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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3836 ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ AN ORDINANCE amending ordinance 1590, 2107, 2324 and 3167 to allow the Mayor, Council President and City Treasurer to approve claims against cumulative reserve funds. THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN: SECTION 1. WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS: Ordinance 1590, §§1 and 2, is amended to read: The City Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to establish a cumulative reserve fund for water system improvements. After authorization by City Council, money may be expended from this cumulative reserve fund under the direction of the Mayor, Council President, or his Council representative, and City Treasurer for general improvements and betterments to the water system, including the development and drilling of new wells and development of other sources of water supply, the construction, repair and improvement of reservoirs, pipelines, standpipes and mains for the supply and distribution of water, and the construction, repair and improvement of structures to be used in connection with the water system of the city. All claims against this fund may be paid upon obtaining the signatures of at least two of the above-mentioned persons, one of whom must be the Council President, or his Council representative. SECTION 2. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR WATER DEPARTMRNT: Ordinance 2107, §§1 & 3, are amended to read: The City Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to establish a cumulative reserve fund for the acquisition of lands for water department purposes. The City Treasurer is authorized and directed to transfer to said cumulative reserve fund any and all moneys received by the City or the City Water Department from the sale of Water Department land since the 1st of May, 1955, and the City Treasurer is authorized and directed to transfer to this cumulative reserve fund any other money received from the sale of Water Department lands, and any funds budgeted or appropriated for the acquisition of land for Water Department purposes. After authorization by the City Council, money be expended from this cumulative reserve fund under the direction of the Mayor, Council President or his Council representative, and City Treasurer, for the acquisition of land for Water Department purposes. All claims against this fund may be paid upon obtaining the signatures of at least two of the above-mentioned persons, one of whom must be the Council President, or his Council representative. 1 SECTION 3. GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES: Ordinance 3202, §1, and Ordinance 2324, §§1, 2 and 3, are amended to read: The City Treasurer is authorized and directed to establish a cumulative reserve fund for general municipal purposes. After authorization by the City Council, moneys may be expended from this cumulative reserve fund, under the direction of the Mayor, Council President, or his Council representative, and City Treasurer for: 1. The acquisition or improvement of land and buildings for any municipal purposes; 2. Construction, alteration or repair of any public building, structure or facility; 3. Acquisition of furniture, fixtures and equipment for any municipal building or any municipal purposes; 4. Costs incidental to relocating and the providing of service by city departments during construction or reconstruction of municipal buildings; 5. Costs for professional services in connection with planned municipal improvements. All claims against this fund may be paid upon obtaining the signatures of at least two of the above-mentioned persons, one of whom must be the Council President, or his Council representative. The Treasurer is authorized and directed to place in said fund all the proceeds of the sale of the Sheridan Park Fire Station and all the proceeds of the sale of the Civic Center Building, and funds from other sources as may be directed. SECTION 4. SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS: Ordinance 3167, §1, and Ordinance 3157, §§1, 2 and 3 are amended to read: The City Treasurer is authorized and directed to establish a cumulative reserve fund for sewer system improvements as of October 14, 1974. All cash receipts by the City for sewer construction and sewer connection charges from state and federal reimbursements for sewer construction projects, and such allocations of current sewer operating revenues as may be directed by the City Council shall be transferred into a reserve fund to be known as the cumulative reserve fund for sewer system improvements. Moneys coming into this fund may be invested in accordance with the statutes of the State of Washington and ordinances of the City of Bremerton. Interest from short-term investments of this cumulative reserve fund shall accrue to this same fund, and no other. 2 After authorization by City Council, moneys may be expended from the cumulative reserve fund, for sewer system improvements under the direction and the approval of the Mayor, Council President, or his Council representative, and City Treasurer, for general improvements and betterment to the city sewer system, including the construction of new lift stations, additions and improvements to the existing plants, and such other improvements as may be necessary. All claims against this fund may be paid upon obtaining the signatures of at least two of the above-mentioned persons, one of whom must be the Council President, or his Council representative. APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this /~ day of April, 1983. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this ~O day of April, 1983. ~/OI~R ~ E DAWKINS Mayor ATTEST: KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY City Clerk 3