HomeMy WebLinkAbout023828 ORD - 11/09/1999AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $55,000 FROM CLEARSOURCE, INC., FOR
FRANCHISE APPLICATION PROCESSING COST REIMBURSEMENT IN
THE NO. 1020 GENERAL FUND TO FUND ADDITIONAL SERVICES OF
THE BALLER-HERBST LAW GROUP, P.C., TO ASSIST THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI IN THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
GRANTING AND RENEWAL PROCESS; AMENDING ORDINANCE
NUMBER 023702, WHICH ADOPTED THE FY 99-00 BUDGET BY ADDING
$55,000 TO THE NO. 1020 GENERAL FUND; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That $55,000 is appropriated from ClearSource, Inc., for franchise application
processing cost reimbursement in the No. 1020 General Fund to fund additional services of the
Baller-Herbst Law Group, P.C., to assist the City of Corpus Christi in the cable television franchise
granting and renewal process.
SECTION 2. That Ordinance No. 023702, which adopted the FY 99-00 budget, is amended
by increasing the No. 1020 General Fund appropriation by $55,000.
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 t ' ordinance is passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an
emergency measure this the ay of November, 1999.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Samuel L. eal, Jr.
Mayor
APPROVED THIS THE 5 DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1999:
James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney
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us Christi, Texas
day of November, 1999
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,
Samue 11 L. N�
Mayor, The City of Corpus Ch J
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
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