HomeMy WebLinkAbout3299 Adopting the Budget for the City of Port Townsend, Washington, For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023Ordinance 3299
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ORDINANCE NO. 3299
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PORT
TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023
WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, completed
and placed on file with the City Clerk a proposed budget and estimate of the amount of monies
required to meet the public expenses, bond retirement and interest, reserve funds and expenses of
government of the City for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (the "2022 Preliminary
Budget"), and a notice was published that the City Council would conduct a public hearing on
the 14th of November 2022 at 6:30 p.m., at City Hall for the purpose of receiving public
testimony regarding the preliminary budget for the 2023 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on November 14, 2022 at which all
taxpayers were heard who appeared for or against any part of the preliminary budget; and
WHEREAS, following the public hearing, the City Council met in City Council
Chambers on December 5, 2022 to consider the 2023 Final Budget and receive further public
comment, and made adoptions and changes, as it deemed necessary and proper; and
WHEREAS, the 2023 Budget does not exceed the lawful limit of taxation allowed by
law to be levied on the property within the City of Port Townsend for the purposes set forth in
the 2023 Final Budget, and the estimated expenditures in each fund set forth in the 2023 Final
Budget are all necessary to carry on the government of the City for fiscal year 2023, and are all
necessary to meet the various needs of the City during the period;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, do
ordain as follows:
Section 1. The budget for the City of Port Townsend, Washington, for the fiscal year
2023, is hereby adopted at the fund level as set forth in the document entitled "City of Port
Townsend Final Budget 2023," a copy of which has been and now is on file with the office of
the City Clerk, and by this reference is incorporated into this Ordinance.
Section 2. Estimated revenues, including fund balances for working capital for each
separate fund of the City of Port Townsend, and aggregate totals for all such funds combined, for
the year 2023, are set forth in summary form in Exhibit A attached, and by this reference are
incorporated in this Ordinance, and are appropriated for expenditure at the fund level during the
2023 budget year.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a certified copy of the City of Port
Townsend Final Budget 2023 to the Office of State Auditor and to the Association of
Washington Cities.
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Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage, approval, and publication
in the form and manner provided by law.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular
meeting thereof, held this 5`h day of December 2022.
Attest:
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City Clerk
David J"Fabff
Mayor
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