HomeMy WebLinkAbout1011 RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION Of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
employing counsel for certain services in
connection with the issuance and sale of
$~50~000 of general obligation bonds of the
city,
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton, Washington is con-
templating the issuance and sale of its general obligation bonds
in the principal sum of $350,000 for the purpose of providing
part of the funds necessary to construct a new City Hall with
all necessary utilities, facilities and equipment, and to
improve certain other property owned by the city at the southwest
corner of Washington Avenue and Fourth Street; and
WHEREAS, the constitution and laws of the State of
Washington require that the question of whether or not such
bonds may be issued and sold for such purposes must be submitted
to the qualified electors of the city for their ratification or
rejection; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and to the best
interests of the city that bond counsel skilled in such matters
be retained to draw the ordinances, notices and other documents
necessary for the issuance and sale of said bonds and to give
their opinion as to the validity thereof at the time of their
sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
City of Bremerton, Washington, as follows:
That Preston, Thorgrimson & Horowitz, attorneys at law
of Seattle, Washington, be and they are hereby retained to perform
the services above set forth and as compensation therefor the
city agrees to pay them the sum~f $800, and in addition thereto
agrees to reimburse said attorneys for any out-of-pocket expenses
such as long distance telephone tolls Which they may incur in
the performance of said services.
In the event said bond proposition fails to car~y,
the city shall pay said counsel the sum of $175 only, which shall
be compensation for their services rendered to the date of said
election.
In addition to the above, the city further agrees to
furnish said counsel at their office in Seattle, Washington
with a complete certified transcript of all proceedings taken
in the matter of the issuance of said bonds,
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY by the Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington at a regular meeting thereof, signed by
the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication
of such passage this 13th day of August, 1958.
CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
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