Section 4. Repealing Clause. This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Balch Springs, Texas, as amended, except where the provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.

Section 5. Severability Clause. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.

Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become and be effective from and after its adoption; provided, however, that the City budget adopted herein shall have an effective date of October 1, 2025. The City Council of the City of Balch Springs, Texas met in a public meeting on September 8,2025, and approved the budget with a majority vote as follows:

PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS, TEXAS on this the 8th day of September 2025.

Rodney Taylor, Mayor

ATTEST:

Cindy Gross, City Secretary