1997-256A \~o~? ~ NOTE: Amended by Ordinance No 98-141
ORDINANCE NO ~
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1, 1997, AND ENDING ON SEPTEM-
BER 30, 1998, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing on the budget for the City
of Denton, Texas, for the fiscal year 1997-98 was heretofore pub-
llshed at least fifteen (15) days in advance of said public hear-
lng, and
W~EREAS, a public hearing on the said budget was duly held on
August 12, 1997, and all interested persons were 91yen an opportu-
nity to be heard for or against any item thereof, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SI_S_S_S_S_S_S_S_S~~ That the budget for the City of Denton, Texas for
the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1997, and endln9 on
September 30, 1998 prepared by the City Manager and filed with the
City Secretary, as amended by the City Council, is hereby approved
and adopted, a copy of which budget is attached hereto and
incorporated by reference herein
~ That the City Council hereby appropriates from
available resources to the following funds
General Fund $ 41,344,295
Electric Fund 81,656,584
Water Fund 15,508,194
Wastewater Fund 10,873,438
Solid Waste Fund 7,466 325
Fleet Services Fund 2,378 778
Warehouse Fund 3,550 552
Motor Pool Fund 3,866 414
Communications Fund 457 030
Recreation Fund 679466
Tourist & Convention Fund 784,607
Emily Fowler Fund 78,431
Police Confiscation Fund 56,800
General Debt Service Fund 5,224,875
Total $173,925,789
~ That the City Manager is hereby authorized to
transfer the amounts of money for employee benefit and salary
adjustments as contained in the 1997-98 budget to the various
departments
~ That the City Manager shall cause copies of the
budget to be filed with the City Secretary and County Clerk of
DentOn County
~ That this ordinance shall become effective immed-
iately upon its passage and approval
JAC~
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APP~VED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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AT THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITES, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, after the 1997-98 Ctty budget was adopted, the Denton Independent School
Dtstnct ("DISD") requested the Ctty of Denton to develop a cooperattve after school program to
meet the needs of students at Calhoun, Stnckland, and McMath Mtddle Schools, and
WHEREAS, there ts a need for after school programming for pre-teen and teen children
extstlng tn the City of Denton, as expressed by parents, to provtde these educattonal opportum-
ttes in a safe and supervised envtronment, and
WHEREAS, the Ctty of Denton, through tts Parks and Recreatton Department, has
worked eooperattvely with DISD for many years to provtde for the needs of children in Denton,
and
WHEREAS, the C~ty's Parks and RecreaUon Department and DISD are able to provide a
recreattonal edueattonal program at Calhoun, Stnckland, and McMath Mtddle Schools, whtch
includes transportation of parttctpants on field trips, and
WHEREAS, the City Manager advised the Ctty Council that such revenue and expendi-
ture was not antic~pated prior to the adopuon of the 1997-98 budget and could not have been tn-
cluded tn the original budget, and
WHEREAS, there was a movement of stxth grade students tnto the mtddle school pro-
gram begmnmg tn August, 1998, and after school programs for thts age group have been recog-
razed as a critical need on both a national and local level, and
WHEREAS, Section 8 08 of the Charter of the Ctty of Denton and Sectton 102 009 of the
Texas Local Government Code provide that a guvermng body may authorize an emergency ex-
penditure as an amendment to the original budget only tn a case of grave pubhc necessity to meet
an unusual and unforeseen condmon that could not have been mcluded tn the original budget
through the use of reasonably dthgent thought and attention, and
WHEREAS, the C~ty Council finds that the failure to expend the funds d~scussed above
will create a grave pubhc necessity and reqtures the 1997-98 budget to be amended tn the
amount of twenty-one thousand five hundred rune dollars ($21,509 00), NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
~ That the Ctty Council hereby adopts the findings listed above
~ That the 1997-98 Recreation Fund Revenue Budget of the City of Denton
is hereby amended tn 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, Stnckland, and
McMath Middle Schools to provide a recreational educational program at Calhoun, Stnckland,
and McMath Middle Schools tn cooperation with the Denton Independent School District, and
allocating such funds to the Children's Program Revenue account tn the Recreation Fund
SECTION III That the 1997-98 Recreation Fund Budget of the City of Denton is hereby
further amended by expending sums fi.om the unappropriated fund balance of the Recreation
fund to the following accounts
Amount 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
~ 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-
Chromcle
~ That flus ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED thls the /q~'~ dayof t~ ,1998
jA~-'~ ·
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PR, O~TY, CITY ATTORNF~
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