Ord 2016-034/adopting a Budget in the amount of $193,811,647 for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2016 and ending September 30, 2017; authorizing certain adjustments to the Budget with the approval of the City Manager; approving fiscal year 2016-2017

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(c) Transfers of funds for construction projects and equipment purchases from operating accounts to Capital Improvements Program accounts, with notification to City Council when complete; (d) Reclassification of positions within each department, with notification to City Council when complete; and (e) Decreases in operating accounts in response to decreases in City revenues or other circumstances, where the decreases do not result in a transfer of funds to another account; with notification to City Council when complete. SECTION 4. All projects for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 described in the Capital Improvements Program section of the 2016-2017 Budget are approved at the cost level indicated, subject to the availability of funding of project costs from the funding source(s) identified for each project. SECTION 5. The Annual Program of Services for the Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund in the 2016-2017 Budget is approved as the City's promotional program to attract tourists and convention registrants to the City through: (a) The promotion of sports and ecological activities that promote tourism in the City; (b) The operation of the Main Street Program to encourage tourists and convention registrants to visit the Downtown Historical District; (c) The funding of art-related programs that promote tourism in the City; (d) The dedication of funding for a conference center constructed by the City; (e) One or more cost-sharing contracts for advertising program services with private firms to attract visitors to the City; and (0 The operation of the Convention and Visitors Bureau and related advertising and promotion of the city to attract visitors to the City. SECTION 6. Any surplus hotel occupancy tax funds at the end of the 2016-2017 fiscal year shall be deposited in the City Conference Center Debt Reserve Fund. SECTION 7. The City Council approves the Authorized Personnel Schedule attached as Exhibit A. SECTION 8. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. SECTION 9. All ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict with this ordinance are repealed.