION 4: That the sum of Sixty -Six Thousand Nine Hundred Four Dollars
($66,904.00) is hereby appropriated out of the general debt service fund for
the purpose of paying the accruing interest and redeeming the serial bonds as
they mature, on the general debt service bonds as hereinafter itemized, to -wit:
Serial Bond Maturities 421000.00
Interest Payments 24,644.00
Exchange 260.00
TOTAL 66,904.00
SECTION 5: That the sum of Forty -Eight Thousand Five Hundred Sixty -Nine
Dollars (848,569.00) is hereby appropriated out of the water works debt service
• fund for the purpose of paying the accruing interest and redeeming the serial
bonds as they mature, on the water works debt service bonds as hereinafter
itemized, to -wit:
Serial Bond Maturities 31,000.00
Interest Paym,ents 17,369.00
Exchange 200.00
TOTAL 48,569.00
SECTION 6: That the sum of Nineteen Thousand Three Hundred Seventeen
Dollars ($19,317.00) is hereby appropriated out of the traffic improvement fund
for the operating expenses and capital outlay for traffic control and improvement
as hereinafter itemized, to -wit:
Salaries & Wages $ 10,920.00
Supplies 41085.00
Maintenance of Equipment 11978.00
Miscellaneous Services 1,800.00
Pensions 534.00
TOTAL 191317.00
SECTION 7: 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 consecutive weeks in some newspaper published
in the City of Baytown.
READ, ADOPTED and APPROVED by at least a majority of the City Council at a
regular meeting held at the City Hall in the City of Baytown on the 9th day of
September, A. D., 1954.
G
R. H. Pruett, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna , City Clerk -2_