Ordinance No. 9,626Published in Baytown Sun on
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
ORDINANCE NO. 9626 and Tuesday, October 7, 2003
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR,
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2003, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, 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 expense of conducting the affairs thereof for the
ensuing fiscal year, beginning October 1, 2003, and ending September 30, 2004, 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, 2003, and
ending September 30, 2004, 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, 2003, and ending September 30, 2004; provided,
however, that the amount appropriated for a 2.5% salary adjustment for firefighters covered by
collective bargaining is expressly contingent upon the Baytown Professional Firefighters
Association, Local 1173 approving a written collective bargaining agreement therefor with terms
and conditions as are approved by the City Council.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby adopts a tiered payment
plan for retiree health premiums for all employees retiring after January 1, 2004, as follows:
Service with the City of Baytown Premium paid by Retiree
Less than 15 years .................. ............................... Retiree pays 100% of Total Premium
At least 15 years but less than 20 years ................. Retiree pays 75% of Total Premium
At least 20 years but less than 25 years ................. Retiree pays 50% of Total Premium
25 or more years ..................... ............................... Retiree pays same premium as active employee
SAll ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this section are hereby repealed;
provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other
respects this section shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing retiree health
benefits.
Section 3: That the sum of FORTY -THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-
NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY -FIVE AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($43,549,585.00)
is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund for the payment of Operating Expenses and Capital
Outlay of the City Government; provided, however, that the amount appropriated for a 2.5% salary
adjustment for firefighters covered by collective bargaining is expressly contingent upon the
Baytown Professional Firefighters Association, Local 1173 approving a written collective
bargaining agreement therefor with terms and conditions as are approved by the City Council,
Section 4: That the sum of EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED TWENTY -EIGHT AND N01100 DOLLARS ($8,503,928.00) 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.
Section 5: That the sum of EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND NINETY -SIX
AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($813,096.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund for
the payment of Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the City Government.
Section 6: That the sum of NINETEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY -FOUR
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY -THREE AND N01100 DOLLARS ($19,794,463.00) 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 7: That the sum of TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY -NINE
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($2,959,966.00) is hereby
appropriated out of the Sanitation Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the
municipally owned Solid Waste Collection System.
Section 8: That the sum of TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND AND NO 1100
DOLLARS ($240,000.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Storm Water Utility Fund for the
payment of Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the City Government.
Section 9: That the sum of ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY -EIGHT
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY -NINE AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($1,448,339.00) is
hereby appropriated out of the Central Services Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay
for Municipal Garage Equipment Services and Central Warehouse Activities.
Section 10: 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.
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Section 11: 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, 2003, to be
appropriated out of the Fund Balance.
Section 12: 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 25`h day of September, 2003.
ATTEST:
GAY NC SM?TH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SOJ City Attorney
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PETE C. ALFARO, bffayor