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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1961-250 ORDINANCE NO. „zoo • 111 AN ORDINANCE appropriating the sum of $10,876.00 from the Cumulative Reserve Fund for Domestic Water Supply Development to Account 6-88 Wells, of the Capital or Betterment classi- fication of the 1961 appropriation for 52 - Water Depart- ment, and declaring an emergency. WHEREAS, in Ordinance No. B-2024-A adopted May 15, 1957, the City of Yakima created a fund known as the "Cumulative Reserve Fund for Domestic Water Supply Development" in accordance with Chapter 60 of the Laws of 1941, as amended by Chapter 38 of the Laws of 1953, and WHEREAS, in said ordinance creating said fund it was specifically provided that any moneys in said fund should be expended only for the following municipal purposes, to--wit: "Said costs shall include the construction of necessary structures, required pipe lines, pumps and piping, water • treatment facilities, reservoirs and control equipment, land acquisition, engineering costs, test drilling, pur- chase of water or storage rights and/or any other costs necessary for the purpose of acquiring a water supply and making same a part of the domestic water distribution system of the City of Yakima;' and WHEREAS, the City subsequently drilled two wells (one at Kiwanis Park and the other on the airport) for the purpose of developing addi- tional water supply for the City of Yakima, and WHEREAS, the drilling of said wells is among the purposes provided in said ordinance for the development of domestic water supply and said wells have been completed and accepted by the City and the final pay- ment therefor is now due, and WHEREAS, additional moneys which could not reasonably haw: been 41 1 contemplated at the time of the adoption of the 1961 Budget are re- quired to complete the payment due the contractor on said wells and make the same a part of the domestic water supply of the City of Yakima, -1- k • 0 and the City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the people of the City of Yakima to make the appropriation herein provided and that an emergency exists of the type authorized and contemplated by R.C.W. 35.33.090 now therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. That the sum of 510 is hereby appropriated from the Cumulative Reserve Fund for Domestic Water Supply Development to Account 6-88 Wells of the Capital or Betterment classification of the 1961 appropriation for 52 - Water Department. Section 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation of the public peace 9 property 9 health and , afety of the people of the City of Yak1ma and an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately 0 upon its passage approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL 9 signed and approved this' of May 1961. d 'I Mayor ATTEST: /' ty er 411 -2-