HomeMy WebLinkAbout022907 ORD - 04/22/1997AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $4,996,807 FROM INCREASED REVENUES IN THE
COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM FUND DUE TO INCREASED COSTS OF
NATURAL GAS PURCHASES; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 022643,
WHICH ADOPTED THE FY 96-97 BUDGET, BY INCREASING BOTH
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO THE COMBINED UTILITY
SYSTEM FUND BY $4,996,807, FOR THE INCREASED COSTS OF
NATURAL GAS PURCHASES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That $4,996,807 is appropriated from increased revenues in the Combined
Utility Sytem Fund due to increased costs of natural gas purchases.
SECTION 2. That Ordinance No. 022643, which adopted the FY 96-97 Budget, is amended
by adding $4,996,807 to the Combined Utility System Fund, both as increased revenues and as
increased expenditures, due to the increased cost of natural gas purchases.
SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy
attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary for the
efficient and effective administration of City affairs, such finding of an emergency is made and
declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at
two regular meetings so that j htis ordinance is pfIssed and shall take effect upon first reading as an
emergency measure this the h/l day of Cr(fit i , 1997.
ATTEST:
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
The City of Corpus Christi
, 1997, James R. Bray, Jr. City Attorney
By: C.-4WUv� t;
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Alison Galla ay, Assistant City4torney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists
requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two
regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
'MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Loyd Neal
Jaime Capelo
Melody Cooper
Alex L. Garcia, Jr.
Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Edward A. Martin
Dr. David A. McNichols
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Finance of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized
representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officer that the money
required for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to
the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated
for any other purpose:
Amount Required:
$ 4,9(.ec
Description of Contract, Agreement, Obligation, or Expenditure:
inc i-eaaerl rind- (,f nnturoI Sas
Fund from which Money is to ben Drawn:
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