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Ord 057-2000 6/6/2000ORDINANCE NO. S q -a (000 ORDINANCE MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT REVENUE RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. WHEREAS, tobacco use is the most preventable cause of premature death and disease, and causes more than 400,000 deaths each year at a cost greater than 50 billion dollars (CDC); and WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls has received approval for additional grant funds from the Texas Department of Health; and WHEREAS, the Wichita Falls- Wichita County Public Health District and the Texas Department of Health desire to work together to prevent and control the use of tobacco; and WHEREAS, the approval of these funds could not have been anticipated prior to adoption of the 1999 -2000 Budget. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated in the Special Revenue Fund $2,794 for Tobacco Prevention and Control activities. SECTION 2. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 6 day of June 2000. ATTEST: City Clerk M YOR