HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 284 ORDINANCE N0.�?��
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS , GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1977-1978 ; MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR AS REFLECTED
IN SAID BUDGET; AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING
CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
WHEREAS , on the lst day of August , 1977 , the City Manager
presented to the City Council a proposed General Budget of
expenditures of the City of Friendswood for the fiscal year
1977-1978 ; and
WHEREAS , pursuant to the resolution of the City Council and
after notices required by law, a public hearing on such General
Budget was held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall on the
29th day of August , 1977 , at which hearings all citizens and tax
payers of the City had the right to be present and to be heard
and those who requested to be heard were heard; and
WHEREAS , the City Council has considered the proposed General
Budget and has made such changes therein as in the City Council' s
judgment were warranted by law and were in the best interest of
the citizens and tax payers of the City; and
WHEREAS , a copy of such Budget has been filed with the City
Secretary and the City Council desires to adopt the same ; now
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS :
Section l. The facts and recitations set forth in the preamble
of this ordinance are hereby found to be true and correct.
Section 2 . In accordance with the provisions of Article
689a-15 , V. T. C. S. , the City Council hereby approves and adopts
the Budget. The City Secretary is hereby directed to place on
said Budget and to sign an endorsement reading as follows : "The
original General Budget of the City of Friendswood, Texas , for
the fiscal year 1977-1978 , " and to keep such Budget on file in
her office as a public record.
Section 3 . In support of said Budget and by virtue of the
adoption thereof, there are hereby appropriated out of available
cash funds and out of general and special revenues of the City
which will be received in the treasury during the fiscal year
1977-1978 the amounts set forth in said approved Budget for the
various purposes stated therein, not including, however, those
budgeted amounts which are to be received by way of transfer ,
grants from other agencies , or amounts which may be appropriated
from bond funds . The total amount now thus appropriated and the
funds from which the same is derived are as follows :
FUNDS
Unrestricted cash and general revenues ,
including current taxes , delinquent
taxes , and miscellaneous revenue $1 ,924 ,844
Available cash and receipts and
revenues of the utility system 429 ,046
TOTAL $2 , 353 , 890
Section 4. Under the provisions of Section 8 . 03(E) of the
Home Rule Charter of the City of Friendswood, the Budget of the
City may be adopted by ordinance on one reading ; therefore , this
ordinance shall be finally passed on the date of its introduction ,
this 12th day of September, 1977 , and shall take effect immediately
upon its passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 12th day of September, 1977 .
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Mayor R ph L. Lowe
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM.
City Attorney