2509ORDINANCE NO. 2509
COUNCIL MEMBER SCHANK INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET STATEMENT AND TO BE TERMED THE
"ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BILL"; TO APPROPRIATE SUMS FOR NECESSARY
EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES OF THE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA, FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2023 AND SPECIFYING THE
OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF EACH APPROPRIATION AND THE AMOUNT FOR EACH
OBJECT AND PURPOSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IN PAMPHLET FORM.
WHEREAS, a notice of public hearing together with a summary of the proposed budget
statement of the City of Blair, Nebraska, for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2023 and
ending September 30, 2024 was published in Blair Enterprise/Tribune, the official newspaper of
the City of Blair on September 8, 2023 and,
WHEREAS, said budget statement was prepared on the appropriate budget forms provided
by the State of Nebraska and was duly filed with the City Clerk of the City of Blair, Nebraska.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR,
NEBRASKA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That, after complying with all procedures required by law, the budget
presented and set forth in the budget statement is hereby approved as the Annual Appropriation
Bill for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2024. All sums of
money contained in the budget statement are hereby appropriated for the necessary expenses and
liabilities of the City of Blair. A copy of the budget documents shall be forwarded, as provided
by law, to the Auditor of Public Accounts, State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska, and to the County
Clerk of Washington County, Nebraska, for use by the levying authority.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated for the use of the City of Blair, Washington
County, Nebraska, the sum of $98,426,949.56 to be raised and acquired by the levy of general
taxes, special taxes, fees, grants and by bond issue, this sum being necessary to defray the expenses
and liabilities of said City for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
SECTION 3. That the following amounts be and hereby are appropriated from the various
funds to the use and purpose hereinafter specified, to -wit:
General Fund..........................................................................10,677,798.78
Debt Service.............................................................................4,052,148.83
Street......................................................................................18,964,479.42
Rescue Squad..............................................................................530,892.95
SalesTax..................................................................................7,895,686.26
Health & Benefit Insurance........................................................410,844.16
Wastewater...............................................................................4,859,806.65
Water......................................................................................54,361,837.22
Hotel/Motel Lodging Occupation Tax........................................351,751.78
Donated Funds............................................................................191,685.46
Economic Development(LB840)............................................1,083,992.86
KENOFunds...............................................................................223,922.57
Community Redevelopment TIF 3
...............................................51,200.00
Community Redevelopment TIF 4
.............................................195,316.21
Community Redevelopment TIF 5
...............................................38,281.52
Community Redevelopment TIF 6
.................................................6,000.00
Community Redevelopment TIF 7
.............. ...................................7,500.00
Total All Funds
$103,903,144.67
SECTION 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law.
Passed and approved this 12th day of September, 2023.
CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
ATTEST:
WHEELER, CITY CLERK
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF NEBRASKA,
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE IN PAMPHLET
FORM On September 12, 2023,
the Mayor and Council of the
Tracy Prettyman, Being by me fuduly sworn, de-
City of Blair, Nebraska, passedst
and approved Ordinance No.
poses and says that she is the Business Manager of
2509, entitled: AN ORDINANCE
the Enterprise, a legal weekly newspaper printed
TO ADOPT THE BUDGET
and published at Blair, in Washington County, Ne-
STATEMENT AND TO BE
braska and of general circulation in said County and
TERMED THE "ANNUAL
State: that said newspaper has a bona fide circula-
APPROPRIATION BILL"; TO
tion of more than 3000 copies weekly, in said Coun-
APPROPRIATE SUMS FOR
ty: and has been published in said County for more
NECESSARY EXPENSES AND
LIABILITIES OF THE CITY OF
than 52 successive weeks prior to the first publica-
BLAIR, NEBRASKA, FOR THE
tion of the attached notice, that the attached notice
FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING ON
was published in said newspaper for 1 consecutive
THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER,
week(s) being the issue starting on
2023 AND SPECIFYING THE
9/22/2023 and ending on 9/22/2023
OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF
EACH APPROPRIATION AND
THE AMOUNT FOR EACH
OBJECT AND PURPOSE;
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REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
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IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
Tracy Prettyman, Business Manager
PROVIDING WHEN THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL
Subscribed in my presence, and sworn to before me
FORCE AND EFFECT AND
this date:
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION
9/22/2023
OF THIS ORDINANCE IN
PAMPHLET FORM. Said
ordinance was published in
pamphlet form and copies
thereof are available at the
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office of the City Clerk, in Blair,
Notary Public
Nebraska. Brenda Wheeler City
Clerk
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