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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2472 AN ORDINANCE providing for appropriations of funds for which an insufficient appropriation was made in the 1961 Budget and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated to the Sixth Street Reconstruction Fund the sum of $388.84 from funds not otherwise appropriated; that, since the establishment of said fund and the expenditures of money therefrom, the State of Washington has ruled that none of the funds appropriated by the State of Washington can be used to pay interest on city warrants heretofore issued. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated to the item "Kitsap Regional Planning" in the budget of the PLANNING COMMISSION - GENERAL the sum of $1122.65'Vfrom funds not otherwise appropriated; that, at the time of the adoption of the budget, an error was made and it was not discovered that an error was made in the original request for funds for the year 1961 by the Kitsap County Joint Planning Commission in said sum. Section 3. That an emergency exists and is herek,t declared to exist and it is necessary that the foregoing appropri- ations be made for the present preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Bremerton and are required for carrying out the necessary work in the above named departments and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately following passage and publication. APPROVED on first reading this 22nd day of November, 1961. 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 N~,~m~ex, 1961. H. O. D~STAD, Mayor ATTEST: E. H. T. McGO~N, City Clerk STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ) ss. County of Kitsap FRED SCHONEMAN, being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes &nd says: That he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Com- missioner of Public Works and Utilities of the City of Bremerton; That, prior to the receipt of funds from the State Highway Commission for the reconstruction of Sixth Street, it was necessary for the City of Bremerton to issue its warrants to pay for work being done; that, after the completion of the project, the State of Washington said that none of the funds received from the State Highway Com- mission could be used to pay interest on these warrants; that this interest is a legal obligation of the City of Bremerton and must be - 2 - paid; that the law requires that each department of the city make a request to the City Council for funds to operate the said department; that the Kitsap County Planning Commission ma~e an error in the sum of $1122.65 in its request for funds and this error was not discovered until on or about the 1st day of September, 1961; that this sum is absolutely essential for the operation of said department and the city has, by agreement with the county, agreed to pay its proportionate share of the operation of said office; that an emergency appr~priation is necessary to pay these legal obligations of the City of Bremerton. SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ~ day of 1961. Not~ry Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at Bremerton. - 3 -