ORDINANCE NO.  8551 

 

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, ADOPTING AND APPROPRIATING BY FUND THE

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

BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2011.

 

 

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 2011, setting forth all data, information and items required by K.S.A. 79-2927, as amended.

 

WHEREAS, on the 16th day of July, 2010,  the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, caused to be published, in accordance with K.S.A. 79-2929, 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 27, 2010, 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 objections 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 furnished by the Kansas Director of Accounts and Reports is approved and adopted as the maximum expenditures for the various funds for the budget year starting January 1, 2011.

 

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

AMOUNT OF

ADOPTED BUDGET

TAX RATE*

TAX LEVIED

OF EXPENDITURES

FUNDS

 

 

 

Tax Levy Funds:

 

 

 

General Operating

16.182

$13,805,600

     $73,620,038

Recreation

0.241

     $205,972

   $4,190,772

Library

3.258

 $2,779,543

  $3,070,000

Bond and Interest

6.998

$5,970,172

   $13,927,334

Total Taxes

26.679

$22,761,287

$94,808,144                 

 

 

 

 

Non-Tax Levy Funds:

 

 

 

Enterprise Funds

 

 

 

Water and Sewer System

 

 

$44,220,228   $44,110,604

Public Parking System

 

 

     $1,295,000

Sanitation

 

 

  $12,539,440

Storm Water

 

 

$3,620,402

Golf Course

 

 

     $1,495,613

Sub Total

 

 

$63,170,683

 

 

 

 

Special Revenue Funds:

 

 

 

Transportation

 

 

   $3,312,515

Special Gas Tax

 

 

  $3,201,129

Special Recreation

 

 

     $722,028

Special Alcohol

 

 

   $842,650

Guest Tax

 

 

  $1,157,500

Sub Total

 

 

$9,235,822

 

 

 

 

Total Adopted Budget of Expenditures

 

$167,214,649   $167,105,025

 

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

The estimated assessed valuation is $853,152,998.

 

Section V.  The adopted 2011 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 July, 2010.

 

Approved:

 

 

 

_________________________

Mike Amyx, Mayor

 

Attest:

 

 

 

_________________________

Jonathan M. Douglass, City Clerk