Ordinance 12-06 Amending Karen Hornaday Park Project Budget to Appropriate Additional Funds for Playground Equipment

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager/Parks and Recreation
Advisory Commission

ORDINANCE 12-06

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING THE KAREN HORNADAY PARK PROJECT BUDGET ESTABLISHED VIA ORDINANCE 11-22 BY APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS AND PROVIDING THAT FUTURE BUDGET AMENDMENTS BE MADE BY RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS, The Homer City Council established a preliminary project budget for Phase I of the Karen Hornaday Park Project through adoption of Ordinance 11-22; and

WHEREAS, HoPP, the volunteer organization working to improve the playground, has requested that an additional $50,000 be appropriated for playground equipment and materials in order to assist with its fund raising and grant writing efforts and to insure that construction can begin this spring; and

WHEREAS, The Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission has considered this request and recommends that an additional $50,000 be allocated for playground equipment and materials and that this amount be deducted from the $240,000 previously budgeted as reserved and unallocated; and

WHEREAS, The Commission will be working on a final and comprehensive project budget for the Council to consider and recommends that all future budget amendments be approved by resolution.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1. The Homer City Council hereby amends the preliminary Karen Hornaday Park project budget for Phase I by appropriating an additional $50,000 for playground equipment and materials as follows:

Account Description Amount
151-776 Engineering and Survey $50,000
Ball Field Improvements $10,000
Playground Improvements $55,000
Reserved / Unallocated $190,000
TOTAL $305,000

Section 2. Since the Council has appropriated local funds and accepted and appropriated a legislative grant for this project, both actions by ordinance, all future amendments to the project budget may be made by made by resolution.

Section 3. This ordinance is a budget amendment ordinance only, is not permanent in nature, and shall not be codified.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, this ______ day of _______, 2012.

CITY OF HOMER

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JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

YES:
NO:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:

First Reading:
Public Hearing:
Second Reading:
Effective Date:

Reviewed and approved as to form:

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Walt E. Wrede, City Manager Thomas F. Klinkner, City Attorney

Date: ____________________ Date: _______________________