Budget Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO: O-18-22
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND APPROVING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2022 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, PROJECT, AND ACCOUNT; APPROVING REVISED BUDGET FIGURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022; PROVIDING FOR NECESSARY TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND DEPARTMENTS, IF REQUIRED; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
On the this 30th day of August, 2022, there came on and was held at the regular called meeting place, the City Hall, an open meeting of the City Council of the City of Lamesa, Texas, held pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, and there being a quorum present and acting throughout the meeting, the following ordinance was formally submitted by motion and duly seconded for the consideration and action of the meeting, to wit:
WHEREAS, a budget for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022, and ending September 30, 2023, has been prepared by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager, on August 12, 2022, filed a proposed budget with the City Secretary for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City Secretary did post notice that said proposed budget had been filed and was available for public inspection; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did hold a public hearing on August 22, 2022, regarding the proposed property ad valorem tax rate of $ 0.799070; and
WHEREAS, on August 30, 2022, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed 2022-2023 Budget. It is determined that the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 is appropriate and correct in all respects and that all requirements of the law have been satisfied.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Lamesa:
SECTION 1. Subject to the applicable provisions of State Law and the City Charter, the budget for the City of Lamesa for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022, and ending September 30, 2023, as filed and submitted by the City Manager, and adjusted by the City Council, containing estimates of resources and revenues for the year from all sources available to the City, and the projects, operations, activities and purchases proposed for the City during the year, together with the estimated costs therefor, and the estimated amounts of all other proposed expenditures, is hereby APPROVED and ADOPTED.
SECTION 2. (A) There is hereby appropriated from the funds indicated for such purposes and other expenditures proposed in the budget, not to exceed for all
such purposes for any department, the total amount of the estimated costs of the projects, operations, activities, purchases and other expenditures proposed for such department.
(B) The City Manager is hereby authorized to approve the transfer of allocated amounts between classifications, departments, and unappropriated surpluses if such transfers do not significantly change the work program contemplated in the approved budget.
SECTION 3. THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR’S BUDGET BY $84,496.00 OR 3.47% AND OF THAT AMOUNT, $145.00 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.
SECTION 4. The amounts set out under the headings "Revised or Estimated 2021-2022" shall be, and are hereby, authorized and approved as revised budget amounts for the Fiscal Year ending on September 30, 2022.
SECTION 5. (A) That the rates to be charged by the City for various services provided by the City be as follow:
- That the rates and fees to be charged for solid waste services as set out in Section 13.02 of the Code of Ordinances of the City be as follow:
Exhibit #1 Solid Waste fees
Annual commercial hauler's permit
$500.00
ea.
Any wastes to be deposited in the type I pit including: Municipal solid waste (MSW)
$38.00
/ Ton
$50 / 1000 lbs. over 5000 lbs.
ea.
Type IV: Brush and yard wastes
$30.00
/ Ton
One-family residence
$38.00
ea.
Type IV: Construction and demolition waste
$30.00
/ Ton
One-family residential OCL <5 (3 Yd Dumpster)
$63.00
ea.
Materials not deposited in a pit including: Metal and other recyclable material
$30.00
/ Ton
One-family residence OCL 5 -10 miles
$63.00
ea.
Contaminated soils
$24.51
/ Ton
Commercial OCL 1 tip/ wk
$59.57
ea.
Tires
Commercial OCL 1 tip/ wk
$85.49
ea.
Automobile tires
$1.23
ea.
Private Dumpster
$84.00
ea.
Truck tires (7.5 x 20 to 17.5 x 25)
$3.68
ea.
Vector Control
$1.00
‘/ MO
Larger truck tires
$6.13
ea.
Roll Offs + Mileage ($2 / mile if OCL))
$100.00
ea.
Tractor tires
$6.13
ea.
Heavy equipment tires
$12.26
ea.
Containers
Minimum charge
$38.00
ea.
1 container, 3 pickups per week
$168.90
ea.
1 container, 2 pickups per week
$115.95
ea.
1 container, 4 pickups per week
$221.55
ea.
(2) That the rates and fees to be charged for wastewater services as set out in Section 13.03 of the Code of Ordinances of the City be as follow:
(a) Minimum rate. The minimum rate for wastewater service, which shall be charged all customers except as otherwise provided, shall be as set out in the Wastewater Rate Table shown below.
(b) The City, through its water and wastewater department, shall charge and collect, and every customer shall pay, for wastewater service furnished to the customer, whether or not the city meter is the only source of billing of water used by the user, the amount calculated by application of the following rates for all billing cycles on or after October 1, 2022:
Wastewater Rates
Residential Wastewater
Base Rate
First 7,000 gallons (minimum)
$20.02
/ Mo
Commercial Wastewater Rates
Base Rate
First 10,000 gallons (minimum)
$26.57
/ Mo
10,001 gallons to 50,000 gallons
$21.56
50,001 gallons to 51,000
$38.54
51,001 gallons to 100,000 gallons
$54.59
100,001 gallons to 101,000
$71.23
101,001 gallons and over
$94.59
Outside City
Limits
wastewater rates at 173% of the above rates
(3) That the rates and fees to be charged for the other various services rendered by the City as set out in the Code of Ordinances of the City be as set out on the Fee Table attached to this Budget Ordinance as Exhibit A entitled “Fee Table.”
SECTION 6. All rates and fees set out in the various sections of the Code of Ordinances of the City in conflict with the rates and fees set out on the Fee Table attached hereto as Exhibit A are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. The Investment Plan for the City has been reviewed and is hereby approved for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022, and ending September 30, 2023.
SECTION 8. That should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 9. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, and are no longer in force or effect.
SECTION 10. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption of its second and final reading by the City Council of the City of Lamesa, Texas, and the effective date of the this ordinance and all rates and appropriations contained herein shall be October 1, 2022.
Upon being put to a vote, the foregoing Ordinance was Passed, on First Reading on the 30th day of August, 2022, by a majority vote; and then on the 31st day of August, 2022, there came on an was held at the regular meeting place, the City Hall, an open meeting of the City Council of the City of Lamesa, Texas, held pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act. There being a quorum present and acting throughout the meeting, the foregoing ordinance was formally submitted by motion and duly seconded for the consideration and action of the meeting, and upon being put to a vote, the foregoing ordinance was Passed on Second and Final Reading and Adopted this 31st day of August, 2022, by a majority vote and ordered to be spread upon the minutes of the City Council of the City of Lamesa, Texas and recorded in the ordinance book thereafter.
ORDINANCE NO: O-18-22
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND APPROVING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2022 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, PROJECT, AND ACCOUNT; APPROVING REVISED BUDGET FIGURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022; PROVIDING FOR NECESSARY TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND DEPARTMENTS, IF REQUIRED; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
On the this 30th day of August, 2022, there came on and was held at the regular called meeting place, the City Hall, an open meeting of the City Council of the City of Lamesa, Texas, held pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, and there being a quorum present and acting throughout the meeting, the following ordinance was formally submitted by motion and duly seconded for the consideration and action of the meeting, to wit:
WHEREAS, a budget for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022, and ending September 30, 2023, has been prepared by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager, on August 12, 2022, filed a proposed budget with the City Secretary for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City Secretary did post notice that said proposed budget had been filed and was available for public inspection; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did hold a public hearing on August 22, 2022, regarding the proposed property ad valorem tax rate of $ 0.799070; and
WHEREAS, on August 30, 2022, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed 2022-2023 Budget. It is determined that the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 is appropriate and correct in all respects and that all requirements of the law have been satisfied.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Lamesa:
SECTION 1. Subject to the applicable provisions of State Law and the City Charter, the budget for the City of Lamesa for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022, and ending September 30, 2023, as filed and submitted by the City Manager, and adjusted by the City Council, containing estimates of resources and revenues for the year from all sources available to the City, and the projects, operations, activities and purchases proposed for the City during the year, together with the estimated costs therefor, and the estimated amounts of all other proposed expenditures, is hereby APPROVED and ADOPTED.
SECTION 2. (A) There is hereby appropriated from the funds indicated for such purposes and other expenditures proposed in the budget, not to exceed for all
such purposes for any department, the total amount of the estimated costs of the projects, operations, activities, purchases and other expenditures proposed for such department.
(B) The City Manager is hereby authorized to approve the transfer of allocated amounts between classifications, departments, and unappropriated surpluses if such transfers do not significantly change the work program contemplated in the approved budget.
SECTION 3. THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR’S BUDGET BY $84,496.00 OR 3.47% AND OF THAT AMOUNT, $145.00 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.
SECTION 4. The amounts set out under the headings "Revised or Estimated 2021-2022" shall be, and are hereby, authorized and approved as revised budget amounts for the Fiscal Year ending on September 30, 2022.
SECTION 5. (A) That the rates to be charged by the City for various services provided by the City be as follow:
- That the rates and fees to be charged for solid waste services as set out in Section 13.02 of the Code of Ordinances of the City be as follow:
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Exhibit #1 Solid Waste fees |
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Annual commercial hauler's permit |
$500.00 |
ea. |
Any wastes to be deposited in the type I pit including: Municipal solid waste (MSW) |
$38.00 |
/ Ton |
|
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$50 / 1000 lbs. over 5000 lbs. |
ea. |
Type IV: Brush and yard wastes |
$30.00 |
/ Ton |
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One-family residence |
$38.00 |
ea. |
Type IV: Construction and demolition waste |
$30.00 |
/ Ton |
|
|
One-family residential OCL <5 (3 Yd Dumpster) |
$63.00 |
ea. |
Materials not deposited in a pit including: Metal and other recyclable material |
$30.00 |
/ Ton |
|
|
One-family residence OCL 5 -10 miles |
$63.00 |
ea. |
Contaminated soils |
$24.51 |
/ Ton |
|
|
Commercial OCL 1 tip/ wk |
$59.57 |
ea. |
Tires |
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|
|
|
Commercial OCL 1 tip/ wk |
$85.49 |
ea. |
Automobile tires |
$1.23 |
ea. |
|
|
Private Dumpster |
$84.00 |
ea. |
Truck tires (7.5 x 20 to 17.5 x 25) |
$3.68 |
ea. |
|
|
Vector Control |
$1.00 |
‘/ MO |
Larger truck tires |
$6.13 |
ea. |
|
|
Roll Offs + Mileage ($2 / mile if OCL)) |
$100.00 |
ea. |
Tractor tires |
$6.13 |
ea. |
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Heavy equipment tires |
$12.26 |
ea. |
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Containers |
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Minimum charge |
$38.00 |
ea. |
1 container, 3 pickups per week |
$168.90 |
ea. |
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1 container, 2 pickups per week |
$115.95 |
ea. |
1 container, 4 pickups per week |
$221.55 |
ea. |
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(2) That the rates and fees to be charged for wastewater services as set out in Section 13.03 of the Code of Ordinances of the City be as follow:
(a) Minimum rate. The minimum rate for wastewater service, which shall be charged all customers except as otherwise provided, shall be as set out in the Wastewater Rate Table shown below.
(b) The City, through its water and wastewater department, shall charge and collect, and every customer shall pay, for wastewater service furnished to the customer, whether or not the city meter is the only source of billing of water used by the user, the amount calculated by application of the following rates for all billing cycles on or after October 1, 2022:
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Wastewater Rates |
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Residential Wastewater |
Base Rate |
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First 7,000 gallons (minimum) |
$20.02 |
/ Mo |
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Commercial Wastewater Rates |
Base Rate |
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First 10,000 gallons (minimum) |
$26.57 |
/ Mo |
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10,001 gallons to 50,000 gallons |
$21.56 |
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50,001 gallons to 51,000 |
$38.54 |
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51,001 gallons to 100,000 gallons |
$54.59 |
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100,001 gallons to 101,000 |
$71.23 |
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101,001 gallons and over |
$94.59 |
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Outside City Limits |
wastewater rates at 173% of the above rates |
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(3) That the rates and fees to be charged for the other various services rendered by the City as set out in the Code of Ordinances of the City be as set out on the Fee Table attached to this Budget Ordinance as Exhibit A entitled “Fee Table.”
SECTION 6. All rates and fees set out in the various sections of the Code of Ordinances of the City in conflict with the rates and fees set out on the Fee Table attached hereto as Exhibit A are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. The Investment Plan for the City has been reviewed and is hereby approved for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2022, and ending September 30, 2023.
SECTION 8. That should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 9. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, and are no longer in force or effect.
SECTION 10. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption of its second and final reading by the City Council of the City of Lamesa, Texas, and the effective date of the this ordinance and all rates and appropriations contained herein shall be October 1, 2022.
Upon being put to a vote, the foregoing Ordinance was Passed, on First Reading on the 30th day of August, 2022, by a majority vote; and then on the 31st day of August, 2022, there came on an was held at the regular meeting place, the City Hall, an open meeting of the City Council of the City of Lamesa, Texas, held pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act. There being a quorum present and acting throughout the meeting, the foregoing ordinance was formally submitted by motion and duly seconded for the consideration and action of the meeting, and upon being put to a vote, the foregoing ordinance was Passed on Second and Final Reading and Adopted this 31st day of August, 2022, by a majority vote and ordered to be spread upon the minutes of the City Council of the City of Lamesa, Texas and recorded in the ordinance book thereafter.