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AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $467,950 00 TO THE MUNICIPAL PARKING FUND
AND DECREASING THE UNRESERVED, UNDESIGNATED, MUNICIPAL PARKING FUND
BALANCE BY THE SAME AMOUNT AND TRANSFER OF SAID FUNDS TO THE GENERAL
FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
CITY'S PARKING METERS, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS
ORDINANCE CUMULATNE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1
That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for the Fiscal Year 1997-98 and in the
Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased appropriation in the Municipal Parking Fund in the amount of
$467,950 00; thereby decreasing the unreserved, undesignated Fund Balance by the same amount and transfer of said
funds to the General Fund for the purpose of providing funding for improvements to the City's parking meters.
SECTION 2.
That 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. 13111 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending
the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in .direct conflict with such other
ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations
are hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
Assist/ant ~YfQy Attorney
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
M'Ayor and Council CammunicAt~an
DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE
9!1/98 G~12317 20METERS 1 of 2
SUBJECT APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR FUTURE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S PARKING METERS
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council
Adopt the attached supplemental appropriation ordinance increasing Municipal Parking Fund
appropriations by $467,950 00 and decreasing the unreserved, undesignated Municipal Parking
Fund balance by the same amount; and
2 Approve a transfer of $467,950 00 from the Municipal Parking Facilities Fund to the General Fund,
and
3 Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations by
$467,950 00 in the General Fund
DISCUSSION
A recent internal audit of the City's parking meter operations identified many concerns regarding
security, lack of adequate information tracking, and the poor condition of the City's coin counting
equipment.
In order to address these concerns, staff proposes to purchase electronic meters with closed cup
collection systems (which allows the revenue to be collected without the coins being exposed to the
collector or the public) The electronic meters (with related software) will provide individual audits of
each meter, tracking of revenue loss due to meters being bagged, out-for-construction or out-of-order,
and a repair history of each meter In addition, the electronic meter system will provide customers with
the option of purchasing a debit key (or similar instrument) to use in lieu of coins.
Staff recommends the City's 2,000 meters be converted to electronic meters and all meter housings be
repainted (to make them more attractive and to ensure uniformity) The cost of the meters, related
equipment, and painting of the housings is approximately $457,950 00
Staff also proposes to purchase new coin counting equipment. The current unit is obsolete,
replacement parts can no longer be found, and there is no backup The estimated cost is $10,000 00
Approval of the above recommendations will transfer the necessary funds from the Municipal Parking
Facilities Fund to the General Fund to provide available funds to facilitate initiation of purchasing
procedures, All future purchases will conform to standard purchasing procedures including, if required,
City Council approval of specific goods and services
City of Fort Worth, Texas
M,'Ayar and L'auncil ~'ommun~cAt~an
DATE
9/1/98 REFERENCE NUMBER
G-12317 LOG NAME
20METERS PAGE
2 of 2
SUBJECT APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AND TRANSFER
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S PARKING METERS OF FUNDS FOR FUTURE
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Finance Director certifies that upon adoption of the attached appropriation ordinances and
approval of the above recommendations, funds will be available in the current operating, as
appropriated, of the General Fund and Municipal Parking Fund Upon completion of this
recommendation, the unreserved, undesignated fund balance of the Municipal Parking Fund will be
$1,273,526 18
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
Office by: (to)
GGO1 472059 0204001 $467,950 AppRpV~D
Mike Groomer 6140 GGO1 522030 0204001 $390,950 TY COUNCIL
Originating Department Head: GG01 523300 0204001 $ 7,000 CI
GGO1 539120 0204001 $ 60,000
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GGO1 541320 0204001 $ 10,000
Hugo Malanga 7801 (from) / I
PE59 538070 0208500 $467,950 (/~j.,`"^,",~ `~"Q"'i1
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