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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1506 ORDINANCE NO. 1506 AN ORDINANCE providing for the establishment of a City Board of Health, providing for the appointment of members thereof, prescribing the duties of the City Health Officer and providing for cooperation between the City Board of Health and any other Health unit of any adjoining Political subdivision of the State of Washington. THE CI~£ OF BRE~ERTON DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That there is hereby created a City Board of Health which shall consist of the members of the ~ity Council and two duly qualified and acting physicians, practicing in the City of Bremerton, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and Shall serve until their successors shall be appointed. The Mayor shall be chairman of said Board of Health and the City Health Officer shall be an ex- officio member and shall be the executive officer thereof. Section 2. The ~ity Board of Health shall have exclusive Jurisdiction of all matters relating to public health within the City of Bremerton and it shall be the duty of the City Health Officer to enforce all of the ordinances, rules and regulations now existing, or which may hereafter be enacted for the preservation of the public health. Section 3. The City Health Officer shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall receive such salary as may be determined by the City Council and shall be provided with such assistants as the City Board of Health shall recommend. The assistants shall be compensated as provided for by the City Council of the City of Bremerton. The City Board of Health shall from time to time make such rules and regulations as shall be necessary for ~e preservation of the public health. Section 4. The City Board of Health i.$ hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with an adjoining political subSivision for the formation of a district health department provided that any such agreement shall not be effective for a period longer than one year from the date of its consummation, provided however, that such agreement may be renewed from time to time providing each renewal shall not be for a period longer than one year. Section 8. This ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public health and safety of the people of Bremerton, and shall be come effective immediatel~ upon passage and publication. PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this llth day of November, 194~. Mayor ATTEST: ~ity Clerk COU~lty of ~i~ 'd)l ~' ~' City of B[eme~ton I, the u~de~i~ed,~h ~:~e ~v copy of Ordinance [~o.~R~..ol Bremerton entitled as above ami same has been published acco[ding to taw.