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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03519 ORD - 07/29/1953.'-w AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING AUGUST 1, 1953, AND ENDING JULY 31, 1954; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ON THE 29TH DAY OF JULY, 1953, AND PRIOR TO THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IN AUGUST, 1953, THE CITY COUNCIL, DID, BY ORDINANCE, ACCEPT, APPROVE AND ADOPT THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING AUGUST 1, 1953 AND ENDING JULY 31, 1954; AND WHEREAS, UPON ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 27, ARTICLE V, OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST, AT ONCE, BY ORDINANCE APPROPRIATE SUCH SUMS- OF MONEY FOR EACH DEPARTMENT AS PROVIDED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR FROM AUGUST 1, 1953 TO JULY 31, 1954: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT ON THIS THE 29TH DAY OF JULY, 1953, AND SUBSEQUENT TO AND FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE ACCEPTING, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING AUGUST 1, 1953 AND- ENDING JULY 31, 1954, CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY BE, AND THEY ARE HEREBY APPROPRIAT- ED TO COVER THE SUMS AS PROVIDED FOR EACH OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF SAID CITY, AS SAID SUMS DO APPEAR IN THE SAID BUDGET ALREADY APPROVED BY ORDINANCE BY THE SAID CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND SAID BUDGET BEING OF RECORD IN THE ARCHIVES OF SAID CITY. SECTION 2. THAT THE FACT THAT THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE MUST BE PASSED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED AND MUST BE PUBLISHED ONCE BEFORE BECOM- ING EFFECTIVE, CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY RE- QUIRING 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 RESO- LUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUS- PENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE 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 PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE 29TH DAY OF JULY, 1953• ATTEST: CITY SECRETAIR Y APPROVED AS T© LEGAL FORM: n /� CITY A7TOWEY MAYOR ' THE ITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS -2- CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 1953 y4" p TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLEMEN: FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING 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 FINACLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR CITY OF PUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: A. A. LICNTENSTEIN ELLROY KING P. C. CALLAWAY JAMES A. NAISMITH W. JAMES BRACE THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWW A. A. LICHTENSTEIN ���ING.VOTE: ELLROY KING - I P. C: CALLAWAY / JAMES A. NA15MI -TH i/ G 0- l W. JAMES BRACE