HomeMy WebLinkAboutPO 7266: ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 P. O. No. 7266
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE ADOPTING
A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2024 AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 7, ARTICLE XII OF THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt the Budget Fiscal Year 2024-2025;
and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance is necessary for municipal purposes as delineated
under Section 102.009 Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article XII, Section 5, of the City Charter, at least
thirty (30) days prior to October 1, 2024 the beginning of the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the
City Manager submitted to the City Council a proposed Budget for said fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 102.007 (c) of the Texas Local Government
Code, the City Council has moved for the adoption of the Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-
2025 as it will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an
amount of$1,794,627, or 7.34%, and of that amount, $339,959 is tax revenue to be raised
from new property added to the tax roll this year as delineated in Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 102.007 (c) of the Texas Local Government
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Code, the City Council has complied by taking a separate vote to ratify the adoption of
said Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 as it will raise total property tax revenue as
delineated in Exhibit "A"; and
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WHEREAS, said vote on the increase in total property tax revenue, as prescribed
in Section 102.007 (c) of the Texas Local Government Code, was taken separate from
the vote to adopt the budget or a vote to set the tax rate required by Chapter 26 of the
Tax Code, or other law; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Sections 102.006 and 102.065 of the Texas Local
Government Code, and Article XII, Section 6, of the City Charter, after notice was
published not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days prior to the Public Hearing, said
Public Hearing was held by the City Council on the proposed Budget on September 23,
2024, said Budget having been on file with the City Secretary more than 15 days before
the date of said hearing and more than 30 days before the City Council makes its tax levy
for said fiscal year, as required by Sections 102.006 and 102.005, respectively, of the
Local Government Code; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR;
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble are true and correct.
Section 2. That the City Manager's Proposed Budget is hereby adopted and
approved.
Section 3. That the City Council has taken a separate ratification vote for the
adoption of the Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, as it will raise more revenue from
property taxes than last year's budget by an amount of $1,794,627, or 7.34%, and of that
amount $339,959 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this
year and the result of said Motion as delineated in Exhibit "A".
Section 4. That there be and is hereby appropriated the sum of Three Hundred
Eighty-Three Million, One Hundred Two Thousand, Nine Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars
($383,102,993) for the payment of the Operating Expenses, and necessary Capital Outlay
for the City Government as delineated by Fund in Exhibit "B".
READ, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED, this day of September, 2024, A.D., at a
Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor:
Council members:
NOES:
Thurman Bill Bartie, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
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Ron Burton, City Manager
APPROVED FOR AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS:
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Exhibit A
It has been moved that City of Port Arthur adopt and ratify the Budget for Fiscal Year
2024-2025 as it will raise more revenue from property taxes than last year's budget by an
amount of$1,794,627, or 7.34%, and of that amount$339,959 is tax revenue to be raised
from new property added to the tax roll this year.
That said increase has been ratified by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor:
Council members:
NOES:
Exhibit B
ALL FUNDS SUMMARY
FY 24-25
Proposed
Revenues Expenditures
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
General Fund $ 96,940,368 $ 96,940,368
Debt Service Fund 36,226,122 36,226,122
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS 133,166,490 133,166,490
ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Water and Sewer Fund 37,190,930 37,190,930
Water and Sewer TWDB 25,336,692 25,336,692
Water and Sewer Capital Project 1,098,400 1,098,400
Solid Waste Fund 13,041,937 13,041,937
Pleasure Island Fund 5,619,708 5,619,708
ENTERPRISE FUNDS 82,287,667 82,287,667
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS
Hospitalization Insurance Fund 13,086,615 13,086,615
Worker's Compensation Fund 1,007,000 1,007,000
Other Employee Benefits Fund 1,970,500 1,970,500
General Liability Insurance Fund 3,490,554 3,490,554
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS 19,554,669 19,554,669
SPECIAL FUNDS
Transit Operating Fund 12,151,299 12,151,299
Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund 2,569,136 2,569,136
Library Special Fund 1,600 1,600
Library Trust Fund 30,000 30,000
Police Special Fund (Grants) 1,332 1,332
Police Special Fund 131,000 131,000
Commercial Traffic Enforcement 26,500 26,500
Golf Course Fund 150,000 150,000
Municipal Court Technology Fund 30,000 30,000
FY 24-25
Proposed
Revenues Expenditures
SPECIAL FUNDS CONTINUED
Regulatory Enforcement 869,450 869,450
Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 89,119 89,119
Health Grants 3,122,920 3,122,920
Community Development Block Grant 1,042,808 1,042,808
Home Grant 1,176,078 1,176,078
CDBG-Disaster Recovery 13,650,000 13,650,000
Texas Park& Wildlife - -
Hazard Mitigation 22,400,000 22,400,000
Library Grant - -
TCEQ SEP Fund 1,870 1,870
Housing Programs Fund 190,000 190,000
TX Treasury Opioid Trust Fund 137,000 137,000
American Rescue Plan Fund 14,500,000 14,500,000
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 72,270,112 72,270,112
CAPITAL FUNDS
Capital Improvement Fund 68,630,076 68,630,076
Capital Reserve Fund 7,193,979 7,193,979
CAPITAL FUNDS 75,824,055 75,824,055
TOTAL FUNDS 383,102,993 383,102,993