Ordinance No. 7,779Published in The Baytown Sun: 960912 - -2
Wednesday, September 18, 1996, and
Wednesday, September 25, 1996. ORDINANCE NO. 7779
® AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR,
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1996, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1997, 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 expense of conducting the affairs thereof for the
ensuing fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1996, and ending September 30, 1997, 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
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, 1996, and
ending September 30, 1997, 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 on the 1 st day of October, 1996, and ending September 30, 1997.
Section 2: That the sum of THREE HUNDRED SIXTY -ONE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED ONE AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($361,501.00) is hereby appropriated out of the
Hotel /Motel Tax Fund for the payment of Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the City
Government.
Section 3: That the sum of TWENTY -SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY -
NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE AND NO/] 00 DOLLARS ($27,759,712.00) is
hereby appropriated out of the General Fund for the payment of Operating Expenses and Capital
Outlay of the City Government.
Section 4: That the sum of TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($2,440,917.00) is hereby appropriated
® out of the Solid Waste Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the municipally owned
Solid Waste Collection System.
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Section 5: That the sum of FOURTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY -SIX
® THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHT AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($14,436,908.00) is hereby
appropriated out of the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewage System for operating costs and 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: That the sum of ONE MILLION EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
SEVENTEEN AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($1,008,917.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Municipal
Garage Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay for Municipal Garage Service System.
Section 7: That the sum of FIVE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
FOURTEEN AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($5,450,014.00) 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 8: 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 9: 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, 1996, to be
appropriated out of the Fund Balance.
Section 10: 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 12th day of September, 1996.
ATTEST: r .
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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iG-KACIO RAMIREZ, S City Attorney
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PETE C. ALFAR , Mayor