HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0351 - Emergency ExpendituresOrdinance No.351
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An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of money not
provided for in the preceding annual budget, setting out
the amount constituting the emergency for said expenditures
and the estimated amount of money required to meet the same
and declaring an emergency exists.
WHEREAS, obligations have been incurred and will be incurred
which, in the judgment of the Town Council of the Town of Tukwila,
could not have been reasonably foreseen at the adoption of the
preceding annual budget, and
WHEREAS, it became necessary for the town to have a survey of
the legal description of the town boundaries prior to the election
for advancement of classification and the King County Commissioners,
by Resolution No. 22948, dated July, 31, 1961, employed John.
and Company to survey the boundaries of the Town of Tukwila, a copy
of this Resolution being hereb attached, it therefore became necessary
for the Town of Tukwila to transfer funds to pay for this survey, and
WHEREAS, dte to this advancement in classification funds are
also needed to pay for Town Hall Improvement, and
WHEREAS, it became necessary to replace the radio equipment of
the Fire Department to meet the standards maintained by other Fire
Departments in the County, and to make;unexpected repairs to the Fire
Department equipment which were unforseen expenditures, and
WHEREAS, unforseen obligations were incurred which had to be
paid from the UNDISTRIBUTED item in the Current Expense Fund, and
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen for the payment of said obli-
gatipns incurred and to be incurred, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TUKWILA as follows
Section 1. That the estimated amount of obligations incurred
by the Town of Tukwila which could not have been reasonably foreseen
at the tim€m of the adoption of the preceding annual budget, for add-
itional expenditures of the Current Expense Fund for boundary survey
are in the amount of THREE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS
0$3,240.00).
Section 2. That the estimated amount of obligations to be
incurred for Town Hall improvements which could not have been foreseen
at the time of the adoption of the preceding annual budget, are in the
amount of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS( 2,000.00).
Section 3. That the estimated amount of obligations incurred
by the Town of Tukwila, which could not have been reasonably foreseen
at the time of the adoption of the preceding annual budget, for
additional expenditures of the CURRENT Expense Fund for Fire Department
expense are in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY -ONE D0LLAR5(531.00).
Section 4. That the estimated amount of obligations incurred by
the Town of Tukwila, which could not have been reasonably foreseen at
the time of the adoption of the preceding annual budget, for undistri-
buted amounts are in the amount of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE DOLLARS
4133.00).
Section 5. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists for the
payment of the above obligations incurred or to be incurred as set
forth in Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the herein ordinance and that all
are paid or to be paid from the Current Fund.
That the aforesaid sums be made available for the payment of same,
there: beg at present more than said amounts in the Town Site Fund
and the Flood Control Fund.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED the Town Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this llth day
of December, 1961.
Attest
Kga
Lois T. Newton, Clerk
CHARLES O. Baker, Mayor