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Special Council Meeting September 19, 2016 Page 2 A.W. Clem expressed appreciation about including $8,000 in the budget for the Northeast Trail, to which Mayor Hashmi said had not been approved yet. Pat Cochran spoke in support of the budget amendment for the Northeast Trail. With no one else speaking, Mayor Hashmi closed the public hearing. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2016 -025: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO TRANSFER UNENCUMBERED FUNDS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO OVER - EXPEND THEIR ORIGINAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Finance Director Gene Anderson explained this item was the annual year end housekeeping ordinance that increases certain departmental budgets to cover anticipated expenditures. He said the increases were offset by decreasing other departmental budgets which have an appropriation surplus and by drawing down the General Fund Reserve as directed by the City Council. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Clifford and seconded by Council Member Trenado. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 4. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2016 -026: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2016, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS; APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City Manager John Godwin said City Council was provided a copy of the budget several months ago, they had discussed it, amendments were made and required hearings were conducted. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Lancaster and seconded by Council Member Clifford. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 5. Discuss and ratify the property tax increase reflected in the budget as required by Local Government Code Section 102.007(c). Mr. Godwin addressed items 5 and 6 because he said basically they were the same thing but required two separate votes which were required by State Law. Mr. Godwin said even though they were not raising taxes and the tax rate would remain at .50195, there would be an