2020-010 - Increasing the Budget in the amount of $510,000

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ORDINANCE NO. 2020-010 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE FY 2019-2020 BUDGET BY INCREASING THE BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $510,000; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO THE GENERAL EXPENSES BUDGET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the State of Texas, Lamar County, Texas, and the City of Paris have declared disaster declarations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, due to said pandemic and its rapid onset, resources for testing and other aspects of the disaster have been in short supply, and testing for COVID-19 has been largely unavailable to the public; and WHEREAS, testing for COVID-19 is essential for the care and treatment of those infected with the disease and is vital to detect those who are infected with the novel coronavirus designated as SARS-CoV2 but are asymptomatic in order to quarantine those persons to slow the spread of the virus to uninfected members of the public; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds it to be in the best interest in the public health and welfare and safety of the residents of the city to make testing available to its residents and has organized a testing program; and WHEREAS, the expenses relating to this program are anticipated to be in the approximate amount of $510,000.00; and WHEREAS, the expenses associated with said testing program were impossible to anticipate when City Council adopted the General Expenses budget for the 2019-2020, and no provision therefore was made in said 2019-2020 budget; and WHEREAS, City Council finds that the following amendment to General Fund budget are appropriate: GENERAL FUND 1. General Expenses $510,000.00 TOTAL and $510,000.00; WHEREAS, the General Fund Reserve has sufficient funds to cover the requested expenditure to institute a COVID-19, coronavirus testing program: