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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1610 ORDINANCE N0. 1610 AN ORDINANCE declaring an emergency to exist on account of the la ck of budgetary authority permitting the t~ansfer of trust funds collected by the City of Bremerton, to the County Treasurer, for the benefit of the Marine Drive Water District and the Phinney Bay Water District, and appropriating funds to meet such emergency. THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That by virtue of contracts entered into by the City of Bremerton with the Marine Drive Water District and the Phinney Bay Water District. the City Treasurer of the City of Bremerton has collected certain trust funds, up to and including the ~lst day of December, 1944~ belonging to said Water Districts, as follows: Marine Drive Water District, $7,068.86 Phinney Bay Water District, 2,884.8~ and ~hat pursuant to said contracts the City of Bremerton will collect during the year 194B additional trust funds of said districts estimated to total the following sums: Marine Drive Water District ~3,5B1.~2 Phinney Bay Water District 1,47~.8~ Section 2. That the contracts hereinbefore referred to provide for the payment of said trust funds quarterly to the said Districts; that payment was held up for a considerable period of time pending investigation and ruling as to the legality of said contracts by order of State Examiners of the Division of Municipal Corporations; that at the time of making the budget for the year 1948, pursuant to and in conformance with instructions of the Examiners of the Division of Municipal Corporations, no provision was made in the 1945 budget permitting the transfer of such trUst funds to the said Water Districts; that subsequently the Attorney General of the State of Washington ruled that the said contracts were not contrary to law and that payment of said funds to said Water Districts need be held up no longer; that these circumstances have created an emergency which could not have been foreseen at the time of making the 1945 budget; that the respective amounts herein appropriated have been collected by the City of Bremerton up to and including December 31, 1944, or will be collected during the year 1945, and are or will be available in cash in the current water fund; that this ordinance is necessary only for the purpose of providing budget- ary authority ,for the exDenditure of such sums. ~' S~c~ion 3. ~ That the .t6tal sum of $14,983.06, or thereabouts, will be required to meet such emergency, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to issue emergency warrants, not exceeding saidsum, to the County Treasurer of Kitsap County, Washington, for the benefit of said Water Districts, as follows: To the Marine Drive Water District, $7,068.86 (due to and including December 31, 1944) To the Phinney Bay Water District, 2,884.8~ (due to and including December 31, 1944) and is further authorized to issue emergency warrants quarterly during the year 1945, following the filing and approval of sworn vouchers, for twenty (20) per cent of the gross revenues collected by the City Water Department from water users in said Marine Drive Water District and in said Phinney Bay Water District. Such payments shall be made by emergency warrant out of funds authorized and appropriated by this ordinance to be charged to the current water fund and covering the amounts collected during the quarterly periods ending March 31st, June 50t~, September 3Otb and December 31st respectively. . The person or persons having charge of the bookkeeping and accounting for the Water Department of the City of Bremerton shall set up and post regularly two special accounts, one of which shall be known as the "Marine Drive Water District Trust Account," and the other shall be known as the "Phinney Bay ~ater District Trust Account" to start as of January 1, 1~4~, and shall give on April 1, 1945, July 1, 194§, October ~, 1945 and December 31, 1948, or as soon after Ordinance No. 1610 (cont) said respective dates as possible, statements of the respective amounts in said accounts to the County Treasurer so that a proper claim therefore may be filed for approval. Immediately following the approval of such claims, the City Clerk shall issue warrants to the County Treasurer without further instructions from the City Council, to be charged to the appropriation herein contained. Section 4. That an emergency exists which affects the public peace, health and safety of the City of Bremerton, ~nd this ordinance sha~l take effect immediately following final passage and publication; and the City Clerk is here- by directed to publish this ordinance immediately following its approval, on first reading, in the official newspaper. This Ordinance shall be read for final passage on March ?, 194§. APPROVED unanimously on first reading this 28th day of February, 194§, by the City Council of the City of Bremerton. PASSED unanimously, on final reading, signed by the Mayor of the City of Bremerton, and attested by the city Clerk in authentication of such passage, this ?th day of March, 1948. 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