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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY

OF LAKE WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:

SECTION 1.

All of the above premises are found to be true and correct and are incorporated

into the body of this Ordinance as if copied in their entirety.

SECTION 2.

The Budget ( Attachment " A") of the revenues of the City and the expenses of

conducting the affairs thereof for the ensuing fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023 and

ending September 30, 2024, as modified by the City Council, be and the same is, in all

things adopted and approved as the Budget of the City of Lake Worth for the fiscal year

beginning October 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024, and there is hereby

appropriated from the funds indicated such projects, operations, activities, purchases and

other expenditures as proposed in the Budget.

SECTION 3.

The City Council shall file or caused to be filed a true and correct copy of this

Ordinance, along with the approved Budget attached hereto, and any amendments

thereto, with the City Secretary. The mayor shall file or cause to be filed a true and correct

copy of this Ordinance, along with the approved Budget attached hereto, and any

amendments thereto, in the office of the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas as

required by State law.

SECTION 4.

That the revised figures, prepared and submitted by the City Manager, for the

2023/2024 budget be, and the same are hereby, in all things, approved and appropriated

and any necessary transfers between accounts and departments are hereby authorized,

approved and appropriated.

SECTION 5.

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases,

clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable, and if any

phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared

unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,

such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,

paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by

the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional

phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.

Ordinance No. 1269

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