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9RDINANCE NOa 2021 - 0$ <br />AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $131,000 FROM THE <br />GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO THE CONTRACTUAL <br />LINE ITEM OF THE FY 2021 GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET FOR <br />THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. <br />WHEREAS, by Ordinance 2020 -54 adopted on June 23, 2020, City Council <br />authorized the transfer of $250,000 from the City Manager's Contingency line item in the <br />FY 2020 General Fund Budget to the Department of Engineering section of the FY 2020 <br />General Fund Budget; and <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the transfer was to fund the removal of the <br />Confederate Monument located at the intersection of High and Court Streets; and <br />WHEREAS, the Monument was removed in accordance with the intent of the <br />Ordinance, but because the removal was not complete and paid for until the next Fiscal <br />Year (which commenced on July I. 2020), the transferred funds lapsed into Unassigned <br />Fund Balance and the project was instead funded using the Contractual line item of the <br />FY 2021 Budget for the Department of Engineering, and <br />WHEREAS, the total cost of removing and storing the Monument was $131,000; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the Department of Engineering has adequate <br />funding for the originally intended uses of its FY 2021 Contractual line item, it is <br />necessary to appropriate $131,000 of the lapsed funding from Unassigned Fund Balance <br />to the FY 2021 General Fund Budget; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia: <br />1. That it appropriates the sum of $131,000 from the General Fund <br />Unassigned Fund Balance to the Contractual line item of the FY 2021 General Fund <br />Budget for the Department of Engineering and Technical Services. <br />2. That the funds so appropriated shall replenish funding that was used for <br />the removal of the Confederate Monument. <br />3. That estimated revenues and expenditures in the Contractual line item of <br />the FY 2021 General Fund Budget for the Department of Engineering and Technical <br />Services are increased by $131,000. <br />4. That this ordinance shall take effect on the date of its adoption. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at an electronic <br />meeting held on January 26, 2021. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />