HomeMy WebLinkAbout024365 ORD - 02/13/2001AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $20,077,845 FROM INCREASED REVENUES IN THE
COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM FUND DUE TO INCREASED COSTS OF
NATURAL GAS PURCHASES; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 024130,
WHICH ADOPTED THE FY 2000 - 2001 BUDGET, BY INCREASING BOTH
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO THE COMBINED UTILITY SYSTEM
FUND BY $20,077,845, FOR THE INCREASED COSTS OF NATURAL
GAS PURCHASES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That $20,077,845 is appropriated from increased revenues in the
Combined Utility System Fund due to increased sales of natural gas.
SECTION 2. That Ordinance No. 024130, which adopted the FY 2000 - 2001 Budget,
is amended by adding $20,077,845 to the Combined Utility System Fund, as increased
expenditures for natural gas purchases, due to the increased cost of natural gas.
SECTION 3. That Ordinance No. 024130, which adopted the FY 2000 - 2001 Budget,
is amended by adding $20,077,845 to the Combined Utility System Fund, as increased
revenues, due to the increased price of natural gas sold.
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 so that this ordinance is passed and ~k,e_s..eff_eCz
upon first reading as an emergency measure on this the _~ay of ~C.¢,E-V, OC-L~0'~
ATTEST:
Arman~o-(~hapa
City Secretary
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
APPROVED: This 9TM day of February, 2001:
James R. Bray, Jr.
City Attorney
By: Ri j~ Re~i~ing
First Assistant City Attorney
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T E MEMBERS OF 'F~E 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,
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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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 comract, 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:
Description of Contract, Agreement, Obligation, or Expenditure:
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Fund from which Money is to be Drawn:
Director- o(ff_ta~nce
Date: ~'~//~/
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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