HomeMy WebLinkAbout1577 ORDINANCE NO. 1577
AN ORDINANCE declaring an emergency to exist on account of the need for fund
to pay increased expenses of the Health Department and appropriating funds to
meet such emergency; and repealing Ordinance No. 1567 passed July 12, 1944.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That a public emergency exists in the City of Bremerton due to
the state of war now existing, the continued influx of population in the city
Bremerton and the necessary expansion in personnel and activities of the Health
Department for the protection of public health.
Section 2. That the said public emergency could not have been'~foreseen at
the time of making the budget for the year 1944; that at the expense of the
United States of America, the State of Washington and the County of Kitsap, a
considerable number of additions have been made to the staff of the Health Depart
merit, in order to enforce the sanitary code and the various health ordinances of
the City of Bremerton and to control communicable diseases in t he City of Bremer
ton; that the proporationate share of the City of Bremerton in paying the additio
al expense of said expmnded health program is the sum of $2,038.00 from the let
day of July, 1944, to and including the 31st day of December, 1944.
S~ction 3. That the sum of .~2,038.00 is hereby authorized for the use of th
Health Department in connection with said expanded program and the ~ity Clerk is
hereby authorized to issue emergency warrants not exceeding said sum in payment
of said expenses.
Section 4. That Ordinance No. 1567, passed on July 12, 1944, appropriating
the sum of ~2,03~.00 for transportation expense to the employees of the Health
Department is hereby repealed, it being the intention of the City Oouncil of the
City of Bremerton to appropriate the total snm of ~2,038.00 for the Health Depart
ment by this ordinance, and that any warrants issued against said repealed ordin-
ance shall be charged against the total sum of ~2,038.00 herein and hereby approp
Section 5. That the City Clerk is hereby instructed and directed to publish
a copy of this ordinance in the official city newspaper immediately following the
approval of this ordinance on first rea.Jing.
Sect.!on 6. If approved on first reading, this ordinance shall be read for
final passage at the meeting of the City Council one week after the date of its
first reading.
S~ction 7. That an emergency exists which affects the public peace, health
and safety of the city of Bremerton, and this ordinace shall take effect immediat
on passage and publication.
APPROVED unanimously by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, on first
reading this 6th day of Septe~~).
PASSED unanimously by th~uGw,~'~o-J~.,
Mayor,
and
attested
by-the
day of September 1944. -the,ab~.,~.~.,~10.o~,a~i~aaujsn~co,ect ~ .. ~ .of such passage, this 13ti
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