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ORDINANCE NO. 2543
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL
YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1978, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER
30, 1979, 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, 1978, and ending September 30, 1979, 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 so provided by
Section Forty -Four (44) of the Charter; and
WHEREAS, 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, 1978, and ending September 30, 1979, as finally
submitted to the City Council by the City Manager of said
city (attached hereto as Exhibit "A") 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 the 1st day of
October, 1978, and ending September 30, 1979.
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Section 2: That the sum of Ten Million Six Hundred Two
Thousand Six Hundred Eighty -One and No /100 ($10,602,681.00)
Dollars 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 Three Million Two Hundred
Eighty Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty -Two and No /100
($3,280,982.00) Dollars is hereby appropriated out of the
Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer Fund for the Operating Expenses
and Capital Outlay of the municipality owned Waterworks and
Sanitary Sewage System.
Section 4: That the sum of Two Million Ninety -Three
Thousand One Hundred Eleven and No /100 ($2,093,111.00)
Dollars is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund Debt
Service for the purpose of paying the accruing interest and
redeeming the Serial Bonds as they mature on the General
Fund Debt Service Bonds.
Section 5: That the sum of Three Hundred Fifty -Four
Thousand Two Hundred Thirty -Eight and No /100 ($354,238.00)
Dollars is hereby appropriated out of the Waterworks and
Sanitary Sewer Fund Debt Service for the purpose of paying
the accruing interest and redeeming the Serial Bonds as they
mature on the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer Fund Debt Service
Bonds.
Section 6: 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 Sixty -Eight (68) of the Charter.
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 (2) consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of
the City of Baytown.
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READ, ADOPTED, and APPROVED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown at a special meeting
held at the City Hall in the City of Baytown on the 20th
day of September 1978.
MMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
E LEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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E X H I B IT "A"
(Budget on file in City Clerk's Office)
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