HomeMy WebLinkAbout2422 AN ORDINANCE appropriating excess receipts to
salary items in the 1961 Budget and declaring
an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. At the time of the adoption of the 1961 Budget
the preliminary census report gave the City of Bremerton a total
population of 26,567 persons; since the adoption of the Budget, the
Census Bureau has certified Bremerton's population to be 28,922
persons and, as a result thereby, receipts from the State of Wash-
ington will be increased considerably; ~hat said receipts shall be
used to increase the salaries of the City employees, as provided
for in the 1961 Budget; and that it is to the best interests of the
City of Bremerton that such excess receipts shall be appropriated
to-the several salary items so that the employees of the City of
Bremerton will have a more livable wage.
Section 2. There is hereby transferred and appropriated
from the said excess receipts the sum of Eight Thousand Five Hundred
Fifty-eight and 35/100 Dollars ($8,558.35) to the items "Salaries"
in the several sections of the 1961 Budget of the City of Bremerton.
Section 3. That, at the time of the adoption of the 1961
Budget, it could not have been reasonably foreseen that the Census
Bureau would increase the population of the City of Bremerton by
2,355 persons and that the anticipated revenues of the City of
Bremerton from~$tate sources would thereby be increased considerably,
making it possible to increase the salaries of City employees;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that an emergency
exists and this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the
public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the
City of Bremerton and shall be An full force and effect on the 1st
day of February, 1961, after 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 25th day of January, 1961.
H. O. D(kMSTAD, Mayor
ATTEST:
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E. H. T. McGOWAN, City Clerk