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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL PAYMENT TO THE COMMON FUND
ESTABLISHED BY PARTICIPATING CITIES IN THE CENTRAL POWER
AND LIGHT COMPANY RATE ANALYSIS FOR CONSULTANT AND LEGAL
COUNSEL FEES ON A $.10 PER CAPITA BASIS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$20,452.50 AS THE CITY'S PRO RATA SHARE ACCORDING TO THE
POPULATION BASED ON THE 1970 FEDERAL CENSUS; APPROPRIATING
AND REAPPROPRIATING OUT OF THE NO. 102 GENERAL FUND RESERVE,
ACTIVITY 4299, CODE 490, $20,452.50 FOR TRANSFER TO THE
NO. 102 GENERAL FUND, ACTIVITY 4281, CODE 301; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 13394, passed and approved by the City
Council on September 15, 1976, the City Council authorized the City of
Corpus Christi to join other cities in the Central Power and Light system
in the cooperative effort to determine a fair and reasonable rate for said
utility and authorized the expenditure of funds, based on the contribution
of 10 cents per inhabitant of the City according to the 1970 Federal Census:
as`the City's pro rata share; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that additional sums, as the
City's pro rata share, are now needed to continue the aforesaid cooperative
effort:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That authorization is hereby given to make an additional
payment to the common fund established by participating cities in the Central
Power and Light Company rate analysis for consultant and legal counsel fees
on a 10 cents per capita basis in the amount of $20,452.50 as the City's
pro rata share, according to the population based on the 1970 Federal
Census.
SECTION 2. That there is hereby appropriated and reappropriated
out of the No. 102 General Fund Reserve, Activity 4299, Code 490, the sum
of $20,452.50 for transfer to the No. 102 General Fund, Activity 4281,
Code 301, for the aforesaid payment.
SECTION 3. The urgent necessity for the City of Corpus Christi to
continue participating in the rate analysis and to contribute its pro rata
share for consultant and legal counsel fees 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 but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three
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several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared such
emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of the Charter
rule and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the- -2
day of February, 1977.
ATTEST:
ecret rye MAYOR
APPROVED: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ERAS
_DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1977:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By /aj
Assistant Attorney
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV Section 21)
February 1, 1977
I certify to the City Council that $ po�459.50 , the amount required
for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the
above and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi
to the credit of:
Fund No. and Name 10 - General Faad
Activity
No. 4299 - Reserve Appropriation - General
Purpose
Name To pay City's share of legal and consultant's fees
to Common Fond established by participating Cities
In the CML Rate Analysis
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for
any other purpose.
* City's pro rata share based on a
$.10 per capita rate of 1970 Federal
Census population figures for the City
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
9-AA—DAY OF , � 9-L7
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AMD IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION 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,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THI3 ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE Cl OF CORPUS CHRISTI, S
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LUBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
Bon GULLET
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LUBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLET .A-
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE