HomeMy WebLinkAbout111 - 09/03/1996 - AMENDING CITY CODE TO CLARIFY CERTAIN POWERS OF THE WASTEWATER UTILITY ENTERPRISE ORDINANCE NO. 111 1996
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY
CODE TO CLARIFY CERTAIN POWERS OF THE
WASTEWATER UTILITY ENTERPRISE.
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 62 , 1993 , the City of Fort
Collins, Colorado (the "City") , has heretofore established the City
of Fort Collins, Colorado, Wastewater Utility Enterprise (the
"Enterprise") , as an enterprise of the City within the meaning of
art. x, S 20 of the Colorado Constitution; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 62 , 1995, the City Council
authorized the Enterprise to have and exercise certain powers in
furtherance of its purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to clarify certain
powers of the Enterprise.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. Section 26-209 (c) of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins is hereby amended as follows:
(c) The enterprise shall also be authorized to have and
exercise the following powers in furtherance of its
purposes: to hold meetings concurrently with
regular or special meetings of the City Council, to
have and use a seal, to issue its revenue bonds FOR
WASTEWATER PURPOSES in the manner in which City
revenue bonds may be issued, to pledge any revenues
of the City's wastewater system to the payment of
such revenue bonds and to pay such revenue bonds
therefrom, to enter into contracts relating to the
wastewater system in the manner in which City
contracts may be entered into, to make
representations, warranties and covenants relating
to the wastewater system on behalf of the City, to
exercise rights and privileges of the City relating
to the wastewater system and to bind the City to
perform any obligation relating to the wastewater
system other than any multiple-fiscal year direct
or indirect debt or other financial obligation of
the City without adequate present cash reserves
pledged irrevocably and held for payments in all
future years.
Section 2 . All action not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Ordinance heretofore taken by the City or its
officers and otherwise directed toward the authorization of the
Enterprise to have and exercise certain powers in furtherance of
its purposes is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed.
Section 3 . All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, orders
and other instruments, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This
repealer shall not be construed to revive any ordinance,
resolution, bylaw, order, or other instrument, or part thereof,
heretofore repealed.
Section 4 . If any section, subsection, paragraph, clause
or other provision of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held
to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability
thereof shall not affect any of the remaining sections,
subsections, paragraphs, clauses or provisions of this Ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED
PUBLISHED BY NUMBER AND TITLE ONLY this 20thday of August , 1996.
CITY OF FOR LINS, CO D
ayor
(CITY)
(SEAL)
Attest:
City Clerk
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READ, FINALLY PASSED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED
PUBLISHED BY NUMBER AND TITLE ONLY, this 3rd day of September1996.
CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
By:
Mayor
(CITY)
(SEAL)
Attest:
City Cle
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