Ord 2024-3997 - Budget Amendment FY23-24

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ORDINANCE 2024-3997 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2023, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2024; FINDING THAT ALL THINGS REQUISITE AND NECESSARY HAVE BEEN DONE IN PREPARATION AND PRESENTMENT OF SAID BUDGET; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of La Porte, Texas, and the Statutes of the State of Texas, require that an annual budget be prepared and presented to the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, prior to the beginning of the fiscal year of said City, and that a public hearing be held prior to the adoption of said Budget; and WHEREAS, the Budget for the fiscal year October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, has heretofore been presented to the City Council and due deliberation had thereon, was filed in the office of the City Secretary on August 14, 2023, and a public hearing scheduled for September 25, 2023, was duly advertised and held, and said Budget was finally approved by ordinance on September 25, 2023; WHEREAS, Subsection (b) of Section 102.009 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that, after final adoption of the budget, the governing body of the municipality may spend municipal funds only in strict compliance with the budget, except in emergency, where in such cases the governing body of the municipality may authorize an emergency expenditure as an amendment to the original budget only in the case of grave public necessity to meet an unusual and unforeseen condition that could not have been included in the original budget through the use of reasonably diligent thought and attention; WHEREAS, Section 102.010 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that the governing body of a municipality may make changes to its budget for municipal purposes; WHEREAS, the adoption of this ordinance and the amendment of the Budget is necessary for and in the best interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: SECTION 1. A grave public necessity exists and to meet an unusual and unforeseen condition that could not have been included in the original budget through the use of reasonably diligent thought and attention, the Budget must be amended and revised with respect to those appropriations set forth in Exhibit C, attached hereto by reference and made part hereof In support thereof, the City Council finds that additional expenditures are necessary for the following purpose: $27,000 in the Police Department for the purchase of a MBIS Latent Expert workstation, as the current system is not compatible with Harris County and is unable to be upgraded. Such additional expenditures are more specifically described on Exhibit C.