16-R-71 - Budget transfer between departments within the General fund for 2015-16RESOLUTION NO. 16 -R -71
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING A BUDGET TRANSFER BETWEEN
DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR OTHER
MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 15 -T -30, the City of Schertz (the "City") adopted the
budget for the City for the fiscal year 2015 -2016 (the "Budget , which provides funding for the
City's operations throughout the 2015 -2016 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City Charter Chapter 7.07 (d) states "Upon written request
by the City Manager, the City Council may transfer part or all of any unencumbered appropriated
balance among programs... from departments, offices or agencies "; and
WHEREAS, the City needs to transfer budgeted amounts to balance departmental
budgets; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommends that the City Council authorize the budget transfer to
balance the departmental budgets; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has determined that it is in the best interests of
the City to make the transfer, as more fully set forth in this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
Section 1. The City shall transfer $40,000 from Finance and $30,700 from General
Services personnel budgets to the Police personnel budget. The City shall also transfer $22,500
from General Services non personnel budget to Building Maintenance and $22,500 from
Engineering non personnel budget to NonDepartmental.
Section 2. 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 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any
provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions
of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application of
such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this
Resolution 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 Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage,
and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, the 27th day of September, 2016.
CITY OF..SCZ. TEXAS
Carpenter, Mayor
ATTEST
Brenda Dennis, City Secretary
(CITY SEAL)
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