HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 842-98 09-22-1998 • ORDINANCE NO. 8'42-98
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS ORDINANCE NO.
822-97 AND THE FISCAL YEAR 1997-98 BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, ADOPTED THEREBY; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, adopted
Ordinance No. 822-97 on September 9, 1997, approving and adopting a
municipal budget for the City of Richland Hills, Texas, for fiscal year 1997-98;
and
WHEREAS, changed conditions and circumstances, which could not have
been foreseen through the use of reasonably diligent thought and attention,
have necessitated a certain amendment to Ordinance No. 822-97 and the
budget adopted thereby; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing on the following amendment to the fiscal
year 1997-98 budget contemplated hereby has been held as required by law.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
That Section II of said Ordinance No. 822-97 be amended to increase the
general fund appropriation from $3,437,911 to $3,752,325 with such increase
allocated and appropriated as follows:
$5,937, such sum the surplus from the 1996 Personal Property Finance
Contractual Obligations issue, for transfer to the 1996 Contractual Obligations
Interest and Sinking Fund as required by said issuance ordinance for repayment
of debt;
$13,407, such sum the surplus from the closed 1993 Personal Property
Finance Contractual Obligations Interest and Sinking Fund, for transfer to the
General Fund;
$9,573, such sum the surplus from the closed 1993 Personal Property
Finance Contractual Obligations Acquisitions Fund, for transfer to the General
Fund; and
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$285,497, such sum the surplus from the 1998 General Obligations
• issue, for transfer to the 1998 General Obligations Interest and Sinking Fund as
required by said issuance ordinance for repayment of debt.
11.
That Section III of said Ordinance No. 822-97 be amended to increase the
enterprise fund appropriation from $2,266,650 to $5,867,845 with such increase
allocated and appropriated as follows:
$5,893, such sum the surplus from the closed 1993 Utility System
Improvement Fund, for transfer to the Enterprise Fund;
$3,419, such sum the surplus from the closed Enterprise Capital Projects
Fund, for transfer to the Enterprise Fund;
$806, such sum the surplus from the closed Calloway Branch
Improvement Fund, for transfer to the Enterprise Fund; and
$3,591,077, such sum the surplus from the 1998 Certificates of Obligation
issue, for transfer to the 1998 Certificate of Obligations Interest and Sinking
• Fund as required by said issuance ordinance for repayment of debt.
III.
That Section VII of Ordinance 822-97 be amended appropriating $24,499
out of the 1994 Personal Property Finance Contractual Obligations Interest and
Sinking Fund for the payment of general long-term debt principal and interest.
IV.
That Section X of Ordinance 822-97 be amended appropriating $328,805
out of the 1998 Certificates of Obligation issue for wastewater system
improvements.
V.
That Section XVII of Ordinance 822-97 be amended appropriating
$245,107 from the Equipment Replacement Fund, $197,321 from the General
Fund and $47,786 from the Enterprise Fund, for the purchase of capital assets.
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That Section XV of Ordinance 822-97 be amended appropriating $16,002
out of the 1996 Contractual Obligations Acquisition Fund for the purchase of
capital assets.
VII.
Ordinance 822-97 be amended to add a new section XVII-1, appropriating
$102,715 from the 1998 General Obligations Fund for the construction of an
animal shelter.
VIII.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the
City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of
• this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or
section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would
have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this
ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section.
IX.
Saving Clause. That Ordinance No. 822-97 of the City of Richland Hifls,
Texas, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this
ordinance.
X.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter
and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular
meeting of the Richland Hills City Council on the22ndday of September, 1998, by
a vote of 4 ayes, n nays, and o abstentions.
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C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
r~illis, City Secretary
ROVED AST RM:
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am s A. Cribbs, City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 842-98