Adopt Ordinance Appropriating a Total of $116,431.40 in the Special Purpose Fund from Previously Received Donations for the Cowtown Brush Up Program and Ratify the Related Expenditures within the Special Purpose Fund not to Exceed the Actual Amount Received (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)

It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing appropriations in the amount of $116,431.40 in the Special Purpose Fund; and

2. Ratify the related expenditures within the Special Purpose Fund in an amount not to exceed the actual amount received.

The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication (M&C) is to approve previously received but unappropriated revenues and related expenditures for the Cowtown Brush Up Program in the Special Purpose Fund.

During Fiscal Year 1999, a special purpose fund was created to account for donations received and expenditures incurred with donated funds for the Cowtown Brush Up Program. From FY1999 to FY2011, revenues in the fund totaled $487,454.26 with corresponding expenditures of $487,454.26. On reconciliation, staff determined that $116,431.40 of the $487,454.26 was not appropriated for revenue and expenditures.

During this thirteen-year period, volunteers in the Cowtown Brush Up Program painted a total of 1,232 houses in low-income neighborhoods.

This M&C is to formally approve unappropriated revenues and expenditures in the Special Purpose Fund.

This program serves ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity.