ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION FACT SHEET					City of Shreveport
TITLE			DATE			ORIGINATING DEPT./DIV.
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2010 WATER AND SEWERAGE ENTERPRISE FUND BUDGET, 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 Water and Sewer in accordance with State law and City Charter.
This Ordinance or Resolution will have direct impact on Council District:							All
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The 2010 Water and Sewer Fund decreases 3% from the 2009 budget. This budget includes operation of the Amiss and McNeill Water Treatment Plants and the Lucas and North Regional Waste Water Treatment Plants. This fund is also responsible for collecting water and sewer revenues, management of the Cross Lake Watershed, maintaining miles and miles of water and sewer lines and numerous facilities related to the collection of sewerage or the storage and distribution of good, clean water.
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 WATER AND SEWERAGE ENTERPRISE 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 City’s Water and Sewerage system are 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 water and sewerage receipts for the year 2010 are hereby established and adopted as follows:

Estimated Available Fund Balance 1/1/2010 $ 35,600

Water Sales 34,480,000

Sewer Charges 26,139,000

Other External Charges 929,200

Internal Service Charges 1,102,000

Interest Earnings 75,000

Other Income 80,500

Transfer from General Fund 775,000

TOTAL $ 63,616,300

2. Appropriations - The funds set forth in the following classes of expenditures are hereby appropriated out of the receipts of the Water and Sewerage Fund for the year 2010:

Personal Services $12,954,700

Materials and Supplies 7,056,000

Contractual Services 6,022,400

Other Charges 27,688,100

Operating Reserves 1,941,400

Improvements and Equipment 218,500

Transfer to General Fund 4,392,200

Transfer to Retained Risk Fund 2,500,000

Transfer to Information Technology Fund 414,900

Notes Payable 428,100

TOTAL $63,616,300

3. The Water and Sewerage 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. Capital Transfers - All amounts authorized by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance to be financed from receipts of the Water and Sewerage Fund shall be transferred to the proper capital funds as provided by the Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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