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W HEREAS,
p u rs u a n tto C h a p te r1 0 2 o f th e T e x a s L o c a l G o v e rn m e n tC ode th e M a y o r is th e B u d g e t
O ffic e r o f th e c ity : a n d
W HEREAS,
p u rs u a n tto C h a p te r 2 2 o f th e T e x a s L o c a l G o v e n rm e n tC o d e th e M a y o r is th e C h ie f
E x e c u tiv e O ffic e r o f th e C ity ,a n d a s s u c h s h a ll a t a ll tim e s e n s u re th a t th e la w s a n d
o rd in a n c e s o f th e C ity a re p ro p e rly c a rrie d o u t; a n d
W HEREAS,
th e M a y o r is re q u ire d b y la w to re g u la rly g iv eC ityC o u n c il th e in fo rm a tio n n e c e s s a ry
fo r c o n d u c tin gp u b lic b u s in e s s a n d s h a ll re c o rn m e n dt o th e C o u n c il a n y m e a s u re ,ru le
th a t re la te s tog o o d g o v e rn m e n to r im p ro v in g
th eh e a lth a n d s a fe ty o f th eC ity , a n d
W HEREAS,
th e C o u n c il in te n d s to d ilig e n tlyp u rs u ea d o p tio n o f th eC ity b u d g e t a n d re c o g n iz e s
th e re m a y b e m in o r a d m in is tra tio ns ta rt-u p c o s ts p rio rt oa d o p tio n o f th e C ity 's
firs t
b u d g e t( in c lu d in g o ffic es u p p lie s &
lia b ility in s u r a n c e ) ;a n d
W HEREAS,
th e C o u n c il h a s th e a u th o rity u n d e rC h a p te r 5 lo f th e T e x a sL o c a l G o v e rn m e n tC o d e to
a d o p t a n y ru le o r re g u la tio n th a t is fo r th e g o o d g o v e m m e n to f th e C itya n d is n e c e s s a ry
fo r th ep ro p e rc a rry in g o u t o f th e p o w e rs g ra n te dto th e C ity ;a n d
W HEREAS,
th e C o u n c il fin d s th a t C ity e ffic ie n c y a n d e ffe c tiv e n e s sw ill b e im p r o v e d w ith the
e s ta b lis h m e n t o f c le a r r u le sa n d p ro c e d u re s re g a rd in g e x p e n d itu re so fp u b lic fi,rn d s .
N O W
T H E R E F O R E ,
b ei t h e re b y re s o lv e db y th eC o u n c il o f th e C ityo f P e lic a n B a y ,
A . C ityfu n d s m a y o n lyb e e x p e n d e dina c c o rd a n c ew ithth e d u ly -a p p ro v e d C ityb u d g e t. T h e
budgetm ay be a rn e n d e dfo r m u n ic ip a l p u rp o s e sin a c c o rd a n c ew ith s ta te la w . E x c e p tio n s
m ay b e m a d e fo r d o c u m e n te de m e rg e n c ie s .A n E m e rg e n c y is a n u n fo re s e e ne v e n t
g e n e ra tin ga b u d g e te d o r u n b u d g e te de x p e n s e g re a te rth a n $ 1 ,0 0 0 .0 0 .A p u rc h a s eo rd e r
is to b e
a p p ro v e da n d s ig n e db y th e M a y o r a n d p re s e n te dt oth e C o u n c il d u rin g th e
W o rk s h o pS e s s io n o fth e
n e x t re g u la r C o u n c il M e e tin g .
B .T w o(2 ) s ig n a tu re ss h a ll b e re q u ire don anyC ity c h e c k in o rd e r to d ra w u p o n C ity b a n k
A c c o u n ts . S ip a to rie s
a re tob e th e M a y o r, M a y o r P ro -T e m , (l)
C o u rc il M em ber andth e
C ity S e c re ta ry .
C. The M a y o r isa u th o riz e d toe x p e n d fu n d s o n b e h a lfo f th eC ity , n o t to e x c e e d a c o m b in e d
to ta l a m o u tto f fiv e h u n d re d d o lla r s ($ 5 0 0 .0 0 )p e rm o n th w ith o u t firs t o b ta in in g p rio r
a p p ro v a l o f th e C ity C o u n c ilu n le s s th es itu a tio nc o n s titu te s a n e m e rg e n c y .
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