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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0893 ORDINANCE NO. 895 AN ORDINANCE, Specifying ~nd Adopting a System or Plan, for the kc- quisition, either by construction or purchase, by the City of Bremerton of an electric light and Power ~lan~ and System, within ~d wi~hou~ t~s C~pora~e Limits for the ~uzpose of ~urnishing the said City ~d Inhab- itants ~hereof, ~d Any O~her Persons, with an ~ple Supply of Electric Ligh~ ~d Power for Lighting, Hea~ing, ~el, ~d Power purposeS, Public' and Private: Declaring ~he Esti'ma~ed Cost ~ereof as Near ss ~y be a~ $~50,000,00, crea~ing a Special ~d for the Sole Purpose of Defraying ~he 8os~ of Acquiring, Condemning or ~chasing or Const~cting such ~lan~, P~viding for ~he Issuance and Sale of Bonds paya~le Only out of such Special Pund and Submitting ~he Same ~o ~he Qualified Vo~ers of said City for ra~ifica~ion or rejection, a~ a Special ~lec~i. on ~o be Held in said City on ~esday, the llth day of J~e, 19Bq. T~ CI~ ~I~R~ISSION O~ T~ CITY OP B~I~RTON DO OP~AIN AS ~LLOWS: Section 1. The 0~y of Bremer~on specifies and adopts ~he following plan and system for ~he zcquisiti'on by ~he Cit~ of Bremer~on of ~ electric, lighting plant and system ~'thin ~d without its corporate limits for ~he purpose of furnishing said city and ~he inhabi~t.s ~hereof, ~d any o~her person, ~h an ~ple supply of elect~city, ~d o~er means of electric power and facilities for lighting, heating, ~d fuel ~d power purposes, publia ~d private, together wi~h the righ~ to handle and sell or lease any me~ers, lamps, motors, ~ransformers, and equipmen~ or acces- sories of any kind, necessary ~d conv~ien~ for ~he use, distribution and sale ~hereof; ~d ~o obtain or' purchase such eleotrici~y or power fr~ others within or wi~hou~ %he city for s~id purpose, ~d to maintain all neoess~ry connec~ions with ~ch supply and ~o dispose of its surplus supply, if ~y, ~o ~y o~he~ persons within ~ wi~hou~ ~e city, insofar as per- mi~ted ~o do so hy ~he laws of ~he B~a~e of Washington. Tha~ ~he Oily of Bremer~on shall acquire hy purchase or conde~ion ~he presen~ existing eleo~ric ligh~ ~d power distribution system now oper- B~emer~ on by ~he present owners of said plant ~d system ~d~.~ ...... ~.~~~ Ordinance No. 89~, Cont. franchise of the City of Bremerton, together with such connecting wires, con- veyors, transformers and other equipment as may be necessary and used as a part of the said present existing system, or as may be necessary to connect same with a reliable supply of electricity for the uses hereinbefore speci- fied, including all cf the necessary property, real, personal, or mixed, used and owned by the owners of said electric lighting system as a part cf the system within the City of Bremerton or as incidental thereto at an estimated cost. as near as may be including necessary improvements, alterations, and repairs o~ said system, of $?§0,000.00; or the said City of Bremerton, in the discretion of its City Commission shall construct a complete new electric lighting and power distribution system substantially according to the general plans of the present existing system, in substantial duplication thereof, con- sis ting of lines, poles, conduits, wires, transformers, fixtures and accessor- ies, inclUding a connecting line to an adequate supply of electricity, to supply the said City of Bremerton, its inhabitants and any other persons as far as permitted so to do by law, with an ample supply of electric cttrrent for any and all purposes to charge and collect therefor, such rates as may be proper, and to sell and dispose of any surplus supply to any persons inasfar as permitted so to do by 1.~w, and lo supply aud sell all fixtures, equipment and accessor- ies, and to install same for use in all buildings, residences and elsewhere in said City of Bremertcn, and to operate said pla~t in all respects as a public municipal utility, at an estimated cost, as near as may be, of $~50,000.00 Section £. ~or the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring or con- st~ncting said lighting system and plant, there is hereby created in the treasury a special fund to be known as the "Bremerton ~ight ~auud". and bonds in the sum of ~even Hundred Fifty thousand dollar~, or so much ~hereof ~s may be i~!~ii?~?~necessary ~o acquire or construct said plant and system, and connect, same wi~h an adequate supply of electricity, shall be issued and sold, which said bonds ~and interest thereon shall be pa~[able only out of said special fund; shall bear interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually and shall mature serially in the order of their numbers, lowest numbers first, approxim- ately as follows: ~ive per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature six years 'after date thereof. ~ive per cent'of the total issue of said bonds shall mature seven years after date thereof. Five per cent of the total issue ~ff said bonds shall mature eight years a~ter date thereof. ,. 0rdinance No. 89S, 0ont. ~ ..... ~ive per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature nine years after date thereof. ~ive per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature ten years after date. thereof. Seven per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature eleven years after date thereof. Seven per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature twelve years after date thereof. Seven per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature thirteen years after date thereof. Seven per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature fourteen years after date thereof. Seven per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature fifteen years after d~te thereof. Night per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature sixteen years after date thereof. Eight per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature seventeen years after date thereof. Eight per cent of t~he total issue of said bonds shall mature eighteen years after date thereof. Eight per carat of the total issue of said bonds shall mature nineteen years after date thereof. Eight per cent of the total issue of said bonds shall mature twent, y years after date thereof. If the proposition sabmitted by this ordinance be ratified at the elec- t. ion, the governing body of said city shall provide for the form and details of such bonds, and shall sell the same at not less th~n par and accrued interest, in smch manner as such body shall deem for the best interest of said city ~nd the corporate authorities may provide in any contract for ~the construction or acquirememt of said pl~t amd system, that paymemt thereof shall be made only in s~ch bonds and at par value thereof; said bonds shall be payable, both principal and interest at the office of the City Treasurer; that the said bonds authorized by this ordinmmce may, in the discretion of the governing body of said city, be issued in one, two, or more series to be designated as series A. Series B. and so forth; but in no case shall the aggregate amount of said bonds exceed $750,000.00. Section ~. The 0ity of.Bremerton to secure and provide for the pay~nent of the interest on said bonds, hereby obligates and binds itself to set aside and pay into the said special fund from the gross revenues of said Ordinance No. 893, Cont. plant and system, on or before the first, day of each a~d every calendar month, beginning with the month in ~hich said bonds are dated, a sum equal to one- twelfth of one year's interes~ on all said bonds outstanding and unpaid; mad said city to- secure and provide for the payment and principal of said bonds hereby obligates and binds itself to set aside, and pay into the said special fund from the gross revenues of said pla, nt, certain fixed amounts on certain fixed da~es as follows: On or before the last day of the t¥~felfth calendar month of the fifth year a£~er the date of said bonds, and on or before the last day of each and every calendar month thereafter, so long as any of said bonds remain outstanding sad unpaid, an amount equal ~o one-twelfth of the principal amount of said bonds nex~ ma~uring. It is hereby declared that said city and its go~verning body in creating said special fund a~d in binding a~d obligating said city to set aside and pay into said fund, certain fixed amounts at certain fixed dates as aforesaid, have exercised due regard to the cost of opera~ion and maintenance of said plant, have found tha~ no'part or portion of the revenues and profits of said. plant has been previously pledged as a fund for any other indebtedness, and have no~ hereby obligated and bound said city to set aside into said special fund a greaker amoun~ of the revenues and profits of said pls~mt ~han in their Judgme~ will be available over aud above such cost of maintenamce and operation. Section 4. That a special election be held in said city on Tuesday, ~he llth day of June, 1929, a~ which election there shall be submitted to the quali- fied voters of said city for ratification or rejection, khe proposition set forth in this ordinance, and particularly in Sections l, 2 and 3 thereof. Notice of this election shall be given in the manner and form prescribed by law. Every voter at said election desiring to vote in favor of said proposi~ion, shall vote a ballot containing the following sta~emen~ thereof: IN ~AVOR 02 the system or plan submitted, specified and adopted by the 0i~y of Bremerton, for acquiring by condemnation or purchase, or by construction, an electric lighting pla~t and system, within and without i~s corporate limits for the purpose of furnishing the said city smd the inhabitants t'hereof, and any other persons with an ample supply of electricity, and all the products and by-products of an electric ligh~ing plant including facilities for lighting, heating, fuel, and power purposes and all accessories of any kind, necessary and convenien~ for the use, distr~b, ution and sale thereof, at an estimated cost of $?§0,000.00 and the issuance and e of bonds in an amount not exceeding said estimated cost, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, maturing serially in from six to twenty years from the date thereof payable at ~he office o£ the 0ity Treasurer., and payable only out of a special fund, into which said fund, said city binds and obligates Ordinance No. 8..9..3, Con~. itself to set aside and pay from the gross revenues of said plan~ and system certain fixed amounts a~ certain fixed dates, safficient to pay the princi- pal and in~eres~ of s~id bonds, ~s the same may mature and become payable; all as se~ forth in a certain ordin~ce No. 8~3~ adopted and pa~sed by the City Commission and duly e~c~ed according ~o law, and particularly as se~ forth in Sections 1, 2 and 3 ~hereof, said ordinance being en~itled: ~The ~i~le of ~is ordinance shall follow on ~he ballo~). Every vo~er a~ s~id e~ec~ion desiring to vo~e agains~ said proposition shall vo~e ~ ballo~.con~aining ~he following state~nt ~hereof: AGAINST ~he system or plan submi~.~ed, specified Gnd adopted by. ~he City of Bremer~on, for acquiring by conde~a~ion or purchase, ~ by construc~ioQ an electric lighting plan~ A~d system, within ~d withou~ i~s corporate limits, for ~he pu~ose of furnishing the said ci~ ~d the inhabitants ~hereof, and any o~her persons, wi~h an ample supply of etec~rlci~y, and all ~he produc~s and by-products of ~ electric lighting plant inclu~'ng facilities for lighting, heating, fuel, znd power purposes and all accessories of any kind, necessary a~ convenien~ for ~he use, distribution and sale thereof, a~ an es~ima~ed cos~ of $750,000.00, and ~he issuance and sale of bonds in an ~oun~ no~ exceeding s~id estimated cos~, bearing in~eres~ a~ a ra~e no~ exceeding s~ per cen~ per a~, pa~ble semi-annually, ma~uring serially in from six ~o ~wen~y years from ~he da~e ~hereof, payable at ~he office of ~he City Treasurer, and payable only ou~ of a special fund, in- ~o which said fund, said city binds and obligates itself to set aside and p~y fr~ ~he gross revenues of said plan~ and system certain fixed ~o~s a~ certain f~ed da~es, s~ficien~ ~o pay ~he principal and in~eres~ of 'said bonds, as ~he s~me may ma~ure and become"pa~ble; all as se~ f~h in a certain ordinance No,'893, adopted and passed by ~he city comn~ission and duly e~c~ed according ~o law, and particularly as se~ forth in Sections l, 2 ~nd 3 ~hereof, said ordinance being entitled: ~The ~i~le ~o ~his ordinance shall follow on the ballot,). Section 5. In ~he even~ said electric lighting plan~ and system be ' ac~luired or constructed by said city, i~ shall be opera,ed, conducted and maint~ined by said city and said city shall have full power to. regulate and control ~he use, distribution and price of all electricity, power, accessories or o~her ~hings f~nished ~hereby, ~o make additions and be~er- m~s ~here~o, or extensions ~hereof, and to pro~ec~ and safeguard ~he s~me, all pursuan~ ~o ~d in compliance wi~h ~he laws of ~he S~a~e of ~ash- ing~on ~here~o rela~ing. Section 6. In ~he event such ~roposition hereby submitted be ra~ified and said city issue ~ll or ~y par~ of said special f~d bonds for ~he put- Ordinance No. 895, Cont. pose of acquiring or constructing said plant, then all such bonds so issued shall be a first, prior, and direct lien against the gross revenues of said plant, and said city hereby expressly covenants and agrees with the holder of each and every of such bonds so issued that the lien of all future or other indebtedness which may he created and made payable out of the revenues of such plant, shall be sub- ordinate, inferior and Junior to the lien of such bonds. Section ?. In the event such bonds or any portion,thereof be issued the City of Bremerton hereby irrevocably binds and obligates itself not to sell, !ca~e, or in any manner dispose of said lighting plant or any additions or tensions that may be made ~hereto until all of said bonds so issued with interest thereon, shall have been fully paid, without the consen~ of ~he holders of such bonds; and the City of Bremerton further does covenant and agree with the holder or holders of each amd every of said bonds tha~ i~ will maintain said plant and system in good condition, and will efficiently operate the same; thgt it will no~ reduce the rates or charges for the produc~ of said plant and system so :hat ~he gross revenues thereof will be insufficient, to maintain and operate the said plant and system and make pa~m~ents into said special fund as hereinbefore pro- vided and that if at any given time the gross revenues of said plant and system shall no~ be sufficient ~o make such payments and to maintain ~d operate the said pl~% and system, that it will increase its rates and charges to such a figure as will make the revenues thereof sufficient to make such pavements and ~o maintain and operate such plant and system. Section 8. This o~-dinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety and shall take effect i~mnediately upon i~s passage. ~assed by the City Commission of t~e said City of Bremer~on, in regular session, asse~bled on the 8~h day of ~,[ay, 19S9, by ~he following vote: Ayes, ~; Nays, O; absent, O; and approved and signed by the ~[ayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication thereof, this 8~h day of l~Iay, 19E9. ~layor. ATTEST: THIS O~IN2~NCE INTRODI/CED by Commissioner C,. ~, Halverson and had its first reading on the ls~ day of ~[ay, 19£9, and placed on fil~ for public inspe c ~ ion. ~ate of Washin~on~ S S County of Kitsap ~ ' ' ~~~ I the undemigned do cedify that the abo~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~! and fere~oing is a true and c~rect copy of an ordinance passed by the ciW commissioa of 1he city of Breme~on, Washin~on o~ above date. ~Jty Clerk RESOLUTION NO. 62 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING POLLING PLAICES ~AND ~%PPOINTING TttE ELECTION OD'~ICI3~LS POE THE SPECL~L ELECTION TO BE HE~ IN T]~] CITY O~ Bi~RTON, %~HINGTON, ~SDAY, ~ ll, 19S9, U~ER A~O PURSUANT T00~IN~CE NO. ~95,, 0~ 5~%ID CI~, ~ PROVIDING ~OR NOTI~ OP S~CH E~CTION. ~RE~, ~he City of Breme~ton, by i~s Ordinance No. 895, has pro- vided for ~bmit.~ing to tSe qualified vo~ers of said city, for ratlfica~ion or reJeo~ion the proposition set forth in Ordinate No. 89S, and particular- ly in Sections l, ~ and S ~hereof: said ordinate being enti~led: ~{ 0~{~, Specifying ~d .~dop~g a System o~ Plan, for quisi~ion, either by construction or pure.se, by ~he Gity of Bremerton of an electric ligh~ and power plant ~d system, within and withou~ i~s 0o~ora~e Limits for ~he ~pose of ~nishing ~he said~Oity ~d Inhabitants ~he~eof, ~d ~y O~her Persons, with an ~ple Supply of Electric Ligh~ ~d Power for Zigh~ing, Heating, Puel, ~d Power P~poses, Public and Private; Declaring the Est~ed Cost thereof as Near as may be at $~50,000.00, creat- ing a Special P~d for ~he Sole ~rpose or'Defraying ~he Cos~ of Acquiring, -Conde~ing or Purc~sing or Constructing such Pl~t, Providing for the Is- suance and Sale of Bonds Payable Only ou~ of such Special ~d and Submit~t~ ~he Same ~o ~he Qualified Vo~ers of said Ci~y for ratifica~ion or rejection, ~ a Special Election ~o be Held in sa~ Cit, y on Tuesday, ~he ll~h day of J~e, 19~9, NOW, T~REP0!~, BE .IT i~SOL~ BY T~ CITY CO~,K~ISSION, AS ~OLLOWS: Section 1. The polling places for said election in each of the regular- ly established vo~ing precinc~s of said city, ~d the 'officers who shall ~onduc~ said election in said precincts are hereby designated and appointed as follows: ~irs~ ~ecinc~: Polling place - Oi~y Hall Inspector -Wm. J. ~[. Byrne Judges - ~,[rs Olga poindex~e~ and'~s Alice ~I. ~ayo Second Precinct: Polling place -Elks Club Building (Basemen~ en- trance on Pacific Avenue) Inspector- E. H. Bowdoin Judges - George ~. Putnam and Ers R. G. Oook Third Precinct: Polling place - Outdoor Sales & Service S~ore ~610 Pacific Ave.) Inspector- G. G. Orawford Judges - }~rs. E. Sparrow and Nrs. Oharles Coleman ~o~h Precinct: POlling place - Hal Smith's Garage, d05 Park Ave Inspector -P. A. Harlow Judges - Dorothy Kinnan and Clara ~Iar~in ~if~h ~recinc~: Polling place - A. ~. E. Church, 90E Rark Ave Inspector - ~,i. P. 0~is~ Judges - ~s Carrie Pre~nall and ~rs. Ellen Powers Sixth Precinc~: Polling place - Bremerton Auto Park Building (Corner Rark a~ 14~h ~.) Inspector - ~Irs. ~edora Hicks Judges - ~[ary K. Berkheimer a~ Helen Burgess~ Resolution No. 62 , 0on~. Seventh Precinct: Polling place - Lent's Shop, 1203 - 4th (Near corner 4th and 0hester Stsl Inspector - Benjamin Blackwood Judges - Ethel Sehorr and Grace Kirk Eighth i~recinc~: ]~olling place - Lord's S~ore (~orner 9th and Veneta) Inspecto~ - Elizabeth Rusher Sudges - Bertha A~tridge and Edith Greet Ninth ~recinc~: Polling place - ~ire Hall on ~ou~h S~. (Near 1~2~ ~our~h) Inspector - ~e. ~Iar~ha Scot~ Judges -~s. ~M. H. Judd and ~lorence Bchmic~ath Tenth ~recinc~: Polling place - 1919 - ?~h *Inspector - C, H. Cleaver Judges -Bertha H. Grosse and Lillian ~. ~.larvin Eleventh ~recinc~: Polling place - 309 Naval Ave., ~[o~or Service Company Store Inspector - Ninnie Sloper Judges - H~ud Pray and Anita Campbell ~elf~h ~recinc~: ~olling place - ~ire 'Hall, ~yc~off Ave. Inspector - ~. E. ~r~g Judges - Barbara Keen~n and Helen Durgin Thirteenth Precinct: Polling place - Garage, southwes~ corner Callow and Burwell Sts. Inspector - Mabel Cox Judges - Hilda O'Hara and George Dane ~ourteenth Precinct: Rolling place - Jack ~Ia~tin's Store Inspector - J. H. Mar~in Judges - Jean Abbott ~ Hulda H~ton. Provided, ~hat if any or all of said officers herein appointed as election offic~als shall for any reason fail, neglect or refuse to act, then the elec- tion officers shall be chosen in ~.he ma~er provided by law. Section 2. The polls at said election shall open at eight o'clock A. ~., and shall remain open until eight o'clock P. ~t., on said election day. Section 3. The City Clerk of said city is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of such election in the manner and form ~nd fo~' the time re- quoted by law. This resolution passed by ~he unaminous vo~e of ~he Ci~y Oo~ission Bremer~on, this 9~h day of ~ay, 1929. t - t Mayor ATteST;