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HomeMy WebLinkAbout010 - 04/16/1917 - RELATING TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE RENEWAL AND RECONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAINS AND CONNECTIONS WITH t ORDINANCE NO 1917 RELATING TO AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE RENEWAL AND RECONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAINS AND CONNECTIONS WITH HYDRANTS IN WHAT IS TO BE KNOWN AS CONCOLIDATED IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO, 5 OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SAME. z BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1. Since the passage and adoption of the appropriar tion ordinance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1917, an emergency has arisen whereby it has become necessary to provide an additional appropriation for the reconstruction of water mains, connections and hydrants in connection with the water works system of the City of Fort Collins within ghat is to be known as the Consolidated Improvement District No 5, in the City of Fort Collins , by reason of the petition and ordering the permanent paving of said district, and which requirement is an unforeseen contingency arising since the passage of said annual appropriation ordinance, angYin the opinion of the City Council it is absolutely necessary to carry forward said improvement to construct said improvements in said Consolidated Improvement District No. 5 and to insure the safety and protection of the water system of said city to the inhabitants thereof that said water mains be so replaced and reconstructed Section 8 That there be and hereby is appropriated out ��tla_2z,� of the revenue�noY the City of Fort Collins the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) to be used by the Department of Public Works for the purpose of purchasing pipe ana reconstructing the water mains in what is to be known as Consolidated Improvement District No 5, in accordance with the plans and recommendations of the Commissioner of Public Works heretofore adopted by the City Council, and for the purpose of insuring the safety and protection of the water supply of said city within the limits of said Consolidated Improvement District, and that the funds so appropriated be and are hereby known and designated as the "Special Water Works Improvement Fund, " and all warrants drawn for the payment of material and labor in the construction of said improvement shall so designate upon their face, and in the event the revenues for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1917, are insufficient to pay and redeem said warrants, then said warrants shall draw interest at the rate of six per cent per annum and be payable out of the appropriation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1918. Section 3. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency ordinance under and by virtue of the provisions of Section 13 of Article %% of the Charter, as being necessary for the preservation and safety of public property, and it is further certified and declared by the City Council that it i$Snecessary for this ordinance to be passed finally upon the date when it was introduced, by reason of the emergency for the preservation of the public health and safety, and under and in pursuance of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter Introduced, passed and adopted th day of April, 1917. Commissioner of 99Tety and Ex Officio Mayor. ATTES - X" City Clerk STATE OF COLORADO, COUNTY OF LARIMER. SS. 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 introduced and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the /L day of April, 1917, and was duly passed and adopted by an Aye and Nay vote of all the members of the City Council at said regular meeting, and ordered published in the Fort Collins Courier, a daily newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7of Article IV of the City Charter, and that thereafter and on the _L_�._ day of April, 1917, said Ordinance No / D as passed and adopted was duly published in the Fort Collins Courier, a daily newspaper published in said City of Fort Collins, Colorado. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this /94( day of April, A D 1917 City Clerk