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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2382 AN ORDINANCE appropriating funds for the conduction of a special election not provided for in the budgets of the calendar years 1959 and 1960 and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That, subsequent, to the adoption of the budget for the calendar year 1959, the County Co~issioners of Kitsap County conducted a special election during the' general election of November 1958 to determine whether or nOt the citizens were willing to have their property assessed to reconstruct the City Hall of the City of Bremerton; and that the cost of said election was One Hun- dred Ninety-one Dollars ($191.00). That'~a bill for the cost of conducting said election was~'~not submitted to the City of Bremerton until after the 1960 budget had been adopted; and, at the time of the adoption of said budget, the cost of said election could not be determined. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated from funds not otherwise appropriated the sum of One Hundred Ninety-one Dollars ($191.00) to pay the cost of the special election conducted by the County Commissioners of Kitsap County. Section 3. That there exists and is hereby declared to exist an emergency and this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety of the citizens of Bremerton and shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage and publication. PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this ~_~_~day of January, 1960o H. O.' DOMSTAD, Mayor ATTEST: E. H. To 'McGOWANJ~ City Clerk STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ) ss. County of Kitsap ) E. H. T. McGOWAN, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That he is the duly elected~ qualified, and acting City Clerk of the City of Bremerton and makes this affidavit in connection with the passage of an emergency ordinance appropriating One Hundred Ninety-one Dollars ($191.00) to pay the cost to Kitsap County for the conduction of a special election; that in 1958 the City Council of the City of Bremerton passed an ordinance calling for a special election requesting the voters to determine whether or not they were willing to have their prop.erty assessed to raise funds to remodel and reconstruct the City Hall; that said election was conducted by the County Commissioners of Kitsap County during the general election held in November 1958; that Kitsap County did not ascertain the cost of conducting that election until after the 1960 budget had been adopted; that they have submitted a voucher in the sum of One Hundred Ninety-one Dollars ($191.00), and there are no funds in the 1960 budget to pay this claim; that this is a legal obligation and should be paid immediately. E. H. To McGOWAN'w City Clerk SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN ~ before -~ ~, , ~c--m%~th~'"'~ day of January, 196C ..y.Pub~%'~n. :a. nd for thelState of nlngton', res~a~ng at Bremerton.