20-T-31 Adopting budget for FY 2020-21 beginning October 1, 2020 and ending September 30 2021ORDINANCE NO. 20 -T -31
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2020, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2021, 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 25th day of August 2020, and the 1 st day of September 2020; and
WHEREAS, after a fall 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, 2020, and ending September 30, 2021, 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 2020, and ending the thirtieth day of September 2021.
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:
2020 -2021 Budget
General Fund
$37,474,811
Tax I &S Fund
7,094,861
Water & Sewer Fund
24,738,545
Capital Recovery - Water
206,000
Capital Recovery - Sewer
208,000
Drainage Fund
1,445,564
EMS Fund
9,732,293
SEDC
8,144,799
Special Events Fund
32,100
PEG Fund
185,500
Hotel Occupancy Fund
253,930
Park Fund
125,000
Tree Mitigation
70,000
Library Fund
21,200
Historical Committee
11,750
Total:
$89,744,353
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 1st DAY OF SEPTEMBER
2020.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING THIS 8th DAY OF
SEPTEMBER 2020. A&9
Gu e Tez, Mayor
ATTEST:.
,1 1
Brend4enm--is, it Secretary