'draft' resolution establishing fiscal year, procedures for budget, appointing general manager

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b. Publication of time, date and Place of public hearing. The Board shall publish notice of the time, date and place of the public hearing on the proposed budget in a newspaper with general circulation in the District not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing. c. Public hearing held before the Board. At the public hearing conducted by the Board, all residents of the District are entitled to be present and participate in the hearing. d. Adoption of budget by the Board. After the public hearing on the proposed budget, the Board shall adopt a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The Board may make any changes in the proposed budget that in its judgment the interests of the taxpayers demand. Should the Board take no final action on or prior to the 60th day before the date a fiscal year begins, the budget as originally proposed by the General Manager for the upcoming fiscal year shall be deemed to have been finally adopted by the Board. e. Submission of budget to the City Council of the City of La Porte. Within 10 days after the budget is adopted or deemed adopted by the Board, the Board shall submit the budget to the City Council of the City of La Porte (the "City Council "). f. Amendment of the budget. The District's budget may be amended after the beginning of the fiscal year on approval of the City Council. Section 4. Ron Bottoms is appointed as General Manager of the La Porte Fire Control, Prevention and Emergency Medical Services District. Section 5. The Board officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the Board was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City of La Porte for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this resolution and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The Board further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. Section 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the Board of Directors of the La Porte Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District. 2