ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS AMENDING ITS
2008 ADOPTED BUDGET PURSUANT TO K.S.A. 79-2929a AND AMENDMENTS THERETO
WHEREAS,
the governing body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas passed Ordinance No. 8139 on
the 14th day of August, 2007 adopting its 2008 budget in accordance with K.S.A.
79-2927 and amendments thereto; and
WHEREAS,
K.S.A. 79-2929a authorizes the governing body of a municipality to amend its
adopted current budget during the year in which such budget is in effect
subject to the same publication, notice and public hearing requirements as
required by K.S.A. 79-2929, and amendments thereto, for the adoption of the
original budget; and
WHEREAS,
the governing body has determined that an amendment of the 2008 adopted budget
is necessary to authorize expenditures from the Transportation Fund that had
beginning fund balances in excess of those anticipated to cover increased
operating expenses related to the operation of the City’s public transit
system; and
WHEREAS, the
proposed amendment of the 2008 adopted budget amends only the Transportation
Fund Expenditures and no other fund expenditures in the 2008 adopted budget;
and
WHEREAS, on the
______ day of June, 2008, the Governing
Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, caused to be published in the Lawrence
Journal-World, a daily newspaper of general circulation within Douglas County,
Kansas, notice of a public hearing to be conducted on July 1, 2008, at 6:35
p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter could be heard, at the City
Commission
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
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 amended 2008 budget and financial
statement as shown on standard budget forms furnished by the Kansas Director of
Accounts and Reports is approved, adopted, and appropriated as the maximum
amounts to b
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 amendment
to the 2008 adopted budget:
|
|
Adopted
Budget 2008 |
Amendment
to 2008
Adopted Budget |
||
|
Tax
Levy Fund |
Actual Tax Rate |
Amount Of
Tax to be
Levied |
Expenditures |
Expenditures |
|
Transportation |
1.171 |
999,428 |
|
1,782,846 |
Section V.
The increase in expenditures set forth above is balanced by previously
unbudgeted increases in revenue other than ad valorem property taxes by virtue
of the Transportation Fund’s actual beginning fund balance exceed the
anticipated beginning fund balance
Section VI. The amendment to the 2008 budget shall be
filed with the
Section VII The Expenditures Entry for the Transportation
Fund of the 2008 Adopted Budget set forth in Ordinance No. 8139 is hereby repealed and of no further force and
effect, it being the intent of this ordinance that its provisions be
substituted in place thereof.
PASSED by the Governing
Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas this _______ day of July,
2008.
Approved:
_________________________
Michael
Dever, Mayor
Attest:
___________________________________
Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director
Legal Services Department