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ORDINANCE 2021-3836
<br />AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
<br />TEXAS, FORTHE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2020, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021; FINDING THAT
<br />ALL THINGS REQUISITE AND NECESSARY HAVE BEEN DONE IN PREPARATION AND
<br />PRESENTMENT OF SAID BUDGET; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW;
<br />AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
<br />WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of La Porte, Texas, and the Statutes of the State of Texas, require
<br />that an annual budget be prepared and presented to the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, prior
<br />to the beginning of the fiscal year of said City, and that a public hearing be held prior to the adoption of
<br />said Budget; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Budget for the fiscal year October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021, has heretofore
<br />been presented to the City Council and due deliberation had thereon, was filed in the office of the City
<br />Secretary on July 27, 2020, and a public hearing scheduled for September 28, 2020 was duly advertised
<br />and held, and said Budget was finally approved by ordinance on September 28, 2020;
<br />WHEREAS, Subsection (b) of Section 102.009 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that, after
<br />final adoption of the budget, the governing body of the municipality may spend municipal funds only in
<br />strict compliance with the budget, except in emergency, where in such cases the governing body of the
<br />municipality may authorize an emergency expenditure as an amendment to the original budget only in
<br />the case of grave public necessity to meet an unusual and unforeseen condition that could not have been
<br />included in the original budget through the use of reasonably diligent thought and attention;
<br />WHEREAS, Section 102.010 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that the governing body of
<br />a municipality may make changes to its budget for municipal purposes;
<br />WHEREAS, the adoption of this ordinance and the amendment of the Budget is necessary for and in the
<br />best interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City;
<br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
<br />SECTION 1. A grave public necessity exists and to meet an unusual and unforeseen condition that could
<br />not have been included in the original budget through the use of reasonably diligent thought and attention,
<br />the Budget must be amended and revised with respect to those appropriations set forth in Exhibit C,
<br />attached hereto by reference and made part hereof. In support thereof, the City Council finds that
<br />additional expenditures are necessary for the following purposes: 1) $120,000.00 for increased costs for
<br />the landfill disposal fees, resulting from collection of debris from the February 2021 Winter Storm and
<br />unexpected 18% increase in heavy trash. Such additional expenditures are more specifically described
<br />on Exhibit C.
<br />SECTION 2: That the Budget for the City of La Porte, Texas, now before the said City Council for
<br />consideration, a complete copy of which is on file with the City Secretary and a summary of which is
<br />attached hereto by reference as Exhibit "A", is hereby amended as reflected on the amended budget
<br />summary document, attached hereto by reference as Exhibit "B", as the Budget for the said City of La
<br />Porte, Texas, for the period of October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021.
<br />SECTION 3. The amount stated in Exhibit C as the requested additional expenditure is hereby
<br />appropriated to and for the objects and purposes therein named and are found to be for municipal
<br />purposes.
<br />SECTION 4. The amended and revised expenditures contained in the Budget, do not exceed the
<br />resources of each fund, as so amended and revised.
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