ORDINANCE NO. 8026

 

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, ADOPTING AND APPROPRIATING BY FUND THE

BUDGET OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR

BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2007.

 

 

WHEREAS, the Governing body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, timely met and made in writing, on forms furnished by the Kansas Director of Accounts and Reports, a proposed budget, for the budget year 2007, setting forth all data, information and items required by K.S.A. 79-2927, as amended.

 

WHEREAS, on the 27th day of July, 2006, the governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, caused to be published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World, a daily newspaper of general circulation within Douglas County, Kansas, notice of a public hearing to be conducted on August 8, 2005, at 6:35 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter could be heard, at the City Commission Chambers, City Hall, Lawrence, Kansas, for the purpose of answering and hearing questions of taxpayers relating to the proposed budget and for the purpose of considering amendments to such proposed budget; and

 

WHEREAS, such public hearing was held at the time and place designated for the purposes stated, all as provided in the published notice of said hearing.

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

 

Section I.  The above stated recitals are by reference incorporated herein and made a part of this ordinance as if copied in length.

 

Section II.  The proposed budget and financial statement as shown on standard budget forms is approved, adopted, and appropriated by fund as the maximum amounts to be expended for the budget year starting January 1, 2007.

 

Section III.  The Governing Body certifies that the amounts shown to be raised by ad valorem property tax levies are within statutory or duly adopted charter ordinance limitations; and,

 

Section IV.  The following is a summary of the budget:

 

 

 

ESTIMATED

TAX RATE*

AMOUNT OF

TAX LEVIED

ADOPTED BUDGET

OF EXPENDITURES

 

FUNDS

 

 

 

 

Funds Subject to Tax Lid

 

 

 

 

General Operating

15.854

$13,067,450

$58,790,229

 

 

Recreation

0.483

397,705

3,473,598

 

 

Library

3.259

2,685,800

2,950,000

 

 

Transportation

0.746

  614,635

1,754,423

 

Sub Total

20.341

16,765,590

66,968,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funds Not Subject to Lid

 

 

 

 

Bond and Interest

7.006

5,774,470

11,609,099

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Taxes

27.348

$22,540,060

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Tax Levy Funds:

 

 

 

 

 

Enterprise Funds

 

 

 

 

Water and Sewer System

 

 

37,647,321

 

Public Parking System

 

 

1,152,174

 

Sanitation

 

 

10,851,981

 

Stormwater

 

 

4,020,314

 

Golf Course

 

 

1,004,303

Sub Total

 

 

54,676,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Revenue Funds:

 

 

 

 

Special Gas Tax

 

 

2,915,425

 

Special Recreation

 

 

585,800

 

Special Alcohol

 

 

651,899

 

Guest Tax

 

 

850,000

 

Sub Total

 

 

5,002,824

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Adopted Budget Of Expenditures

 

$138,256,566

 

* Levy rates are expressed in dollars/$1,000 assessed valuation.

The estimated assessed valuation is $824,213,461.

 

 

Section V.  The adopted 2007 budget shall be filed with the County Clerk of Douglas County, Kansas as provided by law.

 

PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas this _______ day of August, 2006

 

Approved:

 

 

 

_________________________

Mike Amyx, Mayor

 

Attest:

 

 

 

_________________________

Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk