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ORDINANCE NO. .2006 - / t/ /
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR
2005-2006 BUDGET AND ANNUAL PROGRAM OF SERVICES OF THE CITY OF
DENTON FOR THE FLEET SERVICES FUND TO ALLOW FOR AN ADJUSTMENT OF
SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($675,000) TO PROVIDE FOR
THE PURCHASE OF FUEL AND IT'S ASSOCIATED COSTS; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2005-247, the City Council of the City of
Denton, Texas approved the Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Budget and Annual Program for Services
(the "Budget"); and
WHEREAS, due to the unstable fuel market, the Fleet Services Fund operating budget
for Fiscal Year 2005-2006 needs to be amended; and
WHEREAS, fuel cost has increased by $.53 per gallon over the past six months and a
$.35 per gallon increase in April 2006 alone; and
WHEREAS, revenues from user departments as well as the Denton County Transit
Authority will offset the increased costs to the Fleet Services Fund; and
WHEREAS, the 2005-2006 operating budget for fuel is $1,389,000 and increasing this
by $675,000 will provide an amended budget amount of$2,064,000; and
WHEREAS, the Budget did not provide for the expenditure of $675,000 to cover the
increased cost of fuel because it was unforeseeable; and
WHEREAS, it is an emergency and a matter of grave public necessity that the Budget be
amended to allow for an adjustment of$675,000 for the increased cost of fuel; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that this budget amendment also serves an important
municipal purpose already contemplated as an eligible item for expenditure in the current
Budget, consistent with 9 102.010 of the Texas Local Government Code; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. The findings set forth in the above preamble to this ordinance are true and
correct, and are hereby adopted.
SECTION 2. The Budget is hereby amended by the City Council for the General Fund to
allow for an adjustment of Six Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($675,000) to provide
for the expenditure of funds to cover the increased cost of fuel.
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SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be filed with the City Secretary, who is directed to
attach a copy of this Ordinance to the Budget and cause this Amendment to be published once in
the Denton Record-Chronicle.
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. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the / & t!J day of
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EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
EDWIN M. SNYDE CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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