1994-249E:\WPDOCS\0RD\UNITED.REC
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1994-95 ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF
DENTON BY ACCEPTING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
EIGHTY DOLLARS ($10,280) FROM UNITED WAY OF DENTON AND EXPENDING
SUCH FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR LOW-INCOME AND NON-
ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE OWSLEY NEIGHBORHOOD;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION HEREOF; AND PROVIDINGAN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the United Way of Denton has received funding from
Community Development Block Grants to provide scholarships for
recreation programming to low-income and non-English speaking
children residing in the Owsley neighborhood of Denton who do not
have access to parks and recreation facilities; and
WHEREAS, the United Way has been unable to locate a social
services organization in Denton to provide recreational program-
ming; and
WHEREAS, the City's Parks and Recreation Department is agree-
able to providing a recreational program at the Denia Recreation
Center which includes transportation of the selected children to
gymnastics and Ju Jit-su classes; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager having advised the City Council that
such revenue and expenditure was not anticipated prior to the
adoption of the 1994-95 Budget and could not have been included in
the original budget; and
WHEREAS, Sec. 8.08 of the Charter of the City of Denton and
§102.009 of the Texas Local Government Code provide a governing
body may authorize an emergency expenditure 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 1994-95 budget be amended to allow the acceptance of
funds from the United Way in the amount of Ten Thousand Two Hundred
Eighty Dollars ($10,280) and the expenditure of such funds by the
Parks and Recreation Department; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HEREBY ORDAINS:
~ECTION I. That the City Council hereby adopts the findings
listed above.
SECTION II. That the 1994-95 Budget of the City of Denton,
Texas' is hereby amended by accepting revenue in the amount of Ten
Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars ($10,280) from the United Way
of Denton to provide scholarships for recreational programming for
low-income and non-English speaking children residing in the Owsley
neighborhood and allocating such funds to the unappropriated fund
balance of the Recreation Fund.
SECTION III. That the 1994-95 Budget of the City of Denton,
Texas is hereby further amended by expending sums from the
unappropriated fund balance of the Recreation Fund to the following
accounts:
Amount Account
$6,365 261-031-0062-R005-8026
$ 487 261-031-0062-R005-8061
$ 76 261-031-0062-R005-8064
$2,852 261-031-0062-R005-8112
$ 500 261-031-0062-R005-8502
~ECTION 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 immed-
iately upon its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the~'~day of ~, 199
BOB C~STBEB~RRY,~OR~
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
MICHAEL A. BUCEK, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY
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