AGENDA #4b

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                   Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:             W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:        Budget Amendment for Advertisements Related to the Letter to the Community Regarding the Draft Land Use Management Ordinance

 

DATE:              November 11, 2002

 

 

The attached ordinance would amend the Manager/Clerk’s operating budget to cover the additional costs of advertisements related to the Open Letter to the Community regarding the draft Land Use Management Ordinance.  Funding is available in the General Fund contingency account.

BACKGROUND

 

The Council at its October 7th meeting authorized the Mayor to send an open letter to citizens that describes key draft provisions of the new Land Use Management Ordinance, using ads placed in local newspapers, mailings, emails, or any other methods identified as appropriate by the Town Manager.

 

DISCUSSION

 

Advertisements were placed in the Chapel Hill News on October 13 and 16 at a total cost of approximately $1,000, and in the Chapel Hill Herald on October 13, 15, 16, and 18 at a total cost of approximately $1,300.

 

Emails were sent on October 11 to various citizens and groups who had expressed interest in the draft Land Use Management Ordinance (approximately 350), and a copy of the Letter was posted on the Town’s website at www.townofchapelhill.org on the same date.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

We recommend that the Council approve the attached ordinance to authorize the transfer of $2,300 from the Council’s contingency account to the Manager/Clerk’s operating budget to cover the costs associated with placement of the advertisements.

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND “THE ORDINANCE CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS AND THE RAISING OF REVENUE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2002” (2002-11-11/O-1)

 

BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Budget Ordinance entitled “An Ordinance Concerning Appropriations and the Raising of Revenue for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2002” as duly adopted on July 26, 2002, be and the same is hereby amended as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPROPRIATIONS

Current

Budget

 

Increase

 

Decrease

Revised

Budget

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL FUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Non-Departmental

 

 

 

 

          Contingency

28,629

 

2,300

26,329

 

 

 

 

 

     Manager/Clerk

949,369

2,300

 

951,669

 

 

 

 

 

 

This the 11th day of  November, 2002.