15-T-09 - Budget adjustment Thoroughfare PlanORDINANCE NO. 15 -T -09
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR
THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND ROADWAY IMPACT FEE STUDY
IN THE AMOUNT OF $130,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 14 -T -42, the City of Schertz (the "City") adopted the
budget for the City for the fiscal year 2014 -2015 (the "Budget , which provides funding for the
City's operations throughout the 2014 -2015 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City needs to increase the funding for the Thoroughfare Plan and
Roadway Impact Fee Study amount by $130,000.00 in order to make up the difference between
the original budgeted amount of $80,000 and the actual cost negotiated with the professional
firm selected for the project; and
WHEREAS, the City will fund the Roadway Impact Fee Study as a loan from the Capital
Recovery Water Fund instead of the Water & Sewer Fund in the amount of $116,000 to be paid
back with a portion of the collected roadway impact fees; and
WHERAS, the City will increase the General Fund Budget by $110,392 necessary to
fund the remainder of the study and will recognize $34,392 in additional property tax collections
and will recognize $76,000 in interfiand transfers to cover the increase; and
WHEARA, the City shall remove the interfund charge of $40,000 from the Water &
Sewer Fund originally budgeted for the study that will now be covered by the Capital Recovery
Water fund; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends that the City Council of the City adjust the Budget
and approve the increase for FY 2014 -2015; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has determined that it is in the best interest of
the City to adjust the Budget and increase the funding amount for FY 2014 -2015;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
Section 1. The City shall adjust the Budget and increase the General Fund budgeted
amount for FY 2014 -2015 by $110,392, reduce the Water & Sewer Fund budgeted amount
by$40,000, and increase the Capital Recovery Water budgeted amount by $116,000.
Section 2. The City shall approve a total budget for the Thoroughfare Plan and Roadway
Impact Fee Study of $210,000 which will be set aside in the Capital Projects Fund.
Section 3. The table below shows the corrected total for the FY 2014 -15 Budget:
2014 -2015 Budget
General Fund
$25,496,480
Water & Sewer
$17,768,563
Capital Recovery
$652,109
Section 4. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and
such recitals are hereby made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes and are adopted as a part
of the judgment and findings of the Council.
Section 5. All ordinances and codes, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or
inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict, and the provisions of this Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters
resolved herein.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 7. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application of
such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
Section 8. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this
Ordinance is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Ordinance, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Government Code.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall be effective upon the date of final adoption hereof and
any publication required by law.
PASSED ON FIRST READING, the 10th day of March, 2015
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED ON SECOND READING, the 24th day of
March, 2015.
ATTEST:
CITY OF SC TEXAS
Mi ael Carpenter, Mayor
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Brehda. Dennis, City Secretary
(CITY SEAL)
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