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AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING FROM NO. 106 GAS FUND, PAYABLE TO N0..102
CURRENT FUND THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS: AN ADDITIONAL
AMOUNT OF $17,603.00 REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE AMOUNT ORIGINALLY APPROPRIATED OF $25,000.00 AND AN
AMOUNT OF $39,603.00 REPRESENTING THE AD VALOREM TAX LEVY
ON PROPERTY VALUATIONS OF THE GAS DEPARTMENT AT A RATE OF
$1.30 PER $100.00 OF VALUATION; AND AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
FOR FRANCHISE TAXES AMOUNTING TO ,912.00 WHICH REPRESENTS
THE DIFFERENCE BEP.VEEN *l ,350.00 ORIGINALLY APPROPRIATED
AND y$24,262.00 ESTIMATED TO BE 2% OF THE TOTAL RECEIPTS
OF THE GAS DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY 31, 1954;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, AT THE TIME THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1974 -55 WAS SUBMITTED
TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, IT WAS AGREED THAT CHARGES FOR AD VALOREM
AND FRANCHISE TAXES AGAINST THE GAS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE MADE ON THE SAME
BASIS AS SIMILAR CHARGES ARE MADE TO INDEPENDENT UTILITY COMPANIES; AND
WHEREAS, THIS POLICY IS TO BE MADE EFFECTIVE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
AS WELLAS ALL FUTURE PERIODS:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM NO. 106 GAS
GUND, PAYABLE TO NO. 102 CURRENT FUND, THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS:
(1) AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF :142603.00 REPRESENTING THE DIFFER-
ENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT ORIGINALLY APPROPRIATED OF $25,000.00
AND AN AMOUNT OF $39,603.00 REPRESENTING THE AD VALOREM TAX LEVY
ON PROPERTY VALUATIONS OF THE GAS DEPARTMENT AT A RATE OF
x$1.50 PER $100.00 OF VALUATION.
(2) AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR FRANCHISE TAXES AMOUNTING
TO :8.912.00 WHICH REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $16,350:00
ORIGINALLY APPROPRIATED AND $25,262.00 ESTIMATED TO BE 2%
OF THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF THE GAS DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR
END114G JULY 31, 1954•
SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY FOR MAKING THE ABOVE APPROPRIATION CREATES
A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND 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
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BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING
DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPEN-
SION OFSAID 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 SO ORDAINED.
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PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE j&e AY OF JULY, 1954.
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MAYOR (�
THE CITY OF COl22PU5 CHRIS I, TEXAS
ATTEE
CI - SECRETARY ,
APPRO D AS AL FORM:
CITY -ATTORNEY
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JULY 28, 1954
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. 106 GAS FUND
FUND FROM WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO BE DRAWN, AND SUCH MONEY IS NOT APPROPRIATED
FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO THE MEMBERS lF `1 -dF COUNC L
Corpus Christi,
Gentlemen-.
For the zeasans ;,et forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing ordi nanv.e, a public cfaergenc „, and Amptrative necessity exist
for the suspensid n q�f athu r�E - 'Iztex rule ;ir regaairement that, no ordinance
or resolution snta;U *,oi`;s ci wiaanlly .it the Oat,e it is introduced,
and that such ordlnp; zsr i� n:P„sflnti vnu ghall be read nt three meetings
of the City Csuncaia F, '��eerfore, iner2,v;d� rt;iaeit that you suspend said
Charter male or requirement and pass this ordinance finally an the date
it is introduced, or tit the• present meeting of the City Council,
Respectfully,
�� lT;:' ilh' COki�� CAB�TIXAS
The Charter rule was suspendLd by the following vote'.
i' C, Call awany (�)
Ellroy King
jam.es S, Naismith
W. James Brace
F. P. Peterson, Jr �
The abeve ordinance '�ws passed by the foll@wing note,
k'o Co Callaway 6i..tI L— I
rllroy King
James S. Naismith
S4, James Brace
Peterson, Jr
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