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HomeMy WebLinkAbout006 - 03/20/1920 - RELATING TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE RENEWAL AND RECONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAINS AND CONNECTIONS WITH ORDINANCE 1820 , 0. BEI=sG AN E.4ERGENCY ORDINANCE RELAII-1 TO '-` APPL-7-3IATIOU FOR T=P RE_FWAL AND RECONSTRUCT I':: AND COTT- NECTIC:IS E'ITH HYDRA^.TTS I:' THAT IS EST ^ti'_TTAITT 7E TUE I:.IPROVE:SENT DISTRICT g , t.': LSO IN :THAT IS TO BE FNO"r'.1 AS HOWES STREL+1 I7_'-'.OVE1E':TT DISTRICT NO. _/Z, A"D ELSEWHERE IN ITT.. CITY OF FORT COLI=;S,COLO- RADO, A'TD PROVIDI TG FOR THE PAY ME" T OF THE COST OF THE SA,IE. BE IT ORDAIiED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF T=7 CITY OF FORT COLLIES: Section 1. That since the passage and adoption of the annual appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year end- ing December 31st , 1920 , an emergency has arisen ;rowing out of the organization of permanent improvement districts , whereby it has become necessary to roviie an ad itional appropriation for the renewal and reconstruction of water mains and connections - -'h hydrants, in connection with the waterworks system of the City of Fort Collins, in what is known as ';Test ::ouatain Avenue ImproveL,ent District No. g , in t)"_e City of Fort Collins, and Howes Street Improvement District To. /// , by reason of the proposed permanent paving of said districts , and which require- ment is an unforeseen contingency arising since the passage and adoption of the annual appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year ending December 31st , 1920, and in 'he opinion of the City Council it is absolutely necessary to carry forward said im- provenants in said improvemen-� districts and to insure the safety and protection of the .%ater system of said city to the inhabitants thereof , that said water mains be so renewed an3 reconstructed. Section 2. That there be and 'r:ereay is appro- priated out of the revenues of the water works funds of the City of Fort Collins the sum of AC'f- .� ollars, to be used by the Department of Public Works for the purpose of purchasing cast iron pipe , hydrants and connections and reconstructing the water mains in what is to be known as "pest Mountain Avenue Improvement District l,o . 8 and 'low-es Street Improvement District No. /�, in accordance with t_.e plans :and recorzendations of the Commissioner of Public .'orks, heretofore adortel by the City Council, and for t'_-e purpose of insuring the safety and protection of the water supply of said City within the limits of said ir.,provement districts, and else- where; and that the funds so appropriated are to be known and designated on the books of the City Clerk and of the City Treasurer as "Special Emergency crater 'Torks Improvement Fund" , and all warrants drawn for the payment of material and labor in the construction of said improvements shall so dasiS--nate upon the face thereof, and in the event the revenues for the fiscal year ending December 31st , 1920 are insufficient to pay and redeem said warrants, then said warrants shall draw interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum and be payable out of the revenues and appropriations for the fiscal year ending December 31st , 1221. Section 3 . This ordinance is hereby declared to be an anergency ordinance under and by virtue of the provisions of Section 13 of Artic]D XIX of the City Charter, as being naces- sary for the preservation and safety of public property, and it is necessary for this ordinance to bZ passed finally upon the date when it is introduced, by reason of the emergency for the preservation of the public health and safety aad under and in -2- pursuance of the authority contained in Sections o and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter . Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all the members of the City Council this 20th day of ::;arch, A.J. 1-220 . /Com:.: ss on�f Sa ety a"-- Ex Officio Mayor . ATTES bit-Y ear'- -F COLORADO } SS. OF LARIMER ) I , A. J. ROSENOW, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the fore- going ordinance consisting of three (3) sections was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council hall on the 20th day of ;larch, A.D. 1920 , and was "July adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express, a daily newspaper and the official reweraper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all mem- bers of the Council , as an emergency ordinance, in aocor- dance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article , IV of the City Charter; and thereafter , on towit: the a G day of March, A.D. 1920, said Ordinance No. was duly published in the Fort Collins Express , a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins , Colorado. III .".'ITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this ' day of March, A.D. 1920 . ity Clerk .