HomeMy WebLinkAbout1301ORDINANCE NO. I0.0
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles appropriating the
sum of Twenty -two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Dollars and
Fourteen Cents (022,190.14) from available Light Department funds
for the payment of judgment and expenses of litigation against
the City, and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. That in Cause No. 11827 of the Superior Court
of the State of 1'lashington for Clallaim County a decree of said
Superior Court was entered on the 10th day of March, 1953 against
Ithe City of Port Angeles for certain unpaid power bills incurred
in prior years, together with interest, court costs and attorneys!
fees, and that expenses of litigation were incurred by the City,
all of which could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of
ithe preparation of the current budget for the year 1953; that the
immount required to meet such judgment, attorneyst fees and expense
is in excess of funds available in said budget by the amount of
Twenty -two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Dollars and Fourteen
Cents (022,190.14).
Section 2. That by reason of said judgment, an emergency
;exists which requires an emergency appropriation, and an emergency
;appropriation is hereby made in the amount of Twenty -two Thousand
,One Hundred and Ninety Dollars and Fourteen Cents (022,190.14),
payable from available Light Department funds, for the payment of
the items hereinbefore referred to.
Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to issue
cash warrants in payment of the judgment in the sums herein appro-
priated, Watch warrants shall be drawn by the Clerk, signed by the
City Manager and counter- signed by the City Clerk, and shall
specify for what purpose they are drawn and out of which fund the
same are too e paid in order that the judgment of the said Superior
Court be fully satisfied and all other expenses in connection with
the legal action fully met.
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Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its
'passage, approval and publication as required by law.
INTRODUCED April ai , 1953. /
PASSED by unanimous vote April 1C¢ , 1953.
APPROVED and SIGNED by the Mayor, April AO , 1953.
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Approved as
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Acting C
PUBLISHED:
Mayor
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced and passed its first reading Thursday, the 2nd day of
April, 1953, and that the City Council will hold a meeting on
Thursday, the 16th day of April, 1953 in the Council Room at 210
Korth Oak Street, at which meeting any taxpayer may appear and be
heard for or against the adoption thereof and at which meeting said
Ordinance will be voted upon.
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