ORDINANCE N0. ~007-029
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />TEXAS, ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL PERIOD
<br />BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2007, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2008, AS
<br />AMENDED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
<br />PARIS; APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF; MAKING
<br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
<br />REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
<br />CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Paris has submitted to the City Council
<br />a proposed budget of the revenues of the City and the expenses of conducting the affairs
<br />thereof and providing a complete financial plan for the ensuing fiscal period, beginning
<br />October 1, 2007, and ending September 30, 2008, and which said proposed budget has
<br />been compiled from detailed information obtained from the several departments, divisions,
<br />and offices of the City; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council has received the City Manager's proposed budget, a
<br />copy of which proposed budget and all supporting schedules has been on file with the City
<br />Clerk of the City of Paris, since August 16, 2007; and,
<br />WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on the budget before the City Council (on
<br />September 5, 2007) to allow proponents and opponents of the Budget an opportunity to be
<br />heard as required by Article V, Section 50, of the Charter of the City of Paris, Texas, and
<br />by Section 102.006(a) of the Local Government Code of the~State of Texas, and the City
<br />Council is of the opinion that said proposed budget, as amended, should be approved and
<br />adopted;
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />PARIS, TEXAS:
<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in
<br />all things approved.
<br />Section 2. That the proposed budget of the revenues of the City of Paris and the
<br />expenses of conducting the affairs thereof, providing a complete financial plan for the
<br />ensuing fiscal period beginning October 1, 2007, and ending September 30, 2008, as
<br />submitted to the City Council by the City Manager and as amended by the City Council, be,
<br />and the same is in all things, approved, adopted, and incorporated herein by reference for
<br />all purposes, as the budget of all of the current expenses as well as the fixed charges
<br />against the City for the fiscal period beginning October 1, 2007, and ending September 30,
<br />2008.
<br />Section 3. That the sum of $20,523,176.00 is hereby appropriated out of the
<br />General Fund for the payment of operating expenses and capital outlay of the City
<br />Government as follows:
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