ORDINANCE NO. 9146
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, ADOPTING AND APPROPRIATING BY FUND THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2016.
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 2016, setting forth all data, information and items required by K.S.A. 79-2927, as amended;
WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, caused to be published on the 24th day of July, 2015, 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 August 4, 2015, at 5:45 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, 2016.
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:
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Proposed 2016 Budget |
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Fund Name |
Budget Authority for Expenditures |
Amount of Ad Valorem Tax |
Estimated Tax Rate* |
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General |
87,100,049 |
17,200,204 |
19.219 |
|
Debt Service |
14,739,035 |
7,607,461 |
8.50 |
|
Library |
3,750,000 |
3,360,535 |
3.755 |
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Special Highway |
3,274,430 |
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Recreation Fund |
5,886,846 |
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|
|
Guest Tax |
2,557,614 |
|
|
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Public Transportation |
7,832,773 |
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|
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Special Alcohol |
827,702 |
|
|
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Special Recreation |
920,515 |
|
|
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Water and Sewer |
58,888,244 |
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|
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Solid Waste |
14,480,622 |
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Public Parking |
1,275,115 |
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|
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Storm Water |
4,065,294 |
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|
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Golf Course |
1,121,780 |
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TOTAL |
206,720,019 |
28,168,200 |
31.474 |
* Levy rates are expressed in dollars/$1,000 assessed valuation.
The estimated assessed valuation is $894,944,702.
Section V. The adopted 2016 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, 2015.
Approved:
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Jeremy Farmer, Mayor
Attest:
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Diane Bucia, City Clerk