16-T-29 - Adoption of 2016 City BudgetORDINANCE NO. 16 -T -29
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2016, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2017, 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 X1, 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 23rd day of August, 2016, and the 30th day of August, 2016; 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, 2016, and ending September 30, 2017, 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, 2016, and ending the thirtieth day of
September, 2017.
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:
2015 -2016 Budget
General Fund
$28,516,699
Special Events Fund
$
130,350
PEG Fund
$
108,600
Water & Sewer Fund
$20,574,656
EMS Fund
$
8,928,351
Drainage Fund
$
1,122,764
Hotel Tax Fund
$
260,995
Park Fund
$
185,000
Tree Mitigation
$
142,000
Capital Recovery -Water
$
156,000
Capital Recovery -Sewer
$
235,500
Tax I &S Fund
$
6,614,581
Library Fund
$
22,000
Historical Committee
$
11,750
SEDC
$
2,062,617
Total
$69,071,863
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.
Brenda Dennis, City Secretary
ATTEST: = "
Brenda Dennis, City Secretary