ORDINANCE NO. 9030

 

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, ADOPTING AND APPROPRIATING BY FUND THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2015.

 

 

WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, timely met and made in writing, on forms furnished by the Kansas Director of Accounts and Reports, a proposed budget, for the budget year 2015, setting forth all data, information and items required by K.S.A. 79-2927, as amended;

 

WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, caused to be published on the 25th day of July, 2014, in accordance with K.S.A. 79-2929, in the Lawrence Journal-World, a daily newspaper of general circulation within Douglas County, Kansas, notice of a public hearing to be conducted on August 5, 2014, at 6:35 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter could be heard, at the City Commission Chambers, City Hall, Lawrence, Kansas, for the purpose of answering and hearing objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed budget and for the purpose of considering amendments to such proposed budget; and

 

WHEREAS, such public hearing was held at the time and place designated for the purposes stated, all as provided in the published notice of said hearing.

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

 

Section I.  The above stated recitals are by reference incorporated herein and made a part of this ordinance as if copied in length.

 

Section II.  The proposed budget and financial statement as shown on standard budget forms furnished by the Kansas Director of Accounts and Reports is approved and adopted as the maximum expenditures for the various funds for the budget year starting January 1, 2015.

 

Section III.  The Governing Body certifies that the amounts shown to be raised by ad valorem property tax levies are within statutory or duly adopted charter ordinance limitations; and,

 

Section IV.  The following is a summary of the budget:


 

Proposed 2015 Budget

Fund Name

Budget Authority for Expenditures

Amount of Ad Valorem Tax

Estimated Tax Rate*

General

81,680,914

16,817,003

19.248

Debt Service

15,612,543

7,437,659

8.513

Library

3,550,000

3,285,321

3.760

Special Highway

3,198,465

 

 

Recreation Fund

5,465,861

 

 

Guest Tax

997,980

 

 

Public Transportation

5,206,009

 

 

Special Alcohol

831,052

 

 

Special Recreation

764,715

 

 

Water and Sewer

50,959,081

 

 

Solid Waste

13,051,101

 

 

Public Parking

1,381,080

 

 

Storm Water

4,127,625

 

 

Golf Course

1,175,000

 

 

TOTAL

188,001,426

27,539,983

31.521

 * Levy rates are expressed in dollars/$1,000 assessed valuation.

The estimated assessed valuation is $873,683,647.

 

Section V.  The adopted 2015 budget shall be filed with the County Clerk of Douglas County, Kansas as provided by law.

 

PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas this ______ day of August, 2014.

 

Approved:

 

 

 

_________________________

Mike Amyx, Mayor

 

Attest:

 

 

 

_________________________

Diane Trybom, Acting City Clerk