HomeMy WebLinkAbout1461Z ORDINANCE NO. / q-611
2 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washing-
ton, declaring an emergency which creates a
3 threat to - the immediate preservation of
order and health of the Citizens of the City
4 of Kent, making appropriations of $150,000.00
and provided of the issuance of warrants in
5 that amount for the payment of Municipality
of Metropolitan Seattle sewer surcharges.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kent, Washington, and the Munici-
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pality of Metropolitan Seattle, both municipal corporations of
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the State of Washington, have recently entered into Contract,
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wherein for good and valuable considerations an agreement was
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arrived at for sewage disposal and
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WHEREAS, in said agreement, effective July 1, 1967, the
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Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle will commence to impose a
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Metro sewer surcharge of Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50)
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per month, per residential customer or residential customer equiva.-
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lent, and
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WHEREAS, due to said contract, and due to the recent
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Federal and State Legislation imposing greater standards on
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Municipal Sewage Facilities and due to the rapidly expanding
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industrial base of the City of Kent, there has beencreated an
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emergency, which threatens the immediate preservation of order and
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health of the Citizens of the City of Kent,
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
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WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section l; That in order to make payments of Two
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Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per month., per residential cust-
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omer or residential customer equivalent, to the Municipality of
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Metropolitan Seattle for sewer surcharges, pursuant to a
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contract recently entered into by the City of Kent and the
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Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, pertaining to sewage disposal,
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it is necessary to appropriate funds therefor at this time which
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have not been budgeted for in the Budget of the City of Kent for
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1 Fiscal Year 1967.
2 Section 2. That an emergency exists due to the situation
3 set forth in Section 1 of this Ordinance, which threatens the
4 immediate preservation of order and health of the Citizens of
5 the City of Kent, which could not have been reasonably foreseen
6 at the time of the preparation of the.Budget for the year 1967;
7 and, therefore, there is at this time as necessary to sustain
8 the proper operation, efficiency, and protection of the Citizens
9 of the City of Kent by the Municipal Sewer Department for the
10 balance of fiscal year 1967 an emergency appropriation herewith
11 made of $150,000.001) for the purpose of paying to the Municipality,
12 of Metropolitan Seattle the sum of Two Dollars and fifty cents
13 ($2-.50) per month, per residential customer, or residential customer
14 equivalent, as a Metro sewer surcharge, and, if necessary, emer-
15 gency warrants shall be issued for said purposes and shall be
16 paid from any monies: on hand in the City Treasury in the fund
17 properly chargeable with such expenditures; provided, further,
18 if at any time there is insufficient money on hand in the fund
19 with which to pay such. emergency warrants, said warrants shall
20 be registered, bearinginterest and be called in the same manner
21 as other City warrants. Any such emergency warrants shall bear
22 interest at the rate of a maximum of six per cent (6%) per annum
23 from the date of issuance until paid.
24 Section 3. It is anticipated that prior to the end
25 of fiscal year 1967, sufficient monies will be collected by the
20 City of. Kent for Metro Sewer surcharges, to reimburse the City
27 Treasurer in the fund which has been charged with such expendi-
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29 Section 4. There is herewith declared for reasons
30 recited herein an emergency which threatens the preservation of
31 order and public health of the Citizens of the City of Kent,
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1 upon its passage and approval by the City Council and the Mayor
2 of the City of Kent, provided that one more than thena.jority of
3 all members of the City Council of the City of Kent vote. in favor
4 of its passage.
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Attest:
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8 E JENSE , CiTY C,
9 Approved as to form:
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HN B. BEREITER, CITY.ATTORNEY
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PASSED theday of June, 1967.
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APPROVED THEC day of June, 1967
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PUBLISHED the-.." cYay of June , 1967.
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15 I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. J 4CA , passed by the City Council of theCity of Kent and
16 approve by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon indicated.
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M -A E- ENSEN, CITY --CLERK
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