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Home My WebLink AboutD-2213-15 Allocating Rate Cap Credits;Appropriating Funds for Maintenance of Certain City Facilities ; $659,044 SPONSOR(S): Councilor Snyder Councilor Rider Councilor Carter Councilor Finkam ORDINANCE D-2213-15 AN ORDINACE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA ALLOCATING RATE CAP CREDITS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN CITY FACILITIES WHEREAS, the City of Carmel, Indiana ("City") is responsible for the maintenance of certain City facilities at a cost of$659,044.00; and WHEREAS, the above-referenced City facility maintenance costs ("Maintenance Costs")may lawfully be paid from the City's General Fund (also known as Fund 101); and WHEREAS, the Common Council now finds it expedient and necessary to appropriate $659,044.00 from the City's General Fund to the City's Street Department in order to pay the Maintenance Costs; and WHEREAS, additional monies will be needed in the City's General Fund in order to appropriate$659,044.00 from that Fund to the City's Street Department in order to pay the Maintenance Costs; and WHEREAS, the Common Council also finds it expedient and appropriate for the City's Street Department to be designated as a City Department eligible to expend appropriations from the City's General Fund; and. WHEREAS, in 2015, the City's General Fund is expected to incur credits for excessive taxes ("Rate Cap Credits") in excess of the Maintenance Costs; and WHEREAS,Indiana Code 6-1.1-20.6-9.8 authorizes the City to determine the allocation of Rate Cap Credits between the City's General Fund and the City's Motor Vehicle Highway Fund (also known as Fund 201); and WHEREAS,the Common Council has determined that appropriations totaling $659,044.00, that are currently allocated to the City's Motor Vehicle Highway Fund; are no longer needed therein, can be eliminated, and the corresponding revenue foregone; and WHEREAS, the Common Council has determined that it is in the interests of the City to direct the reallocation of$659,044.00 of Rate Cap Credits from the City's General Fund to the City's Motor Vehicle Highway Fund; This Ordinance was prepared by City Attorney Douglas C. Haney on January 12, 2015 Page 1 SPONSOR(S): Councilor Snyder Councilor Rider Councilor Carter Councilor Finkam NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana as follows: Section 1: The foregoing Recitals are incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. The City's Street Department is hereby established as the Department eligible to expend appropriations from the City's General Fund, 1206-City Property Maintenance. Section 3. The following appropriations contained in the City's Motor Vehicle Highway Fund are hereby rescinded: Motor Vehicle Highway Fund: (Street Department,2201) 42-365/Salt and Calcium $50,000.00 43-485/Water and Sewer 18,099.00 43-504/Grounds Maintenance 24,000.00 43-509/Other Contracted Service 566,945.00 Total De-Appropriation $659,044.00 Section 4. The City's Rate Cap Credits shall be promptly allocated between the City's General Fund and the City's Motor Vehicle Highway Fund in proportion to each Fund's respective certified property tax levy, with a further reduction of$659,044.00 of Rate Cap Credits as maintained in the City's General Fund and a corresponding increase of$659,044.00 of Rate Cap Credits promptly placed into the City's Motor Vehicle Highway Fund. Section 5. There are hereby newly appropriated the following amounts from the new monies generated in the City's General Fund as a result of the reduction in its Rate Cap Credits: General Fund: (City Property Maintenance, 1206) 42-365/Salt and Calcium $50,000.00 43-485/Water and Sewer 18,099.00 43-504/Grounds Maintenance 24,000.00 43-509/Other Contracted Service 566,945.00 Total Appropriation $659,044.00 Ordinance D-2213-15 This Ordinance was prepared by City Attorney Douglas C. Haney on January 12, 2015 Page 2 SPONSOR(S): Councilor Snyder Councilor Rider Councilor Carter Councilor Finkam Section 6. The Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to promptly undertake whatever lawful and appropriate administrative procedures are necessary for the full and complete implementation of this Ordinance. Section 7. All prior ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed, to the extent of such inconsistency only, as of the effective date of this Ordinance. However, the repeal or amendment by this Ordinance of any other ordinance does not affect any rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred or proceedings begun prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. Those rights, liabilities and proceedings are continued and penalties shall be imposed and enforced under such repealed or amended ordinance as if this Ordinance had not been adopted. Section 8. If any portion of this Ordinance is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance so long as enforcement of same can be given the same effect. Section 9. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, execution by the Mayor, and publication as required by law. Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this l5 day of °.--LA Q— 2015, by a vote of_ ayes and 0 nays. OMM I UNCIL FOR THE CITY OF _ • ; _ . IN ,A Presiding Offi r Kevin D. Rider 0)4 /6Li24,t Richard L. Sharp, President Pro Tempore Carol Schleif J / (219276&€Ge ..Ar 4 (57....„.: ./.--- 4,-----e Ro Carter, W. Eric Se' ensticker / S#nkam / Luc' . yder ATTEST/ - /v6„,,,,,, DG Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerk-Treasurer Ordinance D-2213-15 This Ordinance was prepared by City Attorney Douglas C. Haney on January 12, 2015 Page 3 SPONSOR(S): Councilor Snyder Councilor Rider Councilor Carter Councilor Finkam Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this 1 6 day of it 2015, at lO: IS O'clock, A . M. 7A1' 6r-11 Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerk-Treasurer Approved by me, the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this I day of 2015, at 1 I IS- O'clock, .A . M. G"1 C A James Brainard, Mayor ATTEST: Kemgee..01 Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerk-Treasurer Ordinance D-2213-15 This Ordinance was prepared by City Attorney Douglas C. Haney on January 12, 2015 Page 4 CITY OF CARMEL STREET DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND $50,000.00 Y;;;T.,;:gliaigiAfaifeAlitilSeWeiVa 760 3rd Ave SW $2,500.00 Center Green $4,100.00 Reflecting Pool $11,191.21 Civic Square $307.37 - 43.504 oundsrMalntenance Annual Mowing $6,000.00 Annual Landscape Maint $18,000.00 Locations Parking Garage Agreements Pressure Washing Striping Glycol De-Icer System IDC $34,000.00 $5;445.00 $3,000.06 $10,000.00 City Center $58,600.00 $6,000.00 $3,500.00 Tarkington $100,000.00 $15,000.00 .$4,000.00 Sophia Square $213,000.00 $11,00000 $5,000:00_ Contracted Snow Removal Tarkington Garage $18,000.00 CRY Center $25,000.00 Perimeter Sidewalks $8,000.00 Public Restrooms Sophia Square I $18,000.00 Fountain Pumps I $20,000.00 Reflecting Pool Pressure Washing I $10,000.00 t.w.:Iitttio:TOTAL,COSTOw.0.); $659,043.58 Entries in RED represent work done in. house and not reflected in current budget. , . . . , , ..„. , • • • - -