HomeMy WebLinkAbout016 - 07/26/1924 - MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY I ORDINANCE NO 1924
BEING AN ETAERGENCY ORDINANCE MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
PURCHASE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPYENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
SAFETY IN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS.
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"MEREAS, since the adoption of the annual appropri-
ation ordinance-for the fiscal year ending December 31, 19242
and unforeseen Conti en r
an emergency/has arisen whereby, Nr ie safety of the public
and fire protection in said City, it has become necessary to
purchase additional fire department equipment for the Depart-
ment of Safety of said City and to provide an appropriation
of public funds for such purchase, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1. That there be and hereby is appropriated
out, of the revenues of the City of Fort Collins the sum of
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) to-be used for the purchase
and installation of additional fire department equipment for
the Department of Safety in said City, which said sum, }+then this
ordinance takes effect, shall be credited on the books of the
City Clerk and City Treasurer to the FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT
FUND, upon which Fund all warrants for the pvrcaase and instal-
latlon of said equipment shall be drawn, and all such warrants
shall have printed or written on their face the name of the
said Fund upon whicn they are dravin, and in the event there
are no funds available in the City Treasury with which to pay
the said warrants when presented to the City Treasurer heshall
endorse thereon "Presented for payment (date), no
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funds, this warrant will draw interest at the rate of six per
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cenl�per annum from date of presentation until payment."
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City Treasurer .
Section 2. In the event of the revenues being in-
sufficient to pay the varrants authorizer under the approp-
riation contained in Section 1 of this ordinance, the City
Council shall provide by appropriation from the general revenues
of the years 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928, unless all of said
warrants are sooner paid, sufficient funds with which to pay
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said warrants an-1 all interest accruing thereon. J
Section 3 This ordinance is hereby declared to be
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an emergency ordinance, and it is hereby declared that an emer-
gency exists for the preservation of the public health, peace,
and safety, and pursuant to the authority contained in Sections
6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter this ordinance shall
take effect and be in full force upon its passage, adoption
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and publication in the official newspaper
Introduced, read and adopted by the affirmative vote
of all of the Members of the City Council this 26th day of July,
A D. 1924
ATTEST Commissioner of Sapty and Ex-0 cio Mayor.
C ty erk.
STATE OF COLORADO )
) SS.
COUNTY OF LARIME_R )
I, A J Rosen6w, City Clerk of the City of-Fort Collins,
do hereby certify and declare that-the foregoing ordinance con-
sisting of three (3) sections was duly proposed and-read at
length at a regular meeting of the City Council held-on the
26th day''of July, A D 1924, was duly adopted and ordered
published in The Fort Collin er, a daily newspaper and
the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the un-
animous vote-of all the members of the City Council, as an
emergency ordinance, in accordance with the provisians"of
Sections 6 and 7 of Arti e IV of the City Charter, and thereafter
and on, to wit, the .2904ay of July, A D 192 sa d cOrdih ce
No /- was duly pub=shed in The Fort Collins our er, a daily
newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado
IN VITNESS uHEREOF, I have hereunto set my nand and
affixed the seal of said City this a -W day of July, A D 1924
city Clerk