HomeMy WebLinkAbout1623 RESOLUTION NO. 1623
A RESOLUTION authorizing transfers within funds, and expenditures of
specified funds in amounts different from the detailed appropriation items in
the 1974 Official Budget.
WHEREAS RCW 35.33.120 permits by Council Resolution the transfer of
budgeted funds between general classes, and the expenditures of funds in excess'
of the budgeted amount; and
WHEREAS Police Department expenditures for 1974 are estimated to exceed
the budgeted amount by 975,000; and
WHEREAS Communications Department expenditures are estimated to exceed
the budgeted amount by $13,500; and
WHEREAS Fire Department expenditures for 1974 are estimated to exceed the
budgeted amount by $1O,OOO; and
WHEREAS Attorney's Office expenditures for 1974 are estimated to exceed
the budgeted amount by $8,000; and
WHEREAS Election Registration expenditures for lq74 exceeded the budgeted
amount by $1,5OO; and
WHEREAS Building Department expenditures for 1974 are estimated to exceed
the budgeted amount by $4,100: and
WHEREAS Water Distribution expenditures and encumbrances for long lead
time, costly inventory items have caused an overexpenditure of the 1974
budgeted amount; and
WHEREAS Outside Water Office expenditures for 1974 are estimated to exceed
the budZeted amount by $5,700; and
WHEREAS the Grants Administration budget was contingent on the possible
discontinuation of the EEA Program which has now been extended to December 31,
1974; and
WHEREAS retroactive pay increases scheduled in 1974 as a result of the
Donworth Study caused salary and fringe beuefit expenditures in excess of
these budgeted by City Departments; and
WHEREAS the funds budgeted in the Federal Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
Capital Outlay are now more urgently required to meet operating and maintenance
costs in the Public Safety Sector; and
WHEREAS the anticipated revenues for the Street Department have fallen
short of expectations for 1974;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. Expenditures by City Departments for payments other than salaries
and fixed expenses will be limited to emergency requirements for the remainder
of 1974; and
2. Police and Fire Department salary expenses incurred during the
remainder of 1974 may be subsidized as required by transfer from the Federal
Revenue Sharing Trust Fund,
3. The unappropriated cash balances in the General, the Cur'rent Water,
the Street and the Garage Funds may be used as required within the respective
funds to pay expenses which have occurred or which may
occur in 1974 as a result of unbudgeted pay and price increases,
4. $8,500 of the budgeted, unexpended portion of the funds allocated
to Grants Administration shall be transferred to the Police Pension budget,
5. The Street Department expense budget for 1974 is reduced to $526,000.
PASSED AND APPROVED 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 27th day of November , 1974.
GLENN K. JARSTAD, Mayor
ATTEST:
G.C. YEADON, SR., City Clerk