HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-141ORDINANCE NO #—/
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1997-98 ANNUAL RECREATION FUND BUDGET OF
THE CITY OF DENTON IN THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUN-
DRED NINE DOLLARS ($21,509 00) TO HELP ESTABLISH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PROGRAM AND EXPENDING SUCH FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING
AT THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITES, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, after the 1997-98 City budget was adopted, the Denton Independent School
District ("DISD") requested the City of Denton to develop a cooperative after school program to
meet the needs of students at Calhoun, Strickland, and McMath Middle Schools, and
WHEREAS, there is a need for after school programming for pre -teen and teen children
existing in the City of Denton, as expressed by parents, to provide these educational opportuni-
ties in a safe and supervised environment, and
WHEREAS, the City of Denton, through its Parks and Recreation Department, has
worked cooperatively with DISD for many years to provide for the needs of children in Denton,
and
WHEREAS, the City's Parks and Recreation Department and DISD are able to provide a
recreational educational program at Calhoun, Strickland, and McMath Middle Schools, which
includes transportation of participants on field trips, and
WHEREAS, the City Manager advised the City Council that such revenue and expendi-
ture was not anticipated prior to the adoption of the 1997-98 budget and could not have been in-
cluded in the original budget, and
WHEREAS, there was a movement of sixth grade students into the middle school pro-
gram beginning in August, 1998, and after school programs for this age group have been recog-
nized as a critical need on both a national and local level, and
WHEREAS, Section 8 08 of the Charter of the City of Denton and Section 102 009 of the
Texas Local Government Code provide that a governing body may authorize an emergency ex-
penditure as an amendment to the original budget only in a case of grave public necessity to meet
an unusual and unforeseen condition that could not have been included in the original budget
through the use of reasonably diligent thought and attention, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the failure to expend the funds discussed above
will create a grave public necessity and requires the 1997-98 budget to be amended in the
amount of twenty-one thousand five hundred nine dollars ($21,509 00), NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I, That the City Council hereby adopts the findings listed above
SECTION II, That the 1997-98 Recreation Fund Revenue Budget of the City of Denton
is hereby amended in the amount of twenty-one thousand five hundred nine dollars ($21,509 00)
to be collected from the monthly fees of registered participants at Calhoun, Strickland, and
McMath Middle Schools to provide a recreational educational program at Calhoun, Strickland,
and McMath Middle Schools in cooperation with the Denton Independent School District, and
allocating such funds to the Children's Program Revenue account in the Recreation Fund
SECTION III That the 1997-98 Recreation Fund Budget of the City of Denton is hereby
further amended by expending sums from the unappropriated fund balance of the Recreation
fund to the following accounts
Amot n
Account
$9,090
261-031-0062-R015-8026
695
261-031-0062-R015-8061
128
261-031-0062-R015-8064
200
261-031-0062-R015-8101
150
261-031-0062-R015-8108
2,000
261-031-0062-R015-8112
9,246
261-031-0062-R015-8502
SECTION IV, That the City Secretary is directed to attach a copy of this ordinance to
the original budget and cause this amendment to be published once in the Denton Record -
Chronicle
,SECTION V That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval %rl
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of /'C 1998
JACI LER, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROT;TY, CITY ATTORNU
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