11-T-25 Adopting Budget FY 2011-12ORDINANCE NO. 11-T-25
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2011, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, 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 16th day of August, 2011 and on the 23rd day of August, 2011; 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, 2011 and ending September 30, 2012, as modified by the City Council, 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, 2011, and ending the thirtieth day of
September, 2012.
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:
2011-2012 Budget
General Fund $20,813,527
Special Events Fund $ 108,750
Water & Sewer Fund $14,931,543
EMS Fund $ 5,713,596
Drainage Fund $ 701,725
Hotel Tax Fund $ 411,386
Park Fund $ 264,000
Recycling Fund $ 0
Capital Recovery Fund $13,662,643
TAX I&S $ 4,276,667
Parks & Recreation Foundation $ 178,350
Historical Committee $ 6,150
SEDC $ 2.376,694
Total $63,445,031
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 force and effect from and after its final passage, and it is so
ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING THIS 23rd D Y OF AUGUST 2011.
Hal Ba dwin, Mayor
ATTEST:
Brenda Dennis, City Secretary
PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING THIS 30th
ATTEST:
da Dennis, City Secretary r
Mayor