HomeMy WebLinkAbout039 - 06/27/1974 - APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $7,015,000 FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM (EMERGENCY 1
ORDINANCE NO 39, 1974
BEING AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $7,015 000 00
FOR EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR 1974
WHEREAS, the budget adopted by the City Council for the year
1974 anticipated the expenditure of the sum of $3,840 000 00 for
certain improvements to the sanitary sewer system of the City, and
WHEREAS, the plans and specifications for such proposed
improvements have been completed and bids have been taken for the
work contemplated, and
WHEREAS, the low bid for such work was in the amount of
$10,855,000 00, and
WHEREAS, the excess of such bid over the amount anticipated
appears to have been caused by increased cost of materials and construc-
tion due to inflation which is an unforeseen contingency arising after
the passage of the appropriation ordinance for the year 1974, and
WHEREAS the City of Fort Collins has been advised that it
will receive increased grants from the federal and state government
which will cover a portion of such increased cost and the City anticipates
that it will receive more funds through the sale of revenue bonds to
be issued in connection with this pro3ect than uas anticipated at the
time of the passage of the appropriation ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the City has unappropriated reserves which are
sufficient to meet any portion of the excess cost not covered by
federal or state grants or by the increased amounts to be received from
the sale of such revenue bonds
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That pursuant to the provisions of Article V of
the Charter of the City of Fort Collins there is hereby appropriated
the additional sum of $7,015,000 00 for expenditure during the year 1974
in connection with the construction of improvements and additions to
the sanitary sewer utility of the City of Fort Collins
Section 2 There are existing conditions actuallN arising from
unforeseen contingencies khich immediately endanger public property health,
peace, and safety to-wit
The City has received an abatement order from the Water
Pollution Control Board of the State of Colorado requiring
the City to bring its sewer discharge into compliance by
July 1 1974 or to cease operating a sewer utility The
construction contract for the improvements to the sewer plant
must be executed as soon as possible in order to bring the
City in compliance with the State's requirements Such
contract cannot be executed until sufficient funds are
appropriated to pay the costs to be incurred by the City
under the contract Therefore, this ordinance is immediately
necessary on account of such emergency and immediately upon
its final passage this ordinance shall take effect and
thereupon shall be numbered and recorded in the ordinance
record authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and
the City Clerk and shall be published in the Fort Collins
Coloradoan, a newspaper of the City, published and of
general circulation therein, within five (5) days after
passage
Introduced and read at length and adopted by the unanimous
vote of the City Council present at an adjourned meeting of the City
Council this 27th day of June, A D 1974
ATTEST
s nt Mayor
City Clerk
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