HomeMy WebLinkAbout033542 ORD - 12/10/2024Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 032481 to adjust and reallocate
use of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) as follows:
Citywide Waterline Replacement $30,000,000.00; Citywide Wastewater
Lift Station Upgrades $18,400,000.00; Citywide Stormwater
Improvements $10,000,000.00; North Beach Drainage Improvements
$1,254,480.00; Construction of Fire Station #3 $4,050,000.00; Police
and Fire Services $3,819,106.00; Downtown Outdoor Dining
Development $26,414.00; and administrative grant support $3,894.00;
appropriating $218,106.00 in estimated ARPA interest income; and
amending the FY 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets to account for
the necessary changes in ARPA funding and approved projects.
WHEREAS, funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in the
amount of $67,553,894.00 was previously received, accepted, and appropriated by the
City of Corpus Christi (City) pursuant to Ordinance No. 032481 on June 29, 2021, in Grant
Fund No. 1076;
WHEREAS, the City, via Ordinance No. 032481, previously allocated ARPA
funding to various projects and now desires to modify the allocations and include new
allocations in order to better align ARPA funds with the City's immediate needs; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to Ordinance No. 032481 is necessary in order to
reallocate a portion of the ARPA funding; increase and decrease, where necessary, the
allocations; transfer necessary funds; and amend the City's FY 2024-2025 (FY 2025)
Operating and Capital Budgets, as set out in this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 032481 is amended by changing Section 2 from two grant
positions to one, leaving one full-time position.
Section 2. A notation is made and recognized in the ARPA grant budget for $3,894.00
of ARPA funding which was previously appropriated in Ordinance No. 032481 (in Fiscal
Year 2020-21) but not designated for a grant -funded position.
Section 3. Ordinance No. 032481 is further amended by deleting Section 4 in its entirety
and replacing it with a new Section 4, to read as follows:
"The use of ARPA funds is approved as follows: Citywide Waterline
Replacement $30,000,000.00; Citywide Wastewater Lift Station Upgrades
$18,400,000.00; Citywide Stormwater Improvements $10,000,000.00;
North Beach Drainage Improvements $1,254,480.00; Construction of Fire
Station #3 $4,050,000.00; Police and Fire Services $3,819,106.00;
Downtown Outdoor Dining Development $26,414.00; and administrative
grant support $3,894.00."
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Section 4. In accordance with this ordinance and for clarity, the funding allocation for the
North Beach Drainage Improvements is decreased from $5,000,000.00 to $1,254,480.00
in the FY 2025 Capital Budget, and the funding allocation for the Downtown Outdoor
Dining Development is decreased from $100,000.00 to $26,414.00 in the FY2025 Capital
Budget. Furthermore, funds in the amount of $3,819,106.00 are transferred from the
General Fund to the Capital Improvement Projects Fund for these two projects; and the
FY 2025 Capital Budget is amended accordingly.
Section 5. In accordance with this ordinance and for clarity, funding of $3,819,106.00 is
transferred from Grant Fund No. 1076 to the General Fund for necessary Police and Fire
Services.
Section 6. Estimated ARPA interest income, in the amount of $218,106.00, is
appropriated in Grant Fund No. 1076; and the FY 2025 Operating Budget is amended
accordingly.
Section 7. The FY 2025 Operating Budget, adopted by Ordinance No. 033451, is
amended to recognize the reallocations and adjustments made in accordance with the
express provisions of this ordinance.
Section 8. The FY 2025 Capital Budget, adopted by Ordinance No. 033468, is amended
to recognize the reallocations and adjustments made in accordance with the express
provisions of this ordinance.
Section 9. All other content in Ordinance No. 032481 not changed by this amendment
remains in full force and effect as originally approved on June 29, 2021.
Introduced and voted on the3rd day of December , 2024.
PASSED and APPROVED on the 101-V\ day of
Paulette Guajardo
Mayor
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ATTEST:
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
, 2024.
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