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City of La Porte
<br />Established 1892
<br />September 30, 2009
<br />Honorable Mayor and
<br />Members of City Council
<br />City of La Porte, Texas
<br />Dear Mayor and Members of City Council:
<br />In accordance with the City's Charter provisions, it is my pleasure to present the City of La Porte's Fiscal Year
<br />2009-10 Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program. This document, as delineated on the pages that
<br />follow, was formally adopted by Council at a special called meeting on September 21, 2009. The budget is the
<br />document the City uses in its mission to provide services and to improve the quality of life of its citizens. At that
<br />time, Council authorized appropriations for the City's various activities in the following amounts:
<br />FY 2008-09 FY 2009-10
<br /> ADOPTED BUDGET ADOPTED BUDGET
<br />General Fund $ 36,382,175$ 32,894,465
<br />Utility Fund 8,689,8547,740,176
<br />Enterprise Funds 2,571,2872,360,806
<br />Internal Service Funds 8,471,5247,651,680
<br />Capital Improvement Funds 17,416,63915,724,381
<br />Debt Service Funds 4,559,6875,143,525
<br />Grant Fund 1,923,5282,160,353
<br />Street Maintenance Sales Tax Fund 700,000700,000
<br />Community Investment Fund 386,575344,700
<br />Hotel/Motel Fund 463,749977,522
<br />La Porte Development Corporation 4,339,6851,910,464
<br />Tax Increment Reinvestment 1,435,775 1,413,966
<br />Total Authorized Operations $ 87,340,478$ 79,022,038
<br />The figures outlined above represent an $8,318,440 or 9.5% decrease when compared to last year's budget. This
<br />budget is built around discussions that took place during the City Council’s spring budget retreat, with a
<br />continued emphasis on capital program development. The majority of the decrease in this fiscal year 2009-10
<br />budget is attributed to a decrease in interfund transfers for capital improvements. Some of the more significant
<br />projects included in FY2010 are trail improvements, drainage improvements, street improvements, utility
<br />improvements, E-government project, convention center and the Mainstreet revitalization program. The General
<br />Fund, Utility Fund and La Porte Development Corporation (1/2 cent Sales Tax) have all decreased mainly due to
<br />decreased transfers to fund the capital programs. Also included in this budget are vehicle/equipment replacements
<br />of $0.8 million. Health care is projected to increase by 9%; however, we were able to utilize excess reserves to
<br />offset these increases for FY2010 without increasing the employee’s contributions. Continued grant pursuits are
<br />also projected to increase the budget by $236,825.
<br />We are especially pleased that there are no property tax rate increases included in the upcoming budget. This
<br />budget does include the issuance of new debt to be used for drainage improvements and a community/convention
<br />604 W. Fairmont Pkwy. ¤ La Porte, Texas 77571 ¤ (281) 471-50
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