HomeMy WebLinkAbout023914 ORD - 01/18/2000ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $120,000 FROM AT&T CABLE SERVICES, INC. FOR
FRANCHISE APPLICATION PROCESSING COST REIMBURSEMENT IN
THE NO. 1020 GENERAL FUND TO REIMBURSE SERVICES OF THE
BALLER-HERBST LAW GROUP, P.C. TO ASSIST THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI 1N THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE GRANTING AND
RENEWAL PROCESS; AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 023702,
WHICH ADOPTED THE FY99-00 BUDGET BY ADDING $120,000 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 $120,000 is appropriated from AT&T Cable Services, Inc. for franchise
application processing cost reimbursement in the No. 1020 General Fund to reimburse 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 FY99-00 budget, is amended
by increasing the No. 1020 General Fund (Legal Department) appropriation by $120,000.
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 this~o~dinance i,s passed and shall ~ake effect upon first reading as an
emergency measure this the ~y of ~ . 1999.
ATTEST: THE ~YOF CORPUS CHRISTI
Legal form approved
Samuel L. Neal, Jr., Mayor
2000; James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney
By: ja m~e · .~r'a~y Attorney
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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: l/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,
~Samuel L. N~a~, Jr., M~~
City of Corpus Christi
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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023914
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERIII~ICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7
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 comract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to
the credit of the Fund specified below, fi.om which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated
for any other purpose:
Amount Required:
Description of Contract, Agreement, Obligation, or Expenditure:
Fund fi.om which Money is to be Drawn:
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Fund No. and Name
Activity/Project No.
Activity/Project Name
Appropriation Ordinance:
OrdinancedMotion No.:
Council Meeting Dated:
Yes
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b/ No