HomeMy WebLinkAbout2148 ORDINANCE NO. 2148
AN ORDINANCE appropriating funds for the holding of a spec-
ial election not provided for in the Budget for the calendar yaar
1956, and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BRE~ERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That since the adoption of the Budget for the
calendar year 1956, the City Council~has, by motion, called for the
holding of a special municipal election to be heldFebruary 7, 1956
to determine whether or not the licnese fees now exacted and col-
lected by virtue of Ordinance No. 1917 as amended upon the act or
privilege of engaging in certain business activities should be in-
creased, anti tha~ it is estimated that an expenditure in the amount
of Fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars shall Oe necessary in order
to pay the necessary and incidental costs of holding said special
municipal election.
Section 2. That at the time of the adoption of the Budget
for 1956 it could not have been reasonably forseen that such an
appropriation would be necessary, and that by reason of the City
Council's motion to hold such an election, based upon the suffi-.
ciency of Referendum Petitions filed with the City Clerk calling
for the olding of such an election, an emergency exists and is here-
by declared to exist, and this Ordinance is necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare
of the citizens of the city of Bremerton and shall be in effect
immediately following passage and publication.
PASSED UNANIEOUSLY by the City Council of the City of Bremer-
ton, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in auth-
entication of such passage this 27th day of January, 1956.
ATTEST: ~{'.OY DOMSTAD, Mayor
E.H.T. McGOWAN,' City Clerk