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<br /> October 1, 2001
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<br />Honorable Mayor and
<br />Members of City Council
<br />City of La Porte, Texas
<br />Dear Mayor and Members of City Council:
<br />City of La Porte
<br />Established 1892
<br />In accordance with the City's Charter provisions, it is my pleasure to present the City of La Porte's Fiscal Year 2001-02
<br />Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program. This document, as delineated on the pages that follow, was
<br />formally adopted by Council at its regulazly scheduled meeting of September 10, 2001. The budget is the document the
<br />City uses in its mission to provide services and to improve the quality of life of its citizens. At that time, Council
<br />authorized appropriations for the City's various activities in the following amounts:
<br />General Fund
<br />Utility Fund
<br />Enterprise Funds
<br />Internal Service Funds
<br />Capital Improvement Funds
<br />Debt Service Funds
<br />Hotel/Motel Fund
<br />Economic Development
<br />La Porte Development Corporation
<br />Tax Increment Reinvestment
<br />FY 2000-01
<br />ADOPTED BUDGET
<br />FY 2001-02
<br />ADOPTED BUDGET
<br />23,665,599
<br />6,733,139
<br />2,494,177
<br />3,830,127
<br />3,050,700
<br />3,868,034
<br />131,500
<br />100,000
<br />316,550
<br />5,000
<br />24,031,470
<br />6,053,250
<br />3,037,416
<br />3,487,497
<br />4,745,838
<br />4,115,777
<br />220,400
<br />650,000
<br />327,050
<br />46,668,698
<br />44,194,826
<br />Total Authorized Appropriations
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<br />The figures outlined above represent a $2,473,872 or 5.301% decrease when compared to last year's budget. The
<br />majority of this decrease is in the Capital Improvement Funds, which decreased $1,695,138 or 35.72%. We are
<br />especially pleased that there are no tax rate increases, and there is an additional 4% decrease in water and sewer rates.
<br />Embodied in this document are key principles, which are important to the City's long-standing commitment to having a
<br />sound budgetary and financial program. The priorities of La Porte's city government are many. This year's budget is
<br />built azound the following themes: (1) efficient delivery of public service, (2) protecting taxpayer investments,
<br />(3) providing for a safer community, (4) maintaining an infrastructure that supports the future, and (5) keeping salaries
<br />competitive with our neighboring communities. It continues to provide a high level of service to the entire LaPorte
<br />community, and at the same time, is designed to keep ad valorem taxes at the same rate as in prior years.
<br />604 W. Fairmont Pkwy. • La Porte, Texas 77571 (281) 471-5020
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