HomeMy WebLinkAbout029113 ORD - 07/12/2011ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $761,604 IN THE NO. 1061 POLICE GRANTS FUND
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEMA FOR
FUNDING ELIGIBLE UNDER THE 2011 PORT SECURITY GRANT
PROGRAM (PSGP) TO PURCHASE LAW ENFORCEMENT
EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That $761,604 is appropriated in the No. 1061 Police Grants Fund from
the Department of Homeland Security FEMA for funding eligible under the 2011 Port
Security Grant Program (PSGP) to purchase law enforcement equipment for the
police department.
SECTION 2. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council Members, the
City Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate
action for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs; and, (2) suspends
that Charter rule which requires an ordinance to be considered and voted upon at two
regular meetings, so that this ordinance is passed and takes effect as an emergency
measure upon its first reading, this the /a day of July 2011.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa, City cretary
Approved as to form: June 29, 2011
T. Trisha Dang
Assistant City Attorney
For City Attorney
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Mayor Pro Tem
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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,
Yw,
Larry Eiizondo, Sr.
Mayor Pro Tem
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Joe Adame
Chris N. Adler
Larry R. Elizondo, Sr.
Kevin Kieschnick
Priscilla Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
David Loeb
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029113
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
1, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly
authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers
that the money required for the current fiscal year's portion of 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. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: 07/12/2011
Agenda Item:
B. Ordinance appropriating $761,604 in the No. 1061 Police Grants fund from the Department of
Homeland Security FEMA for funding eligible under the 2011 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP)
grant to purchase law enforcement equipment for the Police Department, and declaring an
emergency.
Amount Required: $761,604.00
Fund Name
Fund No.
Org. No.
Account
No.
Project
No.
Amount
Police Grants
1061
822912
$761,604.00
Total
$761,604.00
❑ Certification Not Required
Interim Director of Financial Services
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