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ORDINANCE2021-3836
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<br />AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS,
<br />FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2020, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021; FINDING THAT ALL THINGS
<br />REQUISITE AND NECESSARY HAVE BEEN DONE IN PREPARATION AND PRESENTMENT OF SAID
<br />BUDGET; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
<br />DATE HEREOF.
<br />WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of La Porte, Texas, and the Statutes of the State of Texas, require that an
<br />annual budget be prepared and presented to the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, prior to the beginning
<br />of the fiscal year of said City, and that a public hearing be held prior to the adoption of said Budget; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Budget for the fiscal year October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021, has heretofore been
<br />presented to the City Council and due deliberation had thereon, was filed in the office of the City Secretary on
<br />July 27, 2020, and a public hearing scheduled for September 28, 2020 was duly advertised and held, and said
<br />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 final
<br />adoption of the budget, the governing body of the municipality may spend municipal funds only in strict
<br />compliance with the budget, except in emergency, where in such cases the governing body of the municipality
<br />may authorize an emergency expenditure as an amendment to the original budget only in the case of grave
<br />public necessity to meet an unusual and unforeseen condition that could not have been included in the original
<br />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 a
<br />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 best
<br />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 not
<br />have been included in the original budget through the use of reasonably diligent thought and attention, the Budget
<br />must be amended and revised with respect to those appropriations set forth in Exhibit C, attached hereto by
<br />reference and made part hereof. In support thereof, the City Council finds that additional expenditures are
<br />necessary for the following purposes: 1) $120,000.00 for increased costs for the landfill disposal fees, resulting
<br />from collection of debris from the February 2021 Winter Storm and unexpected 18% increase in heavy trash.
<br />Such additional expenditures are more specifically described on Exhibit C.
<br />SECTION 2: That the Budget for the City of La Porte, Texas, now before the said City Council for consideration,
<br />a complete copy of which is on file with the City Secretary and a summary of which is attached hereto by
<br />reference as Exhibit "A", is hereby amended as reflected on the amended budget summary document, attached
<br />hereto by reference as , as the Budget for the said City of La Porte, Texas, for the period of October
<br />1, 2020, through September 30, 2021.
<br />SECTION 3. The amount stated in Exhibit C as the requested additional expenditure is hereby appropriated to
<br />and for the objects and purposes therein named and are found to be for municipal purposes.
<br />SECTION 4. The amended and revised expenditures contained in the Budget, do not exceed the resources of
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