HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2019-3756 Adopting the 2020 fiscal year budget for the City of La PorteAN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
TEXAS, FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2019, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30,2020; 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, 2019, through September 30, 2020, has heretofore been
presented to the City Council and due deliberation had thereon, was filed in the office of the City Secretary on
July 23, 2019, and a public hearing scheduled for September 9, 2019, was duly advertised and held.
SECTION 1: That the Budget for the City of Lia Porte, Texas, now before the said City Council for
consideration, a complete copy of which is on file with the City Secretary and incorporated hereto by reference,
is hereby adopted as the Budget for the said City of LaPorte, Texas, for the period of October 1, 2019, through
September 30, 2020.
SECTION 2: Be it FURTHER ORDAINED, that the said City Council finds that all things requisite and
necessary to the adoption of said Budget have been performed as required by charter or statute.
SECTION 3: The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice
of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the
public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open
Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as
required by law at all times during which this Ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed,
considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written
notice and the contents and posting thereof.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this,.the 9th day of September, 2019.
Rigby,
Clark T. Askins, Assistant City Attorney