Ordinance No. 10,701ORDINANCE NO. 10,701
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,
2007, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,2008, 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, 2007, and ending September 30, 2008, 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, 2007, and ending September 30,
2008. 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, 2007, and ending
September 30, 2008.
Section 2: That the sum of FIFTY-FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND
SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($54,586,672.00) 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 EIGHT MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED
SIXTY-TWO AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($8,400,462.00) is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund Debt
Service for the purpose of paying the accruing interest and redeeming the Serial Bonds as they mature on the
General Fund Debt Service Bonds.
Section 4: That the sum of ONE MILLION FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
TWENTY-NINE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($ 1,051,729.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund
for the payment of Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the City Government.
Section 5: That the sum of TWENTY-NINE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($29,354,711.00) 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 FOUR MILLION SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
THIRTY-NINE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($4,068,839.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Sanitation Fund for the
Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the municipally owned Solid Waste Collection System.
Section 7: That the sum of SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND THIRTY-EIGHT AND
NO/100 DOLLARS ($624,038.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Storm Water Utility Fund for payment of
Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay of the City Government.
Section 8: That the sum of ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO AND NO/100 DOLLARS (51,825,232.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Garage
Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay for Municipal Garage Services System and Activities.
Section 9: That the sum of TWO HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
SEVENTY-NINE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($249,679.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Warehouse Operations
Fund for the Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay for 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.
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 30,2007, 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 Cijy Council of the City of Baytown
this tV t3*'3ayo£September, 2007. /{
STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
LORR+€O6Dftr, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., CityNAttorney
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