HomeMy WebLinkAbout025265 ORD - 04/15/2003ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $7,911,792 FROM INCREASED REVENUES
IN THE GAS FUND NO. 4130 DUE TO INCREASED COST OF
NATURAL GAS PURCHASES; AMENDING THE FY 2002-2003
BUDGET ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 024130 BY
INCREASING BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TO THE
GAS FUND NO. 4130 BY $7,911,792 FOR THE INCREASED
COST 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 $7,911,792 is appropriated from increased revenues in the
Gas Fund No. 4130 due to increased cost of natural gas purchases.
SECTION 2. That FY 2002-2003 Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 024130 is
amended by increasing both revenues and expenditures to the Gas Fund No.
4130 by $7,911,792.
SECTION 3. 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 take,.s effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the
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ATTEST: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Armando Chapa,
City Secretary
Mayor
APPROVED: April 10, 2003
Lisa Aguilar (.,,)
Assistant City Attorney
For City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
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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,
amue . e~l, Jr.,~l'a~;or
City of Corpus Christi
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
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.
City Council Action Date: 4-15-03
Agenda item:
Appropriating $7,911,792 from increased revenues in the Gas Fund #4130 due to increase cost of
Natural Gas Pumhases; amending Ordinance No. 024130, which adopted the FY 02-03 Budget
providing $14,372,347, by increasing both revenues and expenditures to the Gas Fund #4130 by
$7,911,792, for the increased costs of Natural Gas Purchases; and declaring an emergency.
Amount Required: $ 7,9117792
Fund Name Fund No. Org. Account Project Amount
No. No. No.
Natural Gas Purchases 4130 34100 520200 7,911,792
Total 7,911,792
Certification Not Required
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