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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 12848Ordinance No -/ax~~ AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ITEMIZED ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSE OF CONDUCTING EACH DEPARTMENT, DIVISION AND OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1995 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996, AND APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE VARIOUS FUND AND PURPOSES OF SUCH INCREASED ESTIMATE; PROVIDING FOR 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 1995-96 and the budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased appropriations as follows I GENERAL FUND 1 Mayor and Council $ 20,421 2 Development 201,680 3 Human Relations Commission 2,251 4 Internal Audit 6,916 5 City Secretary 15,348 6 Legal 21,293 7 Fiscal Services 158,723 8 Human Resources 104,866 9 Planning 5,177 10 Public Events 230,266 11 Police 2,553,970 12 Municipal Court 140,520 13 Parks and Community Services 6,761 14 Zoo 419,200 15 Transportation & Public Works 1,790,046 16 Transfers Out 1,288,562 $6,965,000 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 judgement 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 12629 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in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed f~ :I SECTION 4 This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained APPROVED TO FORM AND LEGALITY Assi t nt City At r ey Da e a-~-~~ Adopted ~- ~ g~ Effective City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 02/04/97 G-11751 13AOFY 1 of 4 SUBJECT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE 1996 YEAR END BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDATION. It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached supplemental appropriations ordinance increasing appropriations by 56,965,000 in the General Fund departments which are over budget and decreasing the unreserved, undesignated General Fund fund balance by the same amount DISCUSSION. The City's annual General Fund operating budget is formally enacted into law by City Council action adopting an appropriations ordinance which establishes spending limits for each department's Aiperation The purpose of this M&C is to provide the Council with the final balanced budget, per the audit, for the year ending September 30, 1996 This process begins with the recording of all expenditures from October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996, plus all expenditures found posted to the current year that should be posted as a prior year expenditure As a result of the external auditors review, additional expenditure entries are either posted or reclassed resulting in changes to departments' final total expenditures All departments' final expenditures are then compared against the budgeted amounts approved from the original or supplemental appropriation during the year which results in today's action The amounts over budget must be appropriated by action of the City Council in accordance with the City Charter (Section 5, Expenditure Only Pursuant to Appropriations) This action represents the final step before the audit can be completed and the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report be published Additional Department Appropriations Mayor and Council 20,421 Development 201,680 Human Relations Commission 2,251 Internal Audit 6,916 City Secretary 15,348 Legal 21,293 Fiscal Services 158,723 Human Resources 104,866 Planning 5,177 Public Events 230,266 Printed on RecyGed Paper City of Fort Wordy Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE LOG NAME PAGE 02/04/97 G-11751 13AOFY 2 of 4 SUBJECT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE 1996 YEAR END BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS Police 2,553,970 Municipal Court 140,520 Parks and Community Services 6,761 Zoo 419, 200 Transportation and Public Works 1,790,046 Transfers Out 1,288,562 Total 56,965,000 A brief explanation of the activity which caused these departments to exceed their budgets follows ' 1) Mayor and Council (520,421) -purchase of office equipment, travel expenses, and outside printing costs 2) Development (5201,680) -additional positions added, due to increased development activity in the City and the associated cost 3) Human Relations Commission (52,251) -bilingual pay and employee leave sell-back 4) Internal Audit (56,916) -travel/workshops and office supplies 5) City Secretary (515,348) -additional advertising and an unbudgeted transfer payment 6) Legal (521,293) - retainment of outside council representation 7) Fiscal Services (5158,723) - auctioneering contract services 8) Human Resources (5104,866) -additional advertisement in minority newspapers, extra help and computer purchases 9) Planning (55,177) -extra help for comprehensive plan 10) Public Events (5230,266) -overages due to increased activity, and the associated costs, such as overtime, repair and maintenance and other utilities 11) Police (52,553,970) -vehicle maintenance, overtime and other salary based benefits 12 1 Municipal Court (5140,520) -overage due to postage, consultant and other professional fees, machinery and equipment repairs, and minor equipment Printed on RecyGed Paper City of Fort i~orth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 02/04/97 G-11751 13AOFY 3 of 4 SUBJECT ~ APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE 1996 YEAR END BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS 13) Parks and Community Services (56,761) -office supply purchases 14) Zoo (5419,200) -extra help (The City will be reimbursed ) 15) Transportation/Public Works (51,790,046) - special projects and make ready cost associated with the City Hall Annex 16) Transfers Out (51,288,562) -additional Transfer to Debt Service Fund due to tax collections in excess of budgeted transfers While this M&C concentrates on the departments that need additional appropriations, it is appropriate to let you know that revenue collections were favorable overall for the General Fund Revenues Actual Budget Variance General Property Taxes 5132,965 5132,847 51 18 Other Local Taxes 66,003 63,410 2,593 Charges for Services 12,950 11,357 1,593 Licenses and Permits 31,317 31,574 (257) Fines and Forfeitures 9,470 7,673 1,797 Revenue from Use of Money and Property 9,198 7,284 1,914 Intergovernmental 1,190 1,252 (62) Other 907 1,062 (155) Total Revenues 264,000 256,459 7,541 It is also note worthy to mention departments that did not exceed or had savings below the approval budget They are Appropriatons Department Savings City Manager 63,000 Risk. Management 48,000 City ,Services.:. f. 167,000 dEnvi-r`onmenta'I Management 131,000 Fire Department 639,000 r;y~ Housing 3,000 Employment and Training ~~ 38,000 F ,.. "` ri i ~,. i~ Printed on Recyded Paper City of Fort Worth Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE 02/04/97 REFERENCE NUMBER G-11751 LOG NAME 13AOFY PAGE 4 of 4 SUBJECT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE 1996 YEAR END BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS Library 186,000 Health 22,000 Non-Departmental 826,000 Total Saving 52,123,000 FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION. The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that upon adoption of the attached appropriations ordinance, all departments of the General Fund will have sufficient appropriations for all expenditures recorded during the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 After this appropriations ordinance, the unreserved, undesignated fund balance of the General Fund will be 527,971,853 00 CB m Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: (to) APPROVED Charles Boswell 8511 ^~~~/ /~O~A'~t/ Originating Department Head: V r ~/ 'V tL fiE~ 4 1 QQ7 Jim Keyes 8517 (from) ""~'~ ~~ For Additional Information ~ ® ~ i i~~~~ @ ~ !~ V '~ ~a~ Contact: Judy Harrell 8334 Printed on Recycled Paper C~/'.' "t.X, ,