CITY OF FREEPORT
STEPHENSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-35
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 242 ENTITLED “FIRE DEPARTMENT”, SECTION
242.53 (FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL FUND) OF THE CODIFIED
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
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ADOPTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL
OF THE
CITY OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
THIS ___ DAY OF ___________ , 2016
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Published in pamphlet form by authority of the
City Council of the City of Freeport,
Stephenson County, Illinois, this
_____ day of _________________ , 2016.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 242 ENTITLED “FIRE DEPARTMENT”, SECTION
242.53 (FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL FUND) OF THE CODIFIED
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-35
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREEPORT,
ILLINOIS as follows:
Section1. That Chapter 242 entitled “FIRE DEPARTMENT”, Section 242.53 (FIRE
DEPARTMENT CAPITAL FUND) is hereby amended to read as follows:
“242.53. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL FUND.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (a)
above, during Fiscal Year 2009/2010 a sum not to exceed two hundred
sixty-five thousand dollars ($265,000) 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, an
amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the total amount remitted to the
City in the prior fiscal year shall be transferred to the General Corporate
Fund of the City. In addition, on July 1, 2016 a one-time transfer of an
amount of monies equal to sixty percent (60%) of the total
unappropriated funds in the reserve of said Fire Department Capital Fund
shall be transferred to the General Corporate Fund of the City.”
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage by the City
Council, its approval by the Mayor, and its publication as provided by law.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are
repealed insofar as they conflict.
Section 4. If any section, clause or provision of this Ordinance be declared by a Court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid, and
this City Council hereby expressly declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance even
with the invalid portion deleted.
Section 5. This Ordinance is expressly adopted pursuant to the Home Rule Authority
of the City of Freeport as created by Article 6 of Section VII of the Illinois Constitution of
1970.
Section 6. That Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 242.53 shall remain unchanged.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS this ___ day of
__________, 2016.
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Martha E. Zuravel, City Clerk
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YEAS:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
PRESENT:
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APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Freeport this ____ day of ____________ , 2016.
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James L. Gitz, Mayor
Date Published: ____________
Date Effective: _____________
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