19-T-23 Adopting the FY 2019-20 BudgetORDINANCE NO. 19 -T -23
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2019, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2020, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF THE
BUDGET; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Schertz is a home rule city acting under its charter adopted by the
electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the
Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Schertz submitted a budget proposal to the City
Council prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, and in said budget proposal set forth the
estimated revenues and expenditures and made the detailed classification as required by the
City Charter of the City of Schertz, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that all provisions pertaining to the adoption of a budget
contained in the City Charter have been in all things complied with; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas on
the 27th day of August 2019, and the 3rd day of September 2019; and
WHEREAS, after a full and final consideration, the City Council is of the opinion that the
budget should be approved and adopted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
The budget of the expenditures of the City of Schertz for the ensuing fiscal year beginning
October 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2020, be, and the same is, in all things, adopted
and approved as the said City of Schertz budget for the Fiscal Year beginning the first day of
October 2019, and ending the thirtieth day of September 2020.
SECTION 2.
The sums below are hereby appropriated from the respective funds for the payment of
expenditures on behalf of the City government as established in the approved budget
document:
2019 -2020 Budget
General Fund
$39,225,602
Tax I &S Fund
7,027,003
Water & Sewer Fund
27,901,353
Capital Recovery - Water
256,000
Capital Recovery - Sewer
260,500
Drainage Fund
1,265,709
EMS Fund
9,598,811
SEDC
7,952,931
Special Events Fund
24,510
PEG Fund
118,000
Hotel Occupancy Fund
505,894
Park Fund
177,000
Tree Mitigation
75,000
Library Fund
21,200
Historical Committee
11,750
Total:
$94,421,263
SECTION 3.
A true and correct copy of this ordinance along with the approved budget attached hereto,
and any amendments thereto, shall be filed with the City Secretary. In addition, the City
Manager is hereby directed to file or cause to be filed a true and correct copy of this
ordinance along with the approved budget attached hereto, and any amendments thereto, in
the office of the County Clerk of Guadalupe, Comal, and Bexar Counties, Texas, as required
by law
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Schertz, Texas (2006), as amended, except where the provisions of
this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in
which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 5.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such 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 unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph, or section.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall be in full fdree and effect from and after its final passage, and it is so
ordained. f
PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING THIS 3rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER
2019.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND READIN S 10th DAY OF
SEPTEMBER 2019.
Carpenter, Mayor
ATTEST:
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(ienda Dennis, City `ecretary