HomeMy WebLinkAbout024098 ORD - 07/18/2000AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $135,047 FROM THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES
FOUNDATION IN THE NO. 3210 LIBRARY CIP FUND TO EXPAND
PUBLIC ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET AT THE
CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PROVIDE A REGIONAL
TRAINING LAB FOR THE GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY;
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 023703, WHICH APPROVED THE FY 99-00
CAPITAL BUDGET, TO ADD $135,047 TO THE LIBRARY PROGRAM;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI:
SECTION 1. That $91,790 is appropriated from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in
the No. 3210 Library CIP Fund to expand public access to computers and the Internet at the Corpus
Christi public libraries.
SECTION 2. That $43,257 is appropriated from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in
the No. 3210 Library CIP Fund to provide a regional training lab for the Greenwood branch library.
SECTION 3. That Ordinance No. 023703, which approved the FY 99-00 Capital Budget,
is mended to add $135,047 to the Library Program.
SECTION 4. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy
attached, the City Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate
action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs and (2) suspends the
Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings
ATTEST:
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Arm~cretary
LEGAL FORM APPROVED ,% I ?_
,2000; JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY
BY: a~AguJ~ilar ~ity A
Lis , ttorney
024098
Corpus Christi, Texas
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,
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
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
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 contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to
the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated
for any other purpose:
Amount Required: $ ~ 3,S', Oq-//02
iD)~r.~Fin~af~;4//t~C~/
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Fund No. and Name
Activity/Project No.
Activity/Project Name
Appropriation Ordinance:
Ordinance/Motion No.:
Council Meeting Dated:
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