HomeMy WebLinkAbout1791 ORDINANCE No. 1791,
AN ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the purchase of water works fac-
ilities from the Federal ~'~orks Agency and providing the necessary funds there-
fore, an~ declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF 5RE~/~RTON ~ES 0~DAIN:
Section 1. By ~ease ~ated October 28, 1943, the United States of America
leased to the City of Bremerton certain waterworks facilities within ~e city
desi~nated Project No. Wash. 45-Z~6, which consisted of water lines
Avenue between llth and 16th streets and across Port [~ashington Narrows, more
fully described in the pla~s on file in the office of the Re6ional ~irector
of the Federal Works Agency, Re~ion ~o. 7. The lease provided tha~' ~e- city'
would pay the govermnent a rental of ~600.00 every three months for the use of
the leased property ~d that if the city purchased ,s&id property from tl~e ~jovern-
ment d~ing the~rms of the lease, ~1 pa~ents made as rentals should be applied
on the purchase price.
Section ~. The waterworks facilities he~reinabove describe~ were constructed
by '~he Federal Works Agency at a total cost of ,j~41,SOS.V6. It has become the
policy of the Federal Works Agency ~o dispose of any such projects conscrmctec~
during the war to ofI'er.said facilities for sale to municipalities at 50'~,j of
their cost price. By ~d -~rou[~h the office of the Division Engineer, the city
has been advised that ~e Federal Works Agency will sell said~aciliti~s to the
city for one-hall' their cost, or ',,~20,~04.38, with a credit of/~.,~f~O~f. 3a. ~I'~
of which have oeen contained ~n an ofler maae oy ~e czty to purchase such zac-
ilities pursuant ta Resolution No. 6~6 of the City Co,oil, da-ced l~arc'[~ ~, 1948.
Section 3. The City Co~ci! Ss of the opinion that the facilities should
be purchasem upon the~rms hereinabove stated and that an emergency exists
which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the ~ ime of preparatJ, on of the
budget for t he calendar year; that an expenditure of ~10,104. 38 is necessary in
order to relieve ~said emergency an~:~ that ~e Cit~ Clerk is authorized to issue
a warr~t in that amo~mt, payable to the order of the Federal Works ~gency to be
paid by the City Treasurer upon delivery to the City of Bremerton of a good and
sufficient conveyance of the waterworks facilities hereinabove describe~i.
Section 4. This ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the pub-
lic health ~d welfare and shall be eI'fective i~ediately upon passage and pub-
lication.
AP[:ROVED ~animously by the City Co~mcil on first r ea~ing this 21st may
of July, 1948.
PASSED ~animous!y by the City Co~cil of the City of Bremerton on second
reading, signed by the ~,~ayor and attested by' the City Clerk in authentication of
such passage this 28th day of July, 1948.
ATTEST: ':' Mayor