HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-2346 - Ordinance - 09/10/1998ORDINANCE NO. 2346
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE 1998-99 FISCAL YEAR
AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AS THEREIN PROVIDED.
WHEREAS, a proposed budget for the fiscal year October 1, 1998 to September 30,
1999, was prepared and preseated to the City Council and a public hearing held thereon
as proscribed by law and the Charter of The City of College Station, Texas, notice of said
hearing having first been duly given;
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and amended the proposed budget and
changes as approved by the City Council have been identified and their effect included in
the budget;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS:
PART 1: That the aforesaid proposed budget as amended by the City Council of the
City of College, which is made a part hereof to the same extent as if set forth at length
herein, is hereby adopted, and a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City
Secretary in College Station, Texas; and
PART 2: That authorization is hereby granted for the expenditure of the same under
the respective items contained in said budget with the approved fiscal procedures of the
City.
PART 3: That the City Manager and his authorized and designated employees, at
his discretion, be, and are hereby, authorized to sign or release easements, permits,
licenses, and change orders; to sign documents authorizing the payment of funds, and to
expend public funds for expenditures that are exempt from the Purchasing and
Contracting Authority of Municipalities, Chapter 252 of the Texas Local Government
Code unless otherwise authorized by the City Council; to settle paving assessment, weed
moving, demolition, and other disputes based on legal questions of whether the
assessments are enforceable or other extenuating circumstances. The intent of this
section is to provide the ability to conduct daily affairs of the City which involves
numerous decisions of a routine nature.
PART 4: That the City Council hereby approves grants and contracts that are set
out by this budget and authorizes the City Manager and his authorized and designated
employees, at his discretion, to sign said federal, state, and other such grant and contract
documents on behalf of the City. The funds for said contracts, agreements, and
purchases are hereby approved and appropriated. The intent of this section is to approve
and simplify the grant process and approve expenditures that are exempt from the
Purchasing and Contracting Authority of Municipalities, Chapter 252 of the Local
Government Code.
ORDINANCE NUMBER: 2346
PART 5: That the City Manager and his authorized and designated employees, at
his discretion, be, and are hereby, authorized to provide for transfers of any unexpended
or unencumbered appropriation balance within each of the various departments in the
General Fund and within any other fund of the City in accordance with Section 60.4 of
the Charter of the City of College Station and to authorize transfers of Contingent
Appropriations within a fund up to an amount equal to expenditures that are exempt from
the Purchasing and Contracting Authority of Municipalities, Chapter,252 of the Texas
Local Government Code unless otherwise authorized by the City Council. The intent of
this section is to provide the ability to conduct daily affairs of the City which involves
numerous decisions of a routine nature.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 10thDAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1998.
APPROVED:
Lynn ~cllhaney, Mayor /
ATTEST:
Connie Hooks, City Secretary