HomeMy WebLinkAbout025948 ORD - 09/14/2004ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING A GRANT OF $707,709 FROM THE TEXAS STATE
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION IN THE NO. 1068 LIBRARY
GRANTS FUND TO CONTINUE OPERATION OF THE SOUTH TEXAS
LIBRARY SYSTEM LOCATED AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC
LIBRARY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That a grant of $707,709 from the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission is appropriated in the No. 1068 Libraries Grant Fund to continue operation
of the South Texas Library System located at the Corpus Christi Public Library.
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 effecf
upon first reading as an emergency measure on this the 14th day of September, 2004.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI/
~S'amuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor
APPROVED: This 14th day of September, 2004:
Assistant City Attorney
for City Attorney
091404 STLS App Ordinance doc
Corpus Christi, Texas
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[b'h- day of ~l~t.4~, 2004
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
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison ,~,
Jesse Noyola
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.
City Council Action Date: 09/14/04
Agenda Item: (Caption as it should appear on the agenda)
ITEM B. Ordinance appropriating $707,709 from the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission in the No. 1068 Library Grants Fund to continue operation of the South
Texas Library System located at the Corpus Chdsti Public Library; declaring an
emergency.
Amount required:
~707~709
Fund Name Fund No, Org. Account Project Amount
No. No. No.
Libraries Grant Fund 1068 00000 807205 707,709
Total $707,709
Director of Fir~nc. cal ~erv[ces