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HomeMy WebLinkAbout005 - 04/05/1919 - RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF A DEPARTMENT OF CITY GOVERNMENT UNDER THE SUPERVI v ORDINANCE NO 1919 BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF A DEPARTMENT OF CITY GOVERNMENT UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES WHICH SAID DEPARTMENT SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE " hUNICIPAL RAILWAY DEPARTMENT " BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 The City of Fort Collins having acquired by purchase the railway property of The Denver and Interurban Railroad Company situated in the City of Fort Collins and connected therewith under and by virtue of Section $1 of y Article XVIII of the City Charter , and pursuant to authority granted by a vote of the qualified electors of the City of Fort Collins at a special election held on the seventh day of January, 1919s for the purpose of operating a street railway system there is hereby organized and created a department of city government to be known as the "Municipal Railway Department " to be organized and administered by the City Council in the immediate charge and control of the Commissioner of Highways, Public Works and Utilities, under the terms and provisions of this ordinance and pursuant to ✓ the authority contained in Section 3 of Article V of the City Charter and such ordinance or ordinances, rules and regulations as may be hereafter adopted by the City Council concerning the organization, administration and operation of the municipal railway system now owned and to be operated by the City of Fort Collins Section 3 The officers charged with the operation and administration of said municipal railway shall be as follows The Commissioner of Works, who shall have the general supervision and control of said municipal railway department , a Superintendent, who shall be charged with the duty of directly operating said municipal railway, controlled and directed in his work by the Comiissioner of Corks ana such other subordinate employees to be appointed by the Commis- sioner of Corks, subject to the approval of the City Council as may be necessary for the proper operation of the cars on said municipal railway, car barns and electrical apparatus operated therein furnishing power for driving cars, and the maintenance and upkeep of the tracks and wire lines of said municipal railway, also a City Municipal Railway Physician, whose duties shall be principally to look after employees or passengers who may be ill or suffer an injury by reason of any accident in the operation of said municipal railway and an Auditor, whose duties shall be to receive and audit all collections made by motormen in the operation of said municipal railway, as well as all bills incurred in operating the same , and to provide and keep a set of cocks in accordance with the system prescribed and required by the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado, in order to show full and complete accounting of the operating revenues and operating costs of said municipal railway, subject to the authority contained in this ordinance and such rules and regulations ' as gray hereafter be promulgated by the (commissioner of Corks and approved by the ulty Council, which said rules and regulations when duly approved by the City Council and duly printed and posted in the City Hall, in the care , and at all public places on said municipal railway, shall have the force and effect of an ordinance and subject to the same penalties as provided in this ordinance in the event of conviction for violation of any of said rules and regulations, the same as though incorporated within the provisions of this ordinance The Commissioner of Finance and Ex-officio City Treasurer shall be Treasurer of all revenues and receipts under the municipal railway system and the Auditor of the municipal railway is hereby authorized and required to pay over to the City Treasurer all receipts within twenty-four hours after the same are received, taking the Treasurer' s receipt therefor Section 3 The Commissioner of works, in cooperation with the Superintendent of said Municipal Railway, is hereby authorized and empowered to prescribe and have printed the necessary forms for application for employment, also accidert reports for passengers or employees injured and special accident reports for stock, together with forms for damage cases and accident cards for witnesses to sign, and a form-" of release for employees to sign in case of accident to themselves , before returning to duty Section 4 There shall be no free transportation over the municipal railway lines except such as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations issued by the Commissioner of Works and approved by the City Council Section 5 The salaries of the officers and employes of the Municipal Railway shall be fixed from time to time by the Commissioner of works and approved by the City Council Section 6 Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance or any of the rules and regulations adopted by the City Council respecting the management and operation of the Municipal Railway shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than five (5) dollars or more than one hundred (100) dollars and the costs of the proceedings Section 7 In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health -3- peace and safety, and this Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of ArticleIV of the City Charter Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all the members of the City Council this fifth day of April A D 1919 Commissioner of Safe and Ex-officio Yayor Attest a City Clerk -4- STATE OF COLORADO ss COUNTY OF LARIMER I, A J Rosenow, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the foregoing ordinance consisting of seven (7) sections was duly proposed and read at length at a meeting of the City Council held on the fifth day of April, A D 19193 and was duly adapted and ordered published in The Fort Collins Courier, a daily newspaper and the official paper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all the members of the Council as an emergency ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on t� to-wit the 9 day of April A D 1919 said 6rdinance No s was duly published in The Fort Collins Courier, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and the official newspaper designated for such purpose IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 8 day of April, A D 1919 City Clerk