Ordinance No. 363ORDINANCE NO. s,
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING k BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING
FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1956 AND END-
ING SEPTEMBER 30, 1957, IN ACCORDANCE VITH THE
CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE
'.WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Baytown has submitted to the City
Council a budget estimate of the revenue of said City and the expenses of conducting
the affairs thereof for the ensuing fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1956, and end-
ing the 30th day of September, 1957, 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
Baytown; and
• MHEREAS, 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
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 adop-
ted; NON, 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. begin-
ning October 1, 1956. and ending September 30. 1957. as submitted to the City Council
by the City Manager of said City. be, and the same is, in all things adopted and ap-
proved as the budget estimate of all the current expenses as well as the fixed charges
• against said City for the fiscal year beginning the lst day of October, 1956, and end-
ing the 30th day of September. 1957.
SECTION 2 :_ That the sum of Eight Hundred Eighty Three Thousand Six Hundred
and Twenty ($883.620.00) 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
$268,172.00
Public Safety
201,342.00
Highways
149,608.00
Sanitation C Water Removal
1699947.00
Conservation of Health
27,009.00
Recreation
209605.00
Miscellaneous
469937.00
is SECTION 3 :: That the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand One Hundred and
Sixty ($167,160.00) Dollars is hereby appropriated out of the water works for the oper-
ating expenses and capital outlay of the municipally owned water works as hereinafter
itemized, to -wit:
ti I
Supply $ 34,115.00
Transmission & Distribution 779613.00
Customers' Accounting & Collecting 439087.00
• Stores 12.345.00
SECTION 4: That the sum of Eighty Thousand and Ninety -One ($80,091.00)
Dollars 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 $ 49,000.00
Interest Payments (33) 300831.00
Exchange 260.00
SECTION 5 :. That the sum of Forty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-
Two ($47.,862.00) Dollars 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 $ 32 *000.00
Interest Payments (16) 15,662.00
Exchange 200.00
SECTION 6: That the sum of.Twenty -One Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty-
Eight ($21 *538.00) Dollars 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 & Vages $ 11,883.00
Supplies 4 *875.00
Maintenance of Equipment 1,450.00
Miscellaneous Services 2,750.00
Pensions 580.00
Capital Outlay N 0 N E
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.
BEAD. 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 this the 13th day of
September, 1956.
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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R. H. Prue t,.. Mayor