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ORDINANCE NO. 2012-184
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 HEALTH INSURANCE FUND OF ONE
MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
ONE DOLLARS ($1,428,251) FROM THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AMOUNT OF EIGHTEEN
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY
TWO DOLLARS ($18,524,862) TO NINETEEN MILLION, NINE HLJNDRED FIFTY THREE
THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS ($19,953,113) TO PROVIDE FOR
ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY RELATED TO HEALTH CARE CLAIMS
AND FEES; 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 Health Insurance Fund will not be sufficient to cover the anticipated
expenses that have been incurred due to increased fees associated with the City's self-insured
plan and the volume of health claims filed; and
WHEREAS, it serves a municipal purpose that the Budget be amended to allow for an
adjustment of $1,428,251 to the Health Insurance Fund to provide for additional expenditure
authority related to health care claims and fees; 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 Health
Insurance Fund budget of One Million, Four Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand, Two Hundred
Fifty One Dollaxs ($1,428,251) from the original budget amount of Eighteen Million, Five
Hundred Twenty Four Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty Two Dollars ($18,524,862) to Nineteen
Million, Nine Hundred Fifty Three Thousand, One Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($19,953,113) to
provide for additional expenditure authority related to health care claims and fees.
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 sha11 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 officially 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.
PAS SED AND APPROVED this the �/ st day of Qa��/�e � , 2012.
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:
APPR ED AS O LEGAL FORM:
ANITA BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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