HomeMy WebLinkAbout1466 RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
providing for the submission to the qualified electors
of the City at a primary election to be held on the
15th day of September, 1970, of a proposition autho-
rizing the City'to purchase and/or lease a public
transportation system, and authorizing the City to
collect a transit subsidy excise tax not to exceed
$1.00 per household unit per month.
WHEREAS, the present privately owned and operated public trans-
portation company has for a number of years last past operated said
public transportation service within the City of Bremerton and sur-
rounding area and has determined that it is impossible from the
revenues derived from tolls and fares to maintain the financial solvency
of said system; and
WHEREAS, all persons in the City of Bremerton benefit from a
solvent and adequate public transportation system either directly or
indirectly; and
WHER~S, it hes been determined that a public transportation
system cannot be maintained without public ownership and/or lease
thereof by the City of Bremerton; and
~Z~, t~ ~intenance and operation of an adequate public
t~anSPOrtati~ syetem is an absolute necessity and is essential to the
economic, in4~t~ial and cultural growth, development and prosperity of
the City of B~emerton and to protect the health and welfare of the
residents of the City of Bremerton and the public in general; and
~EREAS, the appropriation of general funds and levying and
collection of taxes by the City of Bremerton is necessary in order to
maintain and operate a financially~responsible
t~anspo~tation
system;
NOW~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Bremmrton as follows:
Section 1. The City hereby finds and declares that the health,
safety and welfare of the residents of the City of Bremerton and the
public in general require the ownership and/or lease of a public trans-
portation system by the City of Bremerton.
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Section 2. The City of Bremerton shall be authorized to
purchase and/or lease a pUblic transportation system and all reasonable
equipment and propertY, real.or personal, incident thereto.
Section 3. The City shall levy and collect a transit subsidy
excise tax not to.exceed $1.00 per household unit per month and all
taxes levied and collected under such tax shall be credited to a special
fund in the treasury of the City of Bremerton. Such taxes shall be
levied and used solely for the purpose of paying all or any part of the
cost of acquiring, constructing, equipping or operating the publicly
owned transportation system or contracting for the~services thereof or
to pay or secure the payment of all or part of the principal of or
interest on any general obligation bonds or revenue bonds issued for
public transportation capital purposes; and until withdrawn for use,
the monies accumulated in such fund or funds may be invested by the
Treasurer of the City of Bremerton in the manner authorized by the
legislative body of the City of Bremerton.
Section 4. It is hereby found and declared that an emergency
exists requiring the submission to the qualified electors of the City
at a primary election to be held on the 15th day of September, 1970,
of a proposition authorizing the purchase and/or lease by the City of
Bremerton of a public transportation system and the levying and
collection of a transit subsidy excise tax not to exceed $1.00 per
household unit per month.
The Kitsap COunty Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of all
elections held within Kitsap County is hereby requested to also find
the existence of such emergency and to assume jurisdiction of, and to
carry through Said proposition, to be held on the 15th day of
September, 1970, and submit to the qualified electors of the City at
that tim~ tha proposition h~reinafter s~t forth.
The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify
said proposition to the Kitsap County Auditor in ~he following form:
CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
PROPOSITION NO. 1
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Shall the City of Bremerton, in order to continue the
maintenance and.operation of an adequate public trans-
portation system within the city limits of the City of
Bremerton and the surrounding area be authorized to
purchase and/or lease a public transportation system and
thereafter continue to maintain and operate said public
transportation system or contract for the maintenance
and operation of said system, jr
Further, shall the City of Bremerton, for the purpose
of funding the purchase, maintenance and operation of
a public transportation system for the City of Bremerton,
levy and collect a tax from all household units within
the City of Bremerton a transit subsidy tax not to
exceed $1.00 per household unit per month as more
specifically provided for in Resolution No. /~ .
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, YES .....
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, NO ......
ADOPTED by the City Council this I~ ~ day of August, 1970,
signed by the Mayo~ and attested by the City Clerk in authentication
of such adoption.
AuBUrn H. C~a~k, Heyo~ pro ~lmpore
ATTEST:
~. C.' Y~Nt, SR., City Clerk
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