HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-1652-03 Add. Approp/CPDSPONSOR: Councilor Battreall
ORDINANCE NO. D-1652-03
AS AMENDED
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL~ INDIANA~
AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO THE.
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET FROM TIlE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BALANCE
TO PAY FOR THE "KEYSTONE AVENUE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM"
WltEREAS, the City of Carmel Police Department is responsible for enforcing traffic laws and
providing public safety services to motorists, pedestrians and the public at large within the City of Carmel,
Indiana; and
WHEREAS, recent serious traffic accidents on Keystone Avenue (U.S. 431) within the City limits,
including the recent fatal collision between a tractor-trailer and an automobile that involved excessive speed
and failure to obey automatic traffic signals, clearly shows the public safety threat created by motorists who
exceed the speed limit, disregard automatic signals and fail to yield the right-of-way on that highway; and
WI~,REAS, there is an immediate need to pay overtime to Carmel Police Department officers to
allow them to begin a program of increased patrols on Keystone Avenue between 96th Street and 146th Street in
order to better enforce these traffic laws to protect the public safety and welfare (the "Keystone Avenue
Enforcement Program"); and
WHEREAS, the money needed for the Keystone Avenue Enforcement Program was not anticipated
when the 2003 Operating Budget of the City of Carmel was prepared and approved; and
WI-IF, REAS, an mount of Thirty-One Thousand Dollars ($31,000.00) is needed to cover these
unanticipated expenses in the 2003 budget of the Carmel Police Department; and
WlllgREAS, the City of Carmel has excess funds in the amount of Thirty-One Thousand Dollars
($31,000.00) in the operating balance of the General Fund to appropriate to the appropriate line item for this
unanticipated expense; and
WHEREAS, proper taxpayer notice has been given regarding such appropriation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana,
that the following additional sum of money is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund for the purposes
specified, subject to applicable laws, as follows:
$31,000.00 From The GENERAL FUND OPERATING BALANCE
To
CARMEL POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Line Item #120 Keystone Avenue Enforcement Program $31,000.00
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Prepared by Douglas C. Haney, Carmel City Attorney
SPONSOR: Councilor Battreall
This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and execution by the Common Council and
the Mayor as required by law.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this (~ Y*/'l:lay of ~__~'(!/~(;~)6,L~
2003, by a vote of [.) ayes and ,f'~ nays.
Ronald E. Carter
N COUNCIL FOR THE CITY .OF~_ E~
Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Cler~easurer
Pres~t, eqi4oy me to the Mayor, lof the City of Carmel, Indiana, thif) dayof~{JC'~ ' 2003, at
Diana L. C0rdray, IAI~C~erk-Tr~surer
ApproveS by me, Ma.,~or of the Cityof Carmel, Indiana, this ~ayof ~ 2003 ,~ /:,.~
O'clock, ~}~_. M. // /~ /'
~mes Brainard, Mayor
A~'~I~ST~
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Prepared by Douglas C. Haney, Carmel City Attorney