HomeMy WebLinkAbout003 - 01/31/1917 - RELATING TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRAVITY SYSTEM OF WATER WASH AT THE FILTER PL ORDINANCE NO O 1917
RELATING TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRAVITY
SYSTEM. OF WATER WASH AT THE FILTER PLANT OF THE WATER WORKS
OP THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT
OF THE SAME
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 Since the passage and adoption of the appropria-
tion ordinance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1917, an
emergency has arisen whereby it has become necessary to provide
an additicnal appropriation for the construction of a gravity
system of water wash at the filter plant of the water works system
of said city which is an unforeseen contingency arising since
the passage of said appropriation ordinance and in the opinion
of the City Council it is absolutely necessary to insure the
purity, safety and protection of the water system of 9-id city
to the inhabitants thereof
Section 2 That there be and hereby is appropriated out
of the revenues of the Odty of Fort Collins the sum of Seventeen
Thousand Dollars ($17,000 00) to be used by the Department of
Pubic Works for the purpose of constructing a gravity water wash
system in accordance with the plans and specifications heretofore
adopted by the City Council for the purpose of insuring the
purity safety and protection of the water supply of said city,
and that the fund so appropriated be and is hereby known and
designated as the Special Water Works Improvement Fund and all
warrants drawn for the payment of the material and labor in the
construction of said improvement shall so designate upon their
face, and in the event the revenues for the fiscal year ending
r
December 31, 1917, are insufficient to pay and redeem s^id
warrants then said warrants shall draw interest at the rate
of six per cent per annum and be payable out of the appropria-
tion for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1918
Section 3 This ordinance is hereby declared to be an
emergency ordinance under and by virtue of the provisions of
Section 13 of Article XX of the Charter, as being necessary
for the preservation and safety of the public property, and
it is further certified and declared by the City Council that
it is necessary for this ordinance to be passed finally upon
the date when it is introduced, by reason of the emergency
for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety
and under and in pursuance of the authority contained in
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Passed and adopted this 31st day of January, A D 1917
Commissioner of Safety and
Ex-Officio Mayor
ATTEST
City Clerk
STATE OF COLOPADO, )
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COUNTY OF LARIMER )
I, Ray Baxter, City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing
ordinance consisting of three (3) sections was duly intro-
duced and read at length at an adjourned regular meeting
of the City Council held on the 31st day of January, 1917,
and was duly passed and adopted by an Aye and Nay vote of
all the members of the Council at said adjourned regular
meeting and ordered published Pzv,��t/
a daily newspaper of the City of Fort Collins in accordance
with the provisions of Section 7 of Article IV of the City
Charter and that thereafter on the
1917 saia ordinance pNo as passed and adopted was
duly published in
a daily newspaper published in said City of Fort Collins,
Colorado
IN TITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereuntoset my hand this
A D 1917
City Clerk