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ORDINANCE NO. 2012-1 g 5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR
2011-12 BUDGET AND ANNUAL PROGRAM OF SERVICES OF THE CITY OF DENTON
TO ALLOW FOR AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE TR.AFFIC SAFETY FUND OF FOUR
HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS ($460,884)
FROM THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($377,000) TO EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND,
EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS ($837,884) TO PROVIDE FOR
ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY RELATED TO RED LIGHT CAMERA
CONTRACT COSTS; DECLARING A MUNICIPAL PURPOSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE, AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2011-144, the City Council of Denton, Texas,
approved the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget and Annual Program for Services (the "Budget");
and
WHEREAS, the Traffic Safety Fund projections now indicate a significant increase in
revenue over the initial budget, and a related increase in expenditures to pay the camera contract
and the 50% portion to the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, it serves a municipal purpose that the Budget be amended to allow for an
adjustment of $460,884 to the Traffic Safety Fund to provide additional expenditure authority
related to increased expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this Budget Amendment also serves an important
municipal purpose already contemplated as eligible items for expenditure in the current Budget,
consistent with Section 102.010 of the Texas Local Government Code and other applicable laws;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The findings set forth in the above preamble to this ordinance are true and
correct and are hereby adopted.
SECTION 2. The Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget and Annual Program for Services is
hereby amended by the City Council to allow for an adjustment to and increase in the Traffic
Safety Fund budget of Four Hundred Sixty Thousand, Eight Hundred Eighty Four pollars
($460,884) from the original budget amount of Three Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Dollars
($337,000) to Eight Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred Eighty Four pollars
($837,884) to provide for additional expenditure authority related to increased expenditures.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be filed with the City Secretary, who is directed to
attach a copy of this ordinance to the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget and Annual Program for
Services and cause this Amendment to be published once in the Denton Record-Chronicle, and
to file a copy of this ordinance with the County Clerk of Denton County and the State
Comptroller of Public Accounts in Austin.
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SECTION 4. This ordinance was approved by at least five members of the City Council
as required by Section 8.08 of the City Charter.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in
this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or under any circumstances is held invalid
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION 6. It is ofiicially found and determined that the meeting at which this
ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law, and the public notice of the
time, place and purpose of this meeting was given as required by law.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the �/`
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPR ED AS O LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
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