ORDINANCE NO. 06-350
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF BUNKER HILL VILLAGE, TEXAS, GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2007; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY FOR SUCH YEAR AS REFLECTED IN SAID BUDGET; ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURE FOR INTRA-BUDGET TRANSFERS; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
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WHEREAS, within the time and in the manner required by law, the Mayor presented to the City Council a proposed general budget of expenditures of the City of Bunker Hill Village for the calendar year 2007, the same being the fiscal year of the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a motion of the City Council and after notice required by law, a public hearing on such general budget was held in the regular meeting place of the City Council at the City Hall of the City of Bunker Hill Village, 11977 Memorial Drive, on the 17th day of October, 2006, at which hearing all citizens and taxpayers of the City had the right to be present and to be heard and those who requested to be heard were heard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the proposed general budget and has made such changes therein as in its judgment were warranted by law and were in the best interest of the citizens and taxpayers of the City; and
WHEREAS, a copy of such general budget has been filed with the City Secretary and the City Council now desires to approve and adopt the same; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUNKER HILL VILLAGE, TEXAS:
Section 1. The facts and recitations set forth in the preamble of this Ordinance are hereby found to be true and correct.
Section 2. The City Council hereby approves and adopts the general budget described in the preamble of this Ordinance, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes and a copy of which is on file with the City Secretary. The City Secretary is hereby directed to place on said budget an endorsement, which shall be signed by the City Secretary, which shall read as follows:
“The Original General Budget of the City of Bunker Hill Village, Texas, for the Year 2007.”
Such budget, as thus endorsed, shall be kept on file in the office of the City Secretary as a public record.
Section 3. In support of said budget and by virtue of the adoption thereof, including any and all changes adopted thereto, the several amounts specified for the various purposes named in said budget are hereby appropriated to and for such purposes.
Section 4. The City Council takes cognizance of the fact that in order to facilitate operations of the City and its various departments and activities and to make adjustments occasioned by events transpiring during the year, some transfer may be necessary to and from some accounts contained within the budget as originally adopted. Accordingly, should the Mayor, from time to time, determine that transfers are necessary from unexpended funds in one or more budget accounts to another budget account, and the same may be accomplished without creating a deficit in the requirements of any City Department or activity, he shall recommend such transfers to the City Council. Upon approval thereof by the City Council, an amendment sheet reflecting such transfer or transfers shall be attached to the budget as specifically adopted, whereupon the City Council shall treat such funds as if they had been thus budgeted in the first instance.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of October, 2006.
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William H. Marshall
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Yolanda C. Benitez
City Secretary