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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 8283 ~, ., ,, ~. a :n ORDINANCE NO ~~ AN ORDINANCE INCREASING BY $257 000 THE ESTIMATED REVENUES ACCRUING TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1980-1981 AND APPROPRIATING FROM THE ESTIMATED INCREASED REVENUES OF THE GEiVERAL FUND THE SUM OF $215 000 TO THE PUBLIC EVENTS DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT NO O1-25-10-00 AND THE SUM OF $42 000 TO THE TRANSPORTATION DE- PARTMENT ACCOUNT NO O1-40-60-00 TO PROVIDE FUND- ,, ING FOR ANTICIPATED DEFICITS INCURRED BY THESE DEPARTMENTS DURING THE 1980-1981 FISCAL YEAR PRO- VIDITQG FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES ITQ CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TEXAS SECTION 1 That the estimated revenues accruing to the General Fund of The City of Fort Worth for the Fiscal Year 1980-1981 are hereby increased by $257 000 and that in addition to providing the City Manager with such other revenue as may be secured from various sources included in Ordinance No 8157 and in the Budget of the City Manager there shall also be appropriated from the estimated increased revenues of the General Fund the sum of $215 000 to the Public Events Department Account No 01-25-10-00 and the sum of $42 000 to the Transportation Account No O1-40-60-00 for the purpose of providing funding for anticipated deficits incurred by these departments during the 1980-1981 Fiscal Year SECTION 2 Should any portion section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid inoperative or void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction such decision opinion or judgment shall in no. way impair the remaining portions sections or parts of sections of this ordinance which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect SECTION 3 That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No 8157 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ,,~, ~ ~.. Z. ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropriations in which instances said conflicting provisions are hereby expressly repealed SECTION 4 That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and it is so ordained APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ~%~~?.~ City Attorney ADOPTED ii~~~/t-. ~. J %~ EFFECTIVE -2- b t~0/N,a~vrE ~~ 41ERCHERT ~ ./ Vll'VW (LJ/ ® l/ ~L.W~1W~ ~®lV1V~~~~ ~®~~ IVW~~~IJ~I.WIV (V®~ W,A^L~K,ER~~vnRY ssyy f~a JONES r~ RR F. DATE REFERENCE NUMBER SUBJECT Req'!~est fors Supplemental ~,ppro- PAGE A ;NESS pn'iations for Public Events & A 81. ~~ G-885 Trans ortation De artments iof~_ y,o pro~;ide ~_mproved controls against budgeted expenditures the Public Events and Transportation Departments request supplemental appropriations Both depart manta ~~se an ti~~nique accounting procedure which involves recapturing expenditures agairLst their budget The Public. ETaents Department charges prc~motors for rental of Will Rogers Memoriam. Canter The department charges actual cots; but not associated or hidden costs The amount charged is limited due to competition with similar fa~.cilit~es Rec.ei~'ables from rental of the facility have not bairn determined accurately s~.nce there has not been a receivables procedure established for Public Events Receivables have been treated as reductions in expenditures rather ths.n revenue for the department ~Tt'~°~"grocedure leads to hidden costs and lack of ccni:rol over o~,;ntstanding receivables fox the department The Transporta~~ion Department charges persons respoinsible for damages to traffic confircal eq~:~ipmer!~ The various sources of revenue have not been identified and the total costs of operating the department are not discernible The propa~sed policy ~.s to charge the budget for---the total cost Receipts for reimbursement of prior. expenditures will be recorded as revenue instead of a reduction ~_n expenditures To prevent major budget overruns a supplemental approp~°iation is requested The aim of this pol~_cy is to eliminate hidden costs and determine the total costs of operating the Will Rogers Memorial Center and the Transportation Department This proposal will comply with recommendations by outside auditors Recommendation Tt is recommended that the City CoLancil adopt the attached Ordinance appropria- ~i.~g $215 000 tca the Publiad Events Department and $42 000 to the Transportation Depa~~tme~~t Funding is availab:Le from estimated increased General Fund revenues gEnerated by this pol.ic~° change REAM plgaPP~ov ~® BY n nl A tac.hment c1~Y COUNCIL f~~~ t~ ~~~ Ci, eczeCat , C of Fort ~Yth, Texel~ SUBMITTED FOR THE s ~' CITY MANAGER'S t7FFICE BY: DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING ( ~ DEPARTMENT HEAD: ~Q~~~~TH,fk~®(~ES~CRI;BE~~~ ~^~{~ ~ ~ ~ jy ` Da~i id ~o YvOr . r y i~„~ CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Q ~ CONTACT Cha~JLeS Bm,swell Ext~ 8500 ~ ~C,J DATE