HomeMy WebLinkAbout2818 Supplemental Budget AppropriationsORDINANCE 2818
AN ORDINANCE appropriating the sum of $221,965 to the General Fund; $304
to the Street Fund; $1,680 to the Lodging Tax Fund; $74,777 to the Capital
Improvement Fund; $1,018,072 to Water and Sewer Fund; $44,683 to the
Stormwater Fund; $449,078 to the Solid Waste Fund; and making findings and
declaring an emergency.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, UPON REVIEW OF
THE 2002 BUDGET, MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS:
Whereas, the Fire department has finalized service contracts with the Port
Townsend Paper Mill and Fire District 6 resulting in additional revenues of
$15,401; initiated a new volunteer sleeper program for increased 24 hour
emergency assistance response, and initiated a Pre-fire inspection program
causing a greater than anticipated need totaling $21,300; and must amend the
payroll budget to include $31,383 in contractual holiday pay inadvertently
omitted from original budget; and
Whereas, the Police department received approval for a federal grant to provide a
school resource Police Officer in the amount of $19,281 causing greater than
anticipated appropriations need for $15,738 in matching funds; received a Bureau
of Justice Assistance grant for police vests totaling $1,970; and incurred $12,000
in new officer uniform expense; received a $10,000 Police Cops grant; incurred
$7,100 for portable radios; updated their estimates for other expenses resulting in
an increase of various expenditures totaling $9,095; and
Whereas, the Library department has received additional revenues of $19,995
from a Gates Foundation grant for computer machinery and equipment; conducted
an air quality study that requires $11,265 in expenditures and has updated various
expenditures resulting in an increase of expenditures totaling $2,047;and
Whereas, the Engineering department has a greater than anticipated need for
engineering services and has hired an engineering technician causing an increase
in expenditures of $25,100; and
Whereas, the Street Fund has incurred additional costs of $304, causing greater
than anticipated need; and
Whereas, the Lodging Tax Fund has incurred additional costs totaling $1,680
causing greater than anticipated appropriations need; and
Whereas, the City Council authorized purchase of certain County property
totaling $60,000 for 35th Street Park from the Capital Improvement Fund causing
greater than anticipated appropriations need; and also authorized $14,777 in
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expenditures to build the Lincoln Beach Berm from the Capital Improvement
Fund; and
Whereas, the city contracted for professional services to assist with wholesale
water rate analyses for the Olympic Gravity Water System (OGWS), causing
greater than anticipated appropriations need of $16,636 for the Water/Sewer
Fund; and
Whereas, a retirement payment to the State Department of Retirement Systems in
the amount of $12,216 was required by the Water/Sewer Fund due to the
retirement of a city employee; and
Whereas, an accounting transfer of $647,309 sales proceeds from the
Water/Sewer Fund to the Water/Sewer Capital Improvement Fund was required
due to the sale of the Tri-Area in 2001 to the Water/Sewer Fund, and at the time
of the transaction the Water/Sewer Construction Fund did not exist; $5,554 in
personnel benefits adjustments were incurred; compliance with city tax code
requires an adjustment of $336,357 for utility tax payments to the General Fund;
and
Whereas, the Stormwater Fund has greater than anticipated need for a tax
compliance adjustment in the amount of $44,379 and a personnel benefits
adjustment of $304; and
Whereas, the city continued to operate the Solid Waste Fund past the date
estimated for cessation during the year resulting in increased estimated revenues
amounting to $514,700 and increased estimated operating expenses amounting to
$449,078, causing greater than anticipated appropriations need; and
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND IN REGULAR
SESSION ASSEMBLED DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 The sum of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS ($221,965 ) is hereby appropriated
as a supplement to the 2002 General Fund budget from additional estimated
revenues of $587,384.
Section 2 The sum of THREE HUNDRED FOUR DOLLARS ($304) is
hereby appropriated as a supplement to the 2002 Street Fund budget from
unreserved fund balance.
Section 3 The sum of ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY
DOLLARS ($1,680) is hereby appropriated as a supplement to the 2002 Lodging
Tax Fund budget from unreserved fund balance.
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Section 4 The sum of SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
SEVENTY SEVEN DOLLARS ($74,777) is hereby appropriated as a supplement
to the 2002 Capital Improvement Fund budget from unreserved fund balance.
Section 5 The sum of ONE MILLION EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS ($1,018,072) is hereby appropriated as a
supplement to the 2002 Water/Sewer Fund budget from unreserved fund balance.
Section 6 The sum of FOUR HUNDRED FORTY NINE THOUSAND
SEVENTY EIGHT DOLLARS ($449,078) is hereby appropriated as a
supplement to the 2002 Solid Waste Fund budget from increased operating
revenues.
Section 7 The sum of FOURTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
EIGHTY THREE DOLLARS ($44,683) is hereby appropriated as a supplement
to the 2002 Stormwater Fund budget from unreserved fund balance.
Section 8 There is hereby found and declared to be an emergency requiring
the foregoing appropriations to the 2002 budget.
Section 9 This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage, approval, and
publication in the form and manner provided by law.
A duly noticed public hearing was held on October 7, 2002, read for the first,
second and third times; passed by the City Council; and approved by the Mayor
on October 7, 2002.
Kees Ko~~~, May~
Attest:
Approved as to legal form:
Pamela Kolacy, CMQ, City Clerk
John Watts, City Attorney
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