ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION FACT SHEET					City of Shreveport
TITLE			DATE			ORIGINATING DEPT./DIV.
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2010 METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION’S SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THERIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO			Oct. 1, 2009			EXECUTIVE OFFICE
						SPONSOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER
						MAYOR CEDRIC B. GLOVER
PURPOSE
To adopt the 2010 Metropolitan Planning Commission Fund budget, in accordance with State law and City Charter.
This Ordinance or Resolution will have direct impact on Council District:							All
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This budget includes $453,600 in funding for the Shreveport-Caddo Master Plan. Operating revenues have decreased slightly as have operating expenditures. The subsidy from Caddo Parish increased from $153,000 in 2009 to $159,100 in 2010.
TIMETABLE
Introduction:	October 13, 2009
Final Passage:	By December 15, 2009
SPECIAL PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
A public hearing must be held on this budget for adoption by Council.
FINANCES				SOURCE OF FUNDS
CONCLUSION
Approval of this ordinance is recommended.
FACT SHEET PREPARED BY:		Rick Seaton, Assistant CAO

ORDINANCE NO. ____ OF 2009

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2010 BUDGET FOR THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION’S SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED THEREIN, AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERETO

BY:

WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Shreveport requires the adoption of a comprehensive operating budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010; and

WHEREAS, sufficient revenues for the operation of the Metropolitan Planning Commission available from sources authorized by law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Shreveport, in legal session convened, that:

1. Estimated Receipts - The estimated receipts of the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Special Revenue Fund for the year 2010 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

External Service Charges and Fees $ 309,000

Caddo Parish Reimbursement 159,100

Operating Subsidy - Transfer from General Fund 1,214,700

TOTAL $1,663,800

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Special Revenue Fund receipts for the year 2010

Personal Services $1,131,600

Materials and Supplies 29,700

Contractual Services 497,000

Improvements and Equipment 5,500

TOTAL $1,663,800

3. The Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Special Revenue Fund budget presented to the City Council by the Mayor on October 1, 2009, as amended by subsequent action by this Council, be and the same is hereby adopted.

4. Administration - The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute all contracts, deeds, grant documents and other legal instruments necessary to expend or receive funds herein authorized.

5. Donation of City Funds - No funds herein appropriated shall be donated, loaned or pledged, and no expenditures for such purposes shall be authorized except in accordance with Section 26-53 of the Code of Ordinances, as it exists now or may hereafter be amended.

6. Dedication of Revenues - The funds collected as charges and fees pursuant to the zoning ordinances of the City of Shreveport and the Caddo Parish Commission, and the operating subsidy transferred herein from the General Fund are hereby dedicated to the operation of the Metropolitan Planning Commission for the year 2009.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any provision or item of this ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions, items or applications; and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared severable.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance will be effective on January 1, 2010.

APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:

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City Attorney’s Office