To authorize a budget amendment to make funds available for the payment of the May 2024, General Election

The City of Texas City entered into a Contract with the Galveston County Elections Division for Election Services under Resolution No. 2024-005. The City budgeted $25,000 in the adopted 2023-2024 FY Budget based on previous invoices for these services.
On July 15, 2024, Galveston County Auditors emailed an invoice in the amount of $83,636.25.

The Chief Deputy of Elections stated that the increase is due to the County not contributing financially to this election, an upgrade in election equipment to a paper-based system which was required by law, and legislative changes include deputies which are required to lock and unlock ballot boxes at all of the locations, deputies are required to be present anytime that central counting station is counting ballots, costs for paper, enough workers to handle these new tasks at the locations and even new mail ballot regulations that have to be followed. 

Allocate funds in the amount of $60,837.30 from the General Fund, Unassigned Fund Balance.