HomeMy WebLinkAbout622 RESOLUTION NO. ~-%~
BE IT RESOLVED By the City CoUncil of the City of Bremerton
in regular session assembled;
~i~at at a public election to be held in this city on the 6th
day of December, 1947, there shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of the city for their approval and ratification, or rejec-
tion, an amendment to Section 6, Article II of the ~?~ter of the
city of Bremerton to read as follows:
"Sec. 6. Salaries. The annual salary of the mayor selected,
as hereinafter set out, shall be the sum of five thousand five
hundred ($5800.00) dollars, and the salaries of the other two eom-
missioners shall be the sum of four thousand eight hundred ($4800~00)
dollars per year each. The clerk shall receive an annual salary
of four thousand eight hundred ($4800.00) dollars; and
BE IT ~RTHER RESOLVE~ that at said electibn there shall be sub-
mitted to the qualified voters of said city £or their approval
and ratification,or rejection, an amendment to Section lB, Article
III of the charter of the city of Bremerton to read as follows:
"Sec.lS. Ordinances - Signing and Attesting, Publication of,
Recording and Authentication.'
"Every ordinance passed by the council may be published once
in the official city newspaper and within ten days after its pas-
sage. In the absence of such publication the city clerk shall
publish in said newspaper and within ten days after such passage
the title of said ordinance together with a notice stating that
a copy is available for public inspection in the office of the
city clerk, and stating the effective date of such ordina~ce.
Each ordin~ ce shall be recorded in an ordinance book kept for
that purpose, which records shall be attested by the city clerk."
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at said election there shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Bremerton for
their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to
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Section l?, Article III of the charter of the city of Bremerton
to read as follows:
"Section 17. Direct Legislation: ~en Effective:
Ordinances adopted by the electors of the city shall take effect
at the time fixed therein, or, if no such time is designated
therein, at the date of the adoption thereof, provided, that if
such adopted ordina~ ce co~templates any expenditure which is not
included in the current budget or which is not to be pst d from
an existing bond issue or which eliminates or reduces an existing
revenue, such expenditure or elimination shall not be lawful until
after the next succeeding budget shall take effect;" and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at said election there shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of said city for their approval
and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Section 24, Article
V of the charter of the city of Bremerton to read as follows:
"Section 24. All revenues accruing to or belonging to the
city shall be under the control of the council and shall be paid
out as ~thorized by this charter, or by ordinance, by warrants
on the Treasurer, drawn by the clerk and signed by the mayor. No
warrant for the payment of money shall be drawn against any of the
funds of the city until there shall be ~.oneys sufficient to the
credit of suc?~ fund to pay the same, together with warrants out-
standing against said fund; provided, the city may, for the pur-
pose of paying current rGnning expenses of any fiscal year, pro-
vide by ordinance that warrants may be drawn in payment thereof
to any amount not exceeding eighty per cent of the uncollected
revenues anticipated in the budget adopted for the fiscal year
in which said warrants are issued, and if said warrants are not
paid upon presentment they shall be stamped by the city treasurer
with the date of presentment, with the notation ,,Not paid for
lack of funds", and thereafter said warrants shall bear interest
at the rate of such per cent per auntun as may be specified by
the councils" and
BE IT FURTHE~ RESOLVED that at said election there shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the city for their approval
and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Section 30,Article
VII of the ch~ter of the city of Bremerton to read as follows:
"Sec. 30. city Clerk. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk
to keep the corporate seal, and all papers and documents belonging
to the city; to file them in his office under appropriate heads;
to attend the sittings of the ~ity Council and to keep a journal
of their proceedings and records of all their resolutions and or-
dinances; to sign all warrants and licenses issued in pursuance
of the orders and ordinances of the City Council and to affix the
corporate seal on such licenses; to sign all deeds, leases, contracts,
bonds and other doctuments when authorized by the Council; to keep
an accurate account in a suitable book under ap~ropriate heads of
all expenditures, of all orders drawn upon the City Treasurer and
of all warrants issued in pursuance thereof; to see that no lia-
bility is incurred or expenditure made from the treasury without
due at~hority of law; also to keep an account in an appropriate
book of all licenses issued, with the names of the persaG s to whom
issued, the date of issue, the time for which the same was granted
and the sums paid therefor and to perform such other duties as he
may be required to perform by the provisions of this Charter, or
by ordinance. He shall appoint such deputies or assistants as may
be necessary.
The City Clerk shall have the power and it shall be his duty
to purchase all material, supplies, equipment, and personal property
of every kind for the support and maintenance of the different
depsrtments of city government, including the departments of each
of the contmissioners, and the offices of all appointive officers
of the city; and it shall be the duty of the head of each depart-
ment, or the con~issioners in charge thereof, and allappointive
officers of the city, to cause to be prepared estimates of the
supplies required for the proper conduct and maintenance of their
respective departments and offices covering periods to be fixed
by the City Clerk, and to forward the same to the City Clerk in
accordance with his directions, and no such a~thorities, officers,
dep~rtments, commissioner or any officer or employee thereof,
shall have the authority to purchase any article for the use of
said department or office, and payments for all such supplies,
material, equipment and personal property, shall be charged to
the budget of each of such departments, securing such materials,
supplies, equipment, or property in proportion to the amount
received. Before any such purchase is made, the City Clerk
shall ascertain the balance in the budget appropriated to such
department or subdivision, and in the event the amount of such
pu.L~chase added to the estimated expense for the balance of the
year as appropriated in such budget exceeds such budget, the
purchasing agent shall refuse to make such purchase.
The City ~lerk shall be liable on his bond in the amount of
any excess of expenditures over and above the sum appropriated
in the budget to any department, where it can be shown that such
excess of expenditures or indebtedness was due to the purchasing
of suppliers, material, equipment, or other property for ~he de-
partment in the amount of such excess, provided that when an
e~ergency shall arise necessitating an expenditure for the pre-
servatlon of peace, health, or safety, or for the carrying on of
the necessary work required by the law of any departmeut, for
which insufficient or no appropriations have been made, the head
of such department or Commissioner shall submit to the City Council
and the City Clerk, duplicate copies of a sworn statement setting
forth the facts constituting such emergency, and the estimated
amount of money required therefor. If the Council shall approve
such estimate in full or in part, they shall cause an emergency
ordinance to ~e passed in the manner and form provided by law.
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No voucher, bill, or claim for any supplies, material, equipment,
or pets0 nal property, shall be honored or i~aid by the City Treasurer
that is not accompanied by the voucher or ap?roval of the city
purchasing agent.
Tn the erection, improvement and repair of all public buildings
and works, in all street and sewer work, and in f~rnishing supplies,
material and equipment for the same, if the~ work is to be done by
contract and the expenditure required exceeds the sum of One Thousand
($1,000.00) Dollars, the purchasing agent shall advertise for bids
for such work. The City Council, by unanimous vote of all three
members~&by resolution directs that public improvements, and works,
as set forth above, be done by the city under the direction and
supervision of the proper city official or department, without
advertising for bids except as hereinafter provided.
In the purchasing of supplies, material and equipment for the
city, for public works done by the City, or for any other use by
the City, when expenditure required exceeds the sum of O~e Thousand
($1,000.00) Dollars, the purchasing agent shall advertise for bids
for same.
All advertise~uents for bids required herein shall ask for sealed
proposals, shall distinctly and Specifically state the character
of the work contemplated and the kind of supplies, materials, or
equipment required. Such notice shall be published three times
in the official newspaper and advertised in such other manner as
the purchasing agent shall deem advisable.
The purchasing agent, with the consent of the Council, may
accept the proposal oF the lowest responsible bidder, may reject
any and all bids, may re-advertise for bids, or provide for the
work to be done under the dir~tion and supervision of the proper
city official or department.
No purchase of any supplies, material or equipment aggregating
the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars, or more, shall be
broken down or separated into parts to avoid the advertising for
bids for supplies, material, or equipment.
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BE IT FURTHER R~SOLVED that at said election there shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Bremerton for
their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to
Section 83 of Article XIII of the charter of the city of Bremerton
to r~ad as follows:
"Sec. 82. No ordinance heretofore or hereafter enacted by
vote of the people shall be amended or repealed by the Council
within a period of two years following such enactment unless such
amendatory or repealing ordinance shall be submitted to the quali-
fied electors for their approval or rejection in the same manner as
is required by this charter in respect to the submission of an
ordinance initiated or referred"; and
BE IT FURTHk~q ~'~ESOLVED that at said election there shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the city of Bremer~n for
their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to
Section 88 of Article XV of the charter of the city of Bremerton
to ~ead as follows:
"Sec. 88. The Council shall have authority to levy taxes upon
all real and personal property, not exempt from taxation, each
year in a sue not to exceed that authorized by the constitution and
laws of the State of ~ashington~" and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the city clerk shall cause the
fo~.,egoing charter amendments to be published for at least thirty
days next preceding the election in the official newspaper
of the city of Bremerton.
Passed 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 ~day of October, 1947.
ATTEST .'
City Clerk /
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