HomeMy WebLinkAbout1554 ORDINANCE NO. 1554
AN ORDINANCE declaring an emergency to exist on account of the necessity
of depositing ~$50,000.00 in Contribution Account F.W.A. Project Wash. 45-Ma98,
for the payment of salaries of policemen and firemen in the City'of Bremerton
for the year 1944, and ap0roprtating funds to neet such emergency.
THE CITY OF BR~ERTON DOES ORD~ N:
Section 1. ~at at the time of making the budget for ~e year 1944, it
was contemplated by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that a Federal
~r~t would be received from the United States of America in the s~ of
$22V,868.08 for the pa~nent of the salaries of additional policemen an8 firemen
in the City of Bremerton, whose emplo~ent has been made necessany by the
~precedented growth of the City of Bremerton due to the state of war now
existing; that after ~ audit of the records and finances of the City of ..
Bremerton, the Federal Gover~ent has decided to appropriate instead of said
s~, the s~ of only ~17V,868.08, and that no pa~-t of said last mentioned
will be available for the payment of salaries of such policemen and firemen
unless ~d ~til the City of Bremerton deposits in the National Bank of
Washington in Contribution Account for Project Wash. 45-~.~-96, the '~m of
$50,000.00.
Section ~. 'That the facts recited In Section i he~eof constitute a
public emergency which could not have been foreseen at the time of' making the
budget for the year 1944; that for the protection of the public peace, health
and safety, it is necessary that the total s~ of $22~, 868. 08 be available
for the pa~ent of salaries of such additional policemen an~ firemen for the
year 1944 mn5 therefore there is hereby appropriated the s~ of $50,000.00,
and the city clerk is hereby authorized and directed, to execute an emergenoy
warrant or warrants in said s~, and.to deposit the same in said Contrib~tion
Account.
Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby instructed and directed to
publish a copy of this ordinance tn the official city newspaper i~ediately
following the approval of this or~inance on first reading.
Section 4. After approval on first reading this ordinance shall be
read for final passage at the meeting of the City C0~cil one week-after the
date of said first reading.
Section .5. That an emergency exists affecting the public peace, health
and safety, and this ordin~ce shall take effect i~ediately following .final
passage and publication.
APPROVED unanimously by the City Co~cll of the City of Bremerton on
first reading this 5th day of January, 1944.
PASSED un~imously by the City Co~cil of the City of Bremerton on second
and final reading this 12th day of J~uary, 1944.
Atto s t: ~ MayOr ......
tat~ of Was~in~lon)
t, ~h~ m~d~[ig~ed, do hare ~y ce~tfy that
the ~bdva a,~d foregoing Is a lrueand co~rect
copy of Ordmanca No,.~.of Ihs City o~
B~emerton e~Utlad as sfl~ve a~d that fha.
~ma has ~.n publish~ accerdie~ to law.
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