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TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES

On the 12th day of December 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Westcliffe, Colorado, adopted the following Ordinances:

TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE 

ORDINANCE NO. 6 - 2023

 

AN ORDINANCE SUMMARIZING EXPENDITURES FOR EACH FUND AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 2024 AND ENDING ON THE LAST DAY OF DECEMBER 2024.

WHEREAS: the Board of Trustees of the Town of Westcliffe has appointed Kathy ReisTown Clerk/Treasurer to prepare and submit a proposed budget to said governing body at the proper time, and:

WHEREAS: Kathy ReisTown Clerk/Treasurer, has submitted a proposed budget to this governing body on September 19, 2023 for its consideration and:

WHEREAS: upon due and proper noticepublished in accordance with the lawsaid proposed budget was open for inspection, by the public, at a designated place. A public hearing was held on December 12, 2023, and interested taxpayers were given the opportunity to file or register any objections to said proposed budget and:

WHEREAS: whatever, increases may have been made in the expenditures, like increases were added to the revenues so that the budget remains in balance, as required by law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO:

SECTION 1. that the budget as submittedamended and herein above summarized by fund, hereby is approved and adopted as the budget of the Town of Westcliffe for the year stated above

SECTION 2. that the budget hereby approved and adopted shall be signed by the Mayor and Town Clerk/Treasurer and made part of the public records of the Town of WestcliffeColorado.
 


TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE

          ORDINANCE NO. 7 - 2023

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING SUMS OF MONEY TO VARIOUS FUNDS AND SPENDING AGENCIES, IN THE AMOUNT AND FOR THE PURPOSE AS SET FORTH BELOW, FOR THE TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO FOR THE 2024 BUDGET YEAR.

WHEREAS: the Board of Trustees has adopted the annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Law, on December 122023 and:

WHEREAS: the Board of Trustees has made provisions therein for revenues in an amount equal to or greater than the total proposed expenditures as set forth in said budget and:

WHEREAS: it is not only required by lawbut also necessary to appropriate the revenues provided in the budget to and for the purposes described below, thereby establishing limitation on expenditures of the operation of the town.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO:

SECTION 1. that the following sums are hereby appropriated from the revenues of each fund, to each fund, for the purposes stated:

GENERAL FUND:

CurrentOperating Expenses

   $1,178,501.81

 

EmergencyReserve

               $56,395.42

Contributions to Capital Fund

TOTAL GENERAL FUND

       $460,000.00   

 

    $1,694,897.23   

CAPITAL FUND:

Current CIP Existing Projects

 

         $726,169.00 

 

Current CIP New Projects

TOTAL CAPITAL FUND

      $2,661,430.00            

 

   $3,387,599.00   

CONSERVATION TRUST FUND:

Capital Outlay

 

            $50,000.00               

 

TOTAL CONSERVATION TRUST FUND

 

         $50,000.00    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE

ORDINANCE NO. 8-2023

AN ORDINANCE LEVYING GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2024, TO HELP DEFRAY THE COSTS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO FOR THE 2024 BUDGET YEAR.

WHEREAS: the Board of Trusteeof the Town of Westcliffehas adopted the annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Law on December 12, 2023 and:

WHEREAS: the amount of money necessarto balance the budget for general operating purposes from property tax revenue is $67,405.00 and:

WHEREAS: the 2024 valuation assessment for the Town of Westcliffe, as certified by the County Assessor, is $13,205,559.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO:

SECTION 1. that for the purpose of meeting all general operating expenses of the Town of Westcliffe during the 2024 budgeyear, there is hereby levied a tax of four point nine nine two (4.992) mills upon each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the Town of Westcliffe for the 2024 budget year.

SECTION 2. that the Town Clerk/Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to immediatelcertify to the County Commissioners of Custer County, Colorado, the mill levfor the Town of WestcliffeColorado as hereinabove determined and set.

ADOPTED IN REGULAR SESSION BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO THIS 12th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2023.

EFFECTIVE DATE

This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after approval by the Board of Trustees.

Copies of the aforesaid Ordinances are available for public inspection in the office of the Town Clerk, Town of Westcliffe, 1000 Main Street, Westcliffe, Colorado.