Ordinance No. 2023-28ORDINANCE NO. 2023-28
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE 2023- 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS (CIP) BUDGETS, ORDINANCE NO. 2023-20 TO AMEND ADOPTED EXPENDITURES
OF THE BUDGET; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 Annual Budget and CIP Budgets were adopted by Ordinance 2023-20 on September 19, 2023;
WHEREAS, various unforeseen circumstances affecting the City have presented themselves during die course of the fiscal year;
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the circumstances independently. deliberating appropriately on the associated revenues and expenditures and the overall impact on the general financial
status of the City;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas and the City Charter of the City of Huntsville, Texas, the City Council has determined that it will be beneficial and advantageous
to the citizens of the City of Huntsville to amend the annual budget for fiscal year 2023 - 2024 and the Capital Improvements Projects (CIP) budget as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance combines the independent Council actions into one budget amendment document;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
Section l. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body of this ordinance.
Section 2. The annual budget for fiscal year 2023 - 2024 is hereby amended to include the expenditures and revenues in Exhibit "A" and the Capital Improvements Projects budget is hereby
amended to include the expenditures described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance as if set out verbatim herein.
Section 3. All ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. Should any section. portion, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, it shall not invalidate or impair the force
or effect of any other section or portion of this ordinance .
Section 5. The necessity for amending the budget for the fiscal year 2023 - 2024 and Capital Improvements Projects. as required by the laws of the State of Texas, requires that this
ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage, as the law in such cases provides.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately ts passage.
Exhibit A j Decrease: Autumn Road Drillnage CIP $ 2S0,000I Increase: Miscellaneous oralnage Projects CIP $ 250,000
Increase:
Tilnyard Creek Uft Stn. Force Maln CIP
$ 197,613
Decrease:
Waters Edge Utt Sto. Force Maio CIP
$ 57,902
Decrease:
Evergreen Or. WW 6" line replace ClP
$ 91,781
Decrease:
Water R & R CIP Unallocated Budget
s 47,930
Explanation:
The Tanyard Creek Lift Station Force Main project currently has $136,000 available in the Engineering account. Engineering costs anticipated for the project at this time Is $289,900.
The proposed budget amendments will provide $333,613 for the project. It is anticipatl!!d there will be around $40,000 • $45,000 of easement/property acquisition costs. The Waters Edge
Uft Station force Main project is complete and has $57,902 of unused budget . The Evergreen Drive• WW 6" line replacement project is complete and has $91,781 of unused
budget. The Water R&R CIP Unallocated Budget accovnt has a current balance of $47,930
and after this budget amendment (if approved) will have a balance of $·0·.
Increase: TRA S YR CIP - lntake, Plant, & 48" line• prellm. admo. costs
Decrease: Water CIP. 30" Transmission Main Continuous Improvements
$
s
1S0,000
1S0,000
City staff have been meeting with TRA staff about TRA plans (TRA S YR CIP) for Renew and Replace CIP needs at the TRA water plant and for the water line from the plant to City water
plants. TRA has indicated internal administrative costs related to this planning will be in the
Explanation: neighborhood of $150,000. City staff believe captializing such costs via a City CIP project is
the appropriate way to budget and account for this. The City had funded$700,000 to a" 30" Transmission Main Continuous Improvements" CIP project from FY 2015 through FY 2018. Only $46,000
has been used through FY 2023 leaving $654,000 in this "project". If this budget amendment is approved there will be $504,000 of budget remaining in the 30"
Transmission Main Continuous Improvements "projl!ctn.