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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 13583'rr ,.» s _ +.. ,r ~ Ordinance No. 35 d AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $467,950 00 FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S PARKING METERS, PROVIDING FpR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE 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 estimated receipts and appropriations the General Fund in the amount of $467,950.00 from available funds for the purpose of funding unprovements to the City's parking meters. 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 m no way impair the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which Bard 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 amendurg the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropnations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed.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 m full force and effect and after the date of its passage, and rt is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY Assistant City Attorney 9 /~~~~ Date ~,.. _ l- ~~ - ~9 Adopted Effective City of wort Worth, Texas ~1-~Aya~ And ~~unc~( L,c~mrr~un;cc,t~an DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 9/1/98 C-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 goads and services City of Fort Worth, Texas M'Ayar And Caunc~l CommunicAtian 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 MG j Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: (to) GGO1 472059 0204001 $467,950 APPROVED Mike Groomer 6140 GGO 1 522030 0204001 $390,950 , ~~ ~~~~~~ Originating Department Head: GGO1 523300 0204001 $ 7,000 ~~ " GGO1 539120 0204001 $ 60,000 SEP ~~ GGO1 541320 0204001 $ 10,000 Hugo Malanga 7801 (from) ~ PE59 538070 0208500 $467,950 ~ ~~r4r""~ Additional Information Contact: Gitp~ ~crelazY °I the f F°rc `i(orth,'Cexae Citq o Hugo Malanga 7801 r~~da~te~ Qrdirtart~ ~o~ ~~~ ~dc~Q~~ ~i~~t~~l ~.~ ! 5-