HomeMy WebLinkAbout025545 ORD - 10/28/2003ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $500,000 FROM THE TEXAS WATER
DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN THE NO. 1052 WATER GRANTS FUND TO
DEVELOP A REGIONAL FACILITY PLAN FOR THE PLANNING AREA,
INCLUDING A LARGE-SCALE SEAWATER DESALINATION
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That $500,000 from the Texas Water Development Board is appropriated
in the No. 1052 Water Grants Fund for to develop a Regional Facility Plan for the
Planning Area, including a large-scale seawater desalination demonstration project.
SECTION 2. 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 takes effect
upo)~irs~ .r. ejad~g as an emergency measure on this the ~/,~'r~' day of
.~.,~D~Y-~,..~' ,2003.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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Samuel L. 'Neal, Jr. (~/
Mayor
APPROVED: This 6th day of October, 2003:
R. J ay/~e,~ing /
Acting City Attorney
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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,
Mayor
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
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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 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: October 28, 2003
Agenda Item: (Caption as it should appear on the agenda)
B. Ordinance appropriating $500,000 from the Texas Water Development Board
in the No. 1052 Water Grants Fund to develop a Regional Facility Plan for the
planning area, including a large-scale seawater desalination demonstration
project and declaring an emergency.
Amount Required:
$500,000
Fund Name Fund No. Org. Account Project Amount
No. No. No.
Water Grant Fund 1052 00000 800054 $500,000
Total $500,000
Certification Not Required
Director of Financial Services
Date: ,c / z ~ / c,~