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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1461 - ORD Amening ORD 1448 Approved Budget 1993 ORDINANCE NUMBER 1461 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1448 WHICH APPROVED THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1993, AND ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 16, 1992; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, as provided in the City Charter, the City Council is authorized to transfer moneys within budgeted funds and the City Council is also authorized to make emergency appropriations to meet pressing needs for public expenditures in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare; and WHEREAS, The City Council desires to amend the current year's budget in to effect such transfers and to reflect such emergency appropriations; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that all of such changes in the budget are made for municipal purposes, as allowed by state law; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS: Section 1. That the budget of the City of West University Place for the 12-month period beginning January 1, 1993, and ending December 31, 1993 as heretofore adopted be, and it is hereby, amended for additional expenditures from the General Fund as shown by the following schedule: Additional Expenditures - General Fund Solid Waste Fire General Services $ 32,000.00 (12,000.00) (20,000.00) Original Total General Fund Expenditures Amended Total General Fund Expenditures $ 6,270,760.00 6,270,760.00 Original Total Budget Expenditures Amended Total Budget Expenditures 15,764,168.00 15,764,168.00 Section 2. The City Council approves, adopts and ratifies the findings set out in the preamble hereof and directs that the City Secretary file a copy of this ordinance with the County Clerk, in the same manner as original budgets are required to be filed. Section 3. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this ordinance and the application of such word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to any other persons or circumstance shall not be affected hereby. Section 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 5. The City Council officially finds, determines and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of each meeting at which this ordinance was discussed, considered or acted upon was given in the manner required by the Open Meetings Law, TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 6252-17, as amended, and that each such meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during such discussion, consideration and action. The City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices and the contents and posting thereof. Section 6. The public importance of this measure and the requirements of the law create an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that this ordinance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and a state of emergency is hereby declared, and this Ordinance is accordingly passed as an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force immediately from and after its passage and signature. PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST AND FINAL READING this ~~t day of t.?~~f~ ,1993. / Voting Aye: Voting Nay: Absent: Signed: /