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AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 553,841 00 TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND DECREASING THE
UNRESERVED, UNDESIGNATED GENERAL FUND BALANCE BY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER,
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 1994-95 and in the
Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased appropriations in the General Fund, in the amount of
553,841 00, thereby decreasing the unrestricted, undesignated Fund Balance by the same amount, for the purpose
of providing improvements to the Emergency Operations Center
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 11645 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appropriations are hereby expressly repealed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
D LEGALITY
Effective
Date / I ~
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Adopted
City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
08/29/95 G112O8 13EMER 1 of 2
SUBJECT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council
1 Adopt the attached supplemental appropriations ordinance increasing General Fund
appropriations by $53,841 00 and decreasing the unreserved, undesignated General Fund
balance by the same amount, and
2 Authorize the expenditure of $53,841 00 for improvements to the Emergency Operations
Center
DISCUSSION
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC-, located in the tunnel under 10th Street, provides
centralized coordination of the City's response to severe weather and other disasters that affect
a large portion of Fort Worth During the May 5, 1995 hail storm, several problems were
experienced that indicated the Emergency Operations Center could not function effectively as
the central coordinating site during a disaster of that magnitude The telephone system was
overloaded to the extent that the EOC staff could not call out There was no ability to
electronically display maps and other information related to the areas of damage and status of
the disaster in a way that ail persons staffing the EOC could see the information at one time, a
necessity when multiple department representatives are trying to coordinate a disaster response
Also, extensive damage to several microwave sites and the loss of power at one site during the
storm has led to concerns about the lack of a backup system for the single pager transmitter,
located on top of the building at 800 Cherry Street
The 'improvements to the EOC include replacement of the existing telephone system, computer
upgrades and the addition of a computerized projection system (estimated costs telephone
system - $6,000, computer upgrades - $10,000, projection system - $15,000) A second pager
transmitter will also be added to give the City's digital pager system a backup in case the primary
transmitter is put out of service (estimated cost $19,841) Finally, minor improvements to the
physical layout of the EOC will be done (estimated cost 53,000)
City of Fort Worth Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
DATE
08/29/95 REFERENCE NUMBER
G-11208 LOG NAME
13EMER PAGE
2 of 2
sUBSECT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION
The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that upon the adoption of the attached supplemental
appropriations ordinance, funds required for this expenditure will be available in the current
operating budget of the General Fund After this action, the undesignated, unreserved fund
balance of the General Fund will be 528,317,223
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Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY
Office by: (to)
(2) GGOI Various 0361010 $53,841 00 ED
Charles Boswell 8500 APPROV
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Jim Keyes 8517 (from) 1h~C] ~~ 1995
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