ORDINANCE NO. 9387
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, APPROVING, ADOPTING, AND APPROPRIATING, BY FUND, THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2018.
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 calendar year commencing January 1, 2018, setting forth all data, information, and items required by K.S.A. 79-2927, as amended;
WHEREAS, the Governing Body caused to be published, on the 14 day of July, 2017, in accordance with K.S.A. 79-2929, as amended, 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 1, 2017, at 5:45 o’clock p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter could be heard, at the City Commission Chambers, City Hall, 6 East 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, for the purpose of answering questions and hearing objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed 2018 City 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 1. The above-stated recitals are incorporated herein by reference and are made a part of this ordinance as if set forth in full.
SECTION 2. The proposed 2018 City 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 of the City for the calendar year commencing January 1, 2018.
SECTION 3. 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.
SECTION 4. The following is a summary of the 2018 City Budget:
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Proposed Budget Year for 2018 |
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FUND |
Budget Authority for Expenditures |
Amount of 2017 Ad Valorem Tax |
Estimate Tax Rate * |
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General |
93,603,000 |
19,191,843 |
19.475 |
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Debt Service |
21,214,000 |
9,611,876 |
9.754 |
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Library |
4,233,000 |
3,979,854 |
4.039 |
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Special Highway |
3,897,000 |
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Airport Improvement |
29,000 |
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Guest Tax |
2,406,000 |
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Transit |
17,227,000 |
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Recreation |
6,754,000 |
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Special Alcohol |
979,000 |
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Special Recreation |
1,089,000 |
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TDD/TIF/NRA Funds |
1,583,000 |
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City Parks Memorial |
66,000 |
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Farmland Remediation |
4,345,000 |
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Cemetery Perpetual |
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Cemetery Mausoleum |
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Housing Trust |
403,000 |
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Law Enforcement Trust |
91,000 |
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Water and Wastewater |
68,706,000 |
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Solid Waste |
19,360,000 |
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Public Parking |
2,252,000 |
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Storm Water |
5,984,000 |
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Golf Course |
1,069,000 |
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Totals |
255,290,000 |
32,783,573 |
33.268 |
* Levy rates are expressed in dollars/$1,000 assessed valuation.
The estimated assessed valuation is $985,461,101
SECTION 5. The Governing Body hereby determines and provides that, for the 2018 City budget, it shall be necessary to appropriate and budget property tax revenues in an amount that exceeds the revenues budgeted and expended in 2017. The 2018 City Budget shall provide for property tax revenues in an amount that exceeds the year 2017 property tax revenues.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk is directed to file the 2018 City budget 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, 2017.
APPROVED:
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Leslie Soden
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sherri Riedemann
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Toni R. Wheeler
City Attorney
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NOTICE TO PUBLISHER
Publish once and return one Proof of Publication to the City Clerk and one to the City Attorney.