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331 S. Main St., La Feria, Sunday School 10am,

Traditional Worship Service 9am, Contemporary Service 11am,

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Church of ChristMinister Gene Head

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St. Albans Episcopal Church

Reverend Scott Brown 956-428-2305,

1417 E. Austin, Harlingen,TX Holy Communion 8am, Sunday School

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St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

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28354 S. Bixby Rd., La FeriaServices Friday 6pm, Sunday 10am. All services are Bilingual, English

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FR. Edouard Atangana, 956-636-1211

101 San Antonio Ave., Santa Rosa Saturday Mass 5pm Bilingual, Sunday Mass 8am Spanish,

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LA FERIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTSTATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE

GOVERNMENTAL FUNDSFOR THE YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2012

Data 10 50 TotalControl General Debt Service Other GovernmentalCodes Fund Fund Funds Funds

REVENUES:

5700 Total Local Intermediate Sources 3,936,172$ 1,042,922$ 360,955$ 5,340,049$

5800 State Program Revenues 22,332,925 2,007,873 157,209 24,498,007$

5900 Federal Program Revenues 3,222,378 - 2,934,775 6,157,153$

5020 Total Revenues 29,491,475 3,050,795 3,452,939 35,995,209

EXPENDITURES:Current:

0011 Instruction 14,338,721 - 2,315,912 16,654,633

0012 Instructional Resources & Media Services 443,574 - 3,591 447,165

0013 Curriculum & Instructional Staff Development 297,804 - 288,895 586,699

0021 Instructional Leadership 297,322 - 91,378 388,700

0023 School Leadership 1,769,788 - 100,366 1,870,154

0031 Guidance, Counseling & Evaluation Services 877,255 - 43,999 921,254

0032 Social Work Services 85,349 - 547 85,896

0033 Health Services 364,261 - - 364,261

0034 Student (Pupil) Transportation 941,552 - - 941,552

0035 Food Services 2,046,232 - - 2,046,232

0036 Cocurricular/Extracurricular Activities 1,235,407 - 208,269 1,443,676

0041 General Administration 952,665 - - 952,665

0051 Plant Maintenance and Operations 3,987,055 - 434,888 4,421,943

0052 Security and Monitoring Services 36,794 - - 36,794

0053 Data Processing Services 352,236 - - 352,236

0061 Community Services 7,300 - 395,754 403,054

Debt Service:

0071 Debt Service - Principal on long-term debt 219,391 1,665,000 - 1,884,391

0072 Debt Service - Interest on long-term debt 1,856 1,483,385 - 1,485,241

0073 Debt Service - Bond Issuance Cost and Fees - 3,585 - 3,585

Capital Outlay:

0081 Facilities Acquisition and Construction - - - -

Intergovernmental:

0093 Payments to Fiscal Agent/Member Districts of SSA 381,428 - - 381,428

0095 Payments to Juvenile Justice Alternative Ed. Prg. 83,614 - - 83,614

0099 Other Intergovernmental Charges 83,489 - - 83,489

6030 Total Expenditures 28,803,093 3,151,970 3,883,599 35,838,662

1200 Net Change in Fund Balances 688,382 (101,175) (430,660) 156,547

0100 Fund Balance - September 1 (Beginning) 3,937,337 779,108 957,250 5,673,695

3000 Fund Balance - August 31, (Ending) 4,625,719$ 677,933$ 526,590$ 5,830,242$

Competitive Sealed Proposals for the purchase of Water Meters, Encoder Registers, Meter Radio Transmission Units (MTU), and the purchase and installation of other equipment all required for the development of a AMR/AMI (automatic meter reading) system, will be received at the City of La Feria, City Hall, 115 E. Commercial Ave., La Feria, TX 78559 until 2:00 PM, February 14, 2013.

Contract Documents may be examined and/or obtained at the office of Sigler, Winston, Greenwood & Associates, SWG Engineering LLC., 611 Bill Summers Intl. Blvd., Weslaco, TX 78596.

A payment of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in cash, bank or certified check payable to the Engineer will be required for each set of the Contract Documents. No refund will be made.

Each Proposal shall be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the name of the Project in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders and shall be accompanied by a Bid Security or a bank or certified check in the amount of 5% of the bid. Proposers may not withdraw their proposal for a period of Ninety days (90), excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays after the actual date shown above for the receipt of the proposal. The Proposer firm must be able to furnish a 100% Performance Bond, a 100 % Payment Bond, and Warranty Bond with a surety company acceptable to the Owner together with the signed Contract when the contract is presented to the owner.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any or all Proposals if deemed to be in its best interest. Award will be made to the lowest responsive, responsible proposer as determined from their proposal as well as the written and verbal response from the information section of the specifications.

The contract is contingent upon release of funds from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). Any contract or contracts awarded under this Invitation for Proposals are expected to be funded in part by financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board. Neither the State of Texas nor any of its departments, agencies, or employees are or will be a party to this Request for Proposal or any resulting contract.

This contract is subject to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “fair share policy’, which includes EPA-approved “fair share goals” for Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) firms in the Construction, Supplies, Equipment, and Service procurement categories. EPA’s policy requires that applicants and prime contractors make a good faith effort to award a fair share of contracts, subcontracts, and procurement to Minority Business Enterprise and Women-Owned Business Enterprise firms. Although EPA’s policy does not mandate that the fair share goals be achieved, it does require applicants and prime contractors to demonstrate use of six affirmative steps. The current fair share goals for the State of Texas are as follows:

CATEGORY MBE WBECONSTRUCTION 12.94% 8.72%

SUPPLIES 7.12% 5.39%EQUIPMENT 9.68% 9.34%

SERVICES 10.84% 5.72%

Equal Opportunity in Employment - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or handicap. The contractor shall carry out applicable requirements of 40 CFR Part 33 in the award and administration of contracts awarded under TWDB financial assistance agreements. Failure by contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach, which may result in the termination of the awarded financial assistance.

All laborers and mechanics working on the work site and employed by contractors and subcontractor on projects funded directly by or assisted on whole or in part by any through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund or Drinking Water State Resolving Fund shall be paid wages as described in the section, Mandatory Davis-Bacon Act Contract Conditions, contained in the project documents.

Any contracts in excess of $2,000.00 for construction, alteration or repair (include painting and decoration) and funded under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs shall include the Mandatory Davis-Bacon Act Contract Conditions.

A Pre-Proposal conference is scheduled for January 29, 2013, at 10:00 AM, City of La Feria City Hall at 115 E. Commercial Ave., La Feria, 78559. Attendance is optional, however please attend if possible.

The Contract will be awarded based on the lowest Proposal received from the lowest responsive, responsible, qualified firm who submitted a complete Proposal including all requested information on or before the time and date, and at the place stated in the Invitation for Proposal. The term “lowest responsive, responsible, qualified firm” as used herein shall mean the firm whose quotation is the lowest of those firms, possessing the skill, ability, and integrity necessary to the faithful performance of work and who provides the equipment specified or its exact equivalent to obtain the desired results stated in the specifications.

Sunny K. PhilipCity Manager, City of La Feria

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