Editor’s note–Former section 1-8-1 pertaining to the fiscal year and deriving from the 1950 Code, ch.
1, sec.
10 and the 1957 Code, sec. 2-3, was deleted by section
3 of Ordinance 2008-37 adopted by the city on September 9, 2008.
(a) The
following guidelines shall be used to monitor the general fund balance
within the new classification of unassigned general fund balance:
(1) A
reserve for contingency account shall be established with a 60-day
balance based on the last adopted budget. This account shall be increased/decreased
in proportion to general fund budgeted expenditures each fiscal year.
(2) A
reserve for budget stabilization account shall be established with
a 25-day balance based on the last adopted budget. This account would
be increased/decreased in proportion to the general fund budgeted
expenditures each fiscal year. One portion of the budget stabilization
account will be established to accommodate up to a 15% sales tax revenue
decline. The remaining balance will protect against a 10% decline
in property tax revenues or any other revenue loss.
(3) The
remaining balance shall be classified as undesignated fund balance.
These funds would be available for council to appropriate for either
emergency expenditures, on-time capital expenditures, or any special
project that city council would authorize.
(b) Future
unassigned fund balance increases shall be added to fund balance in
the following order:
(1) Sixty-day
reserve account.
(2) Budget
stabilization account.
(3) Undesignated
fund balance account.
(c) Future
unassigned fund balance decreases shall be removed from fund balance
in the following order:
(1) Undesignated
fund balance account.
(2) Budget
stabilization account.
(3) Sixty-day
reserve account.
(d) Fund
balance classifications for the general fund and all other governmental
funds are now reported as nonspendable, restricted, committed, assigned
and unassigned. The city council shall commit fund balance to specific
purposes as determined by a formal action of a resolution. Assignment
of fund balance (intended use) shall be expressed by the council,
or by the city manager. Assignments of fund balance are finalized,
detailed and available to council as of completion of each fiscal
year’s draft of the comprehensive annual financial report.
The city’s policy for spending fund balance shall be as
follows:
(Ordinance 99-04, sec. 1, adopted 1/26/99; 1957 Code, sec. 2-120; Ordinance 2011-34 adopted 9/27/11)
(a) All
city officials and employees collecting all fees, fines, court costs
or all other charges for the city are authorized to accept payment
by credit card for such fees, fines, court costs or all other charges.
(b) In conjunction
with payment by credit card, the city officials and employees are
authorized to collect a fee from the customer for the expense in processing
the payment. This fee shall be in the amount of two (2) percent of
the total amount of the fee, fine, court cost or other charge.
(c) If for
any reason a payment by credit card is not honored by the credit card
company on which the funds are drawn, the city official or employee
may collect a service charge from the person who owes the fee, fine,
court cost or other charge. The service charge is in addition to the
original fee, fine, court cost or other charge and is for the collection
of that original amount. The amount of the service charge is the same
amount as the fee charged for the collection of a check drawn on an
account with insufficient funds.
(d) The
city manager may contract with a company that issues credit cards
to collect and seize credit cards issued by the company that are outdated
or otherwise unauthorized. A fee may be charged to the company for
the return of such credit cards.
(e) The
official or employee collecting a fee or charge under this section
shall deposit the fee or charge in the appropriate city account.
(Ordinance 91-06, sec. 2, adopted 2/12/91; 1957 Code, sec. 2-109)
The planning and zoning fee schedule for the city shall be as
follows:
(1) Original
zoning and rezoning, not requiring site plan: $400.00.
(2) Site
plan approval, specific use permits and rezoning requiring site plan
approval (i.e., PD, SPD): $500.00.
(3) Preliminary,
final, short form plats and replats: $300.00.
(4) Variances,
special exceptions, appeals: $200.00.
(5) Portable
signs permits: $28.50 per sixty (60) days.
(6) Vendor
permits: $25.00 processing fee per ten (10) days, $50.00 sales location
investigation fee and $5.00 fee for each agent in excess of two (2).
(7) Zoning
letter (official): $25.00.
(Ordinance 93-49, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/93; Ordinance 2001-41, sec. 1, adopted 9/11/01; 1957
Code, sec. 2-110; Ordinance 2008-37, sec. 9, adopted 9/9/08; Ordinance 2009-37, sec. 1, adopted 10/13/09)
(a) The
reproduction prices for city maps for the city shall be as follows:
REPRODUCTION PRICES
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Type of Map
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Scale
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Size
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Price
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City basic (1)
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1"=200'
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2' x 3'
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$ 4.00
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City aerial (1)
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1"=200'
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2' x "3'
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6.00
|
Plats
|
variable
|
1.5' x 1.5'
|
4.00
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Sepia plats
|
variable
|
1.5' x 1.5'
|
5.50
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City basic or zoning (one part) (2)
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1"=400'
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3' x 14'
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20.00
|
City basic or zoning (two parts) (2)
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1"=400'
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7' x 14'
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30.00
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City basic or zoning (three parts) (2)
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1"=400'
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10' x 14'
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45.00
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City basic or zoning (four parts) (2)
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1"=400'
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14' x 14'
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60.00
|
City basic or zoning (five parts) (2)
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1"=400'
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17' x 14'
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75.00
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City water or sewer (one part) (2)
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1"=400'
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3' x 14'
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20.00
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City water or sewer (two parts) (2)
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1"=400'
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7' x 14'
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30.00
|
City water or sewer (three parts) (2)
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1"=400'
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10' x 14'
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40.00
|
City basic (one part) (2)
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1"=800'
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3' x 8'
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13.50
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City basic (two parts) (2)
|
1"=800'
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7' x 8'
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27.00
|
City paving (one part) (2)
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1"=800'
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3' x 6'
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10.00
|
City paving (two parts) (2)
|
1"=800'
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7' x 6'
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20.00
|
City fire hydrant (one part) (2)
|
1"=800'
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3' x 8'
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13.50
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City fire hydrant (two parts) (2)
|
1"=800'
|
7' x 8'
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27.00
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City skeleton (one part) (2)
|
1"=800'
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3' x 7'
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12.00
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City skeleton (two parts) (2)
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1"=800'
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7' x 7'
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24.00
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City skeleton (3)
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1"=2000'
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3' x 3'
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8.00
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(1) Plus
$2.00 for each overlay.
(2) Plus
$5.00 per part per overlay.
(b) Copies
of the Ector County Utility District maps may be purchased for $20.00
each, or $35.00 for both maps.
(c) Prints
made of reproducible sepia paper are .50 cents [50 cents] per square
foot in addition to the regular price.
(d) Prints
of small areas (inserts) from larger originals @ .50 cents [50 cents]
per square foot, with a $3.00 minimum charge.
(e) No reproducible
maps or photographic negatives will be sold or loaded without special
permission of the city engineer.
(f) Prices
do not include sales tax.
(Ordinance 93-48, sec. 1, adopted 9/28/93; 1957 Code, sec. 2-111)
(a) All
proposed donations to the city must be reviewed by the city manager
or designee prior to formal acceptance by either the city manager
or city council in accordance with this section. The term “donation”
includes, all monetary gifts, equipment, land, buildings, personal
services, or any other item.
(b) All
donations up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) in value must be
approved by the city manager or designee. All donations over that
amount in value must be approved by the city council.
(c) All
donations accepted by the city will become the irrevocable property
of the city to be used at its discretion. In cases where restrictions
are placed upon the use of donations, the donor must specify in writing
all such instructions as to the desired use of these donations prior
to city acceptance. All donations other than monetary gifts must be
accompanied by written instructions and/or restrictions as to their
use and must include a statement of estimated value by the donor.
(d) Upon
acceptance of any donations by the city, all information relating
to those donations, including the amount involved and any restrictions
or other instructions, shall be immediately submitted to finance for
deposit and inclusion in the city’s normal reporting and control
systems. All such donations will be disbursed or used in accordance
with all city ordinances and other administrative policies. Proceeds
from proposed donations shall not be used by any city department until
formal acceptance by the city and submission to finance for formal
incorporation into the city’s normal financial and other recordkeeping
records.
(Ordinance 2018-30 adopted 7/24/18)