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:

Proposed Budget Year for 2018
FUND	Budget Authority for Expenditures	Amount of 2017 Ad Valorem Tax	Estimate Tax Rate *
General	93,603,000	19,191,843	19.475
Debt Service	21,214,000	9,611,876	9.754
Library	4,233,000	3,979,854	4.039
Special Highway	3,897,000
Airport Improvement	29,000
Guest Tax	2,406,000
Transit	17,227,000
Recreation	6,754,000
Special Alcohol	979,000
Special Recreation	1,089,000
TDD/TIF/NRA Funds	1,583,000
City Parks Memorial	66,000
Farmland Remediation	4,345,000
Cemetery Perpetual
Cemetery Mausoleum
Housing Trust	403,000
Law Enforcement Trust	91,000
Water and Wastewater	68,706,000
Solid Waste	19,360,000
Public Parking	2,252,000
Storm Water	5,984,000
Golf Course	1,069,000
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. Notice of the vote of this ordinance shall be published in the official county newspaper as provided by law.

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.