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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06953 ORD - 07/10/1963IMS:JKH:7 -8 -63 a , AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FROM UNAPPROPRIATED FUNDS OUT OF FUND NO. 141 WATER M. & 0. FUND THE SUM OF $66,026.69 TO WATER SUPPLY, ACTIVITY NO. 5110, CODE 261, FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER FROM THE LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT OVER THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, FUNDS FROM WATER SUPPLIES HAVE EXCEEDED THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE DUE TO THE DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS; AND WHEREAS, PURCHASES OF WATER IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET CREATES THE NEED FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF A PORTION OF SAID EXCESS REVENUE: NMI, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM UNAPPROPRIATED FUNDS OUT OF N0. 141 WATER M. & 0. FUND THE SUM OF $66,026.69 TO WATER SUPPLY, ACTIVITY N0. 5110, CODE 261, FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER FROM THE LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT OVER THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY TO MAKE THE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND. AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE' OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ ATIHREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DE- CLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE AY OF JULY, 1963- ATTEST• MAjA CITY SECRETARY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED AS LEG A FOR HIS DAY OF ULY, 196 CITY ATTORNEY 6953 July 5, 1963 I certify to the City Council that the money required for the contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure contemplated in the above and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi to the credit of No. 141 Water M. & 0. Fund - $66,026.69 EpXd-from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. r irector of Fina CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS _4o_-AY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO- DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, OR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JAMES L. BARNARD JAMES H. YOUNG / p JACK R. BLACK MON/ JOSE R. DELEON4FOLLOWW M. P. MALDONADO W. J. ROBERTS W. H. WALLACE, JR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY TS JA MES L. BARNARD / IL JAMES H. YOUNG JACK R. BLACKMON ✓ r JOSE R. DELEON M. P. MALDONADO /f W. J. ROBERTS ✓ W. H. WALLACE$ JR.