HomeMy WebLinkAbout(1) PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE PORT ARTHUR EDC BEGINNING OCT. 1, 2015 AND ENDING SEP. 30, 2016 DELORIS"BOBBIE"PRINCE,MAYOR Energ•• BRIAN McDOUGAL
KAPRINA FRANK,MAYOR PRO TEM City of cm' ` 1 CITY MANAGER
COUNCIL MEMBERS: I/ SHERRI BELLARD,TRMC
RAYMOND SCOTT,JR. C -- CITY SECRETARY
TIFFANY L.HAMILTON Ort r t h u r
MORRIS ALBRIGHT VAL TIZENO
STEPHEN A.MOSELY Texas CITY ATTORNEY
WILLIE"BAE"LEWIS,JR.
OSMAN SWATI
DERRICK FREEMAN
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing of the City Council of the City
of Port Arthur will be continued on Monday, September 21 , 2015 at 9:00
A.M., in the City Council Chamber, Fifth Floor, City Hall, 444 Fourth
Street, Port Arthur, Texas, for the purpose of considering the Budget for
the City of Port Arthur and the Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development
Corporation for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015 and ending September 30,
2016. A copy of a summary of the proposed operating budgets for the 2015-2016
fiscal year is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "A". Citizens shall
have the opportunity to provide written and oral comments and to ask questions
concerning the entire budget. The original Public Hearing, as previously posted, was
held on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 6:00 P.M. and will be continued for further
public comment.
A copy of the Proposed Budget will be presented at the Public Hearing and
can now be examined at City Hall in the office of the City Secretary and at the Port
Arthur Public Library, 4615 9th Avenue, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Assistant City Secretary
Publication Date: Friday, September 18, 2015
P.O BOX 1089• PORT ARTHUR,TEXAS 77641-1089 •409/983-8115 • FAX 409/983-8128 • www.portarthur.net
Exhibit A
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
AND THE
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR SECTION 4A
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
PROPOSED BUDGET
FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016
This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year's budget by
$542,707 or 3.08%, and of that amount, $199,025 is tax revenue to be raised
from new property added to the tax roll this year.
Fund Revenues Expenditures
General $ 72,952,556 $ 64,192,981 8,759,575
Debt Service 8,310,026 9,498,664 (1,188,638)
Water and Sewer 16,177,950 23,418,641 (7,240,691)
Solid Waste 6,745,434 9,917,344 (3,171,910)
Pleasure Island 954,000 888,386 65,614
Equipment Replacement 2,883,149 - 2,883,149
Hospitalization insurance 9,825,500 11,021,142 (1,195,642)
Worker's Compensation 1,400,000 876,585 523,415
Other Employee Benefits 600,000 744,500 (144,500)
General Liability Insurance 1,846,700 1,788,585 58,115
Transit 5,495,712 5,443,702 52,010
Hotel Occupancy Tax 1,112,066 1,046,136 65,930
Library Special - - -
Police Special - 48,935 (48,935)
Commercial Traffic Enforcement - - -
Golf Course - 50,000 (50,000)
Municipal Court Technology 41,010 - 41,010
(591,498)
Economic Development 5,015,200 6,351,454 (1,336,254)