Ord 1590 12/28/1951ORDINANCE NO.)E
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR,
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1951, AND ENDING SE PTEMBER 30, 1952, IN ACCORD-
ANCE ��ITH THE CHARTER A_TD ORDINANCES OF THS CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE, JOA'D OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICuITA FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the budget estimate of the revenues of
the city of Wichita Falls and the expenses of conducting the affairs
for the ensuing fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1951, and ending
September 30, 1952, as submitted to the Board of Aldermen by the
City Manager of said city, be, and the same is in all things adopted
and approved as the budget estimate of all of the current expenses,
as well as the fixed charges against said city for the fiscal year
beginning the lst day of October, 19512 and ending the 30th day of
September, 1952.
SECTION 2. That the sum of ��1,845,000 is hereby appropri-
ated out of the general fund for the payment of operating expenses
and capital outlay of the city government as hereinafter itemized,
to wit:
General Government
Public Safety
Public Works
Conservation of Health
General Hospital
Charities
Library
Parks and Recreation
11,6iscellaneous
Contingent Appropriation
Total
187,000
594,000
601,000
40,OOO
100,000
6,000
39,000
186,000
43,000
50,000
1,846,000
SECTION 3. That the sum of $951,716 is hereby appropri-
ated out of the water utility fund for the operating expenses and
capital outlay of the municipally owned water works as hereinafter
itemized, to wit:
Source of Supply 29,000 --
Power and Pumping 70,000 '
Purification 88,000
Transmission and Distribution 217,000
Customerst Accounting & Collecting b6,00o
Administrative and General 29 3,000
Debt Service 158,716
Total $ 951,716
SECTION 4. That the sum of 11,11t1,280 is hereby appropri-
ated out of the sewer fund for the operating expenses, capital out-
lay, and debt service of the municipally owned sewer system as here-
inafter itemized, to wit:
Sewer System
Sewage Treatment
Debt Service
and Disposal
67,000
19,000
55,230
Total 141,280
SECTION 5. That the sum of A259,325 is hereby appropri-
ated out of the general debt service fund for the purpose of paying
the accruing interest and redeeming the serial bonds as they mature,
on the general debt service as hereinafter itemized, to wit:
Serial Bond !`d'laturities 41 123,000
Interest Payments 135,675
Exchange 650
Total 2599325
SECTIoN 6. That except in cases of emergency, no money
shall be drawn from the treasury of the City, nor shall any obliga-
tion for the expenditure of money be incurred except pursuant to the
budget appropriation to a purpose or object of expenditure for rhich
the appropriation as provided in this ordinance has proved insuffi-
cient.
SECTION 7. That the board of Aldermen hereby authorizes
the City Manager to transfer any part of an unencumbered balance of
an appropriation to a purpose or object for which the appropriation
for the current year has proved insufficient, and further author-
izes him to make a transfer between items appropriated to the same
office, department, or division.
SECTTON 8. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of
�50,000 to be known as the "contingent fund" for use in any of the
administrative departments of the city. Such contingent fund shall
be under the control of the City ,ianager and distributed by him with
the approval of the Board of Aldermen. In the case of any emergency
or department over -run or unforeseen expenditure, the head of any
department may make a written request for use of a portion of the
contingent fund. Upon receipt of such request, the City Manager
shall bring the same to the attention of the Board of Aldermen and,
if approved, he shall in writing authorize the transfer of a sum
sufficient to meet the proposed expenditure from the contingent fund
to the credit of the department making the request. He shall trans-
mit a copy of such written authority to the City Clerk and to the
department making the request. Upon receipt by the City Clerk of
such copy, the said amount shall be available for the purpose afore-
said and shall be charged against the appropriation set apart for
such department.
SECTION 9. This ordinance shall be and remain in full
force and effect from and after its passage and approval by the
Mavor and Board of Aldermen.
PASSED AWD APPROVED this the 28th day of December, A.D.
1951.
rold ones, Mayor
ATTEST:
J'. B. H c erson, City Clerk
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