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HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1980-0851 1 DATE: September 18, 1980 INTRODUCED BY: Hansey 2 PROPOSED BY: Finance Committee 3 4 ORDINANCE NO. 80 -85 5 6 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN EMERGENCY APPRO- PRIATION FOR 1980 SOLDIERS RELIEF FUND AS 7 PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 61 SECTION 6.72 OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER AND R.C.W. 36.40.190 8 9 WHEREAS, expenditures in 1980 have exceeded the antici- 10 pated and budgeted level in the Soldiers Relief Fund; and, 11 WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council passed an emergency 12 Ordinance No. 80 -75 on September 18, 1980, and said ordinance was 13 signed by the County Executive and became effective on September 14 19, 1980, and said ordinance authorized an emergency appropriation 15 for the Soldiers Relief Fund which shall expire as of the sixty 16 first (61st) day following the date on which the ordinance became 17 law; and, 18 WHEREAS, there will be a continued need for expenditures 19 from this fund for the balance of 1980; and, 20 WHEREAS, the total expenditures of additional funds for 21 the Soldiers Relief Fund under the terms of the emergency Ordinanc 22 No. 80 -75 and this emergency appropriation, is not. to exceed the 23 total sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS..($20,000.00); and, 24 WHEREAS, the Soldiers Relief Fund will have to operate 25 on interest - bearing warrants until the collection of taxes on the 26 adjusted levy for 1981; 27 SNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AS FOLLOWS: 28 SECTION is The Auditor of Whatcom County shall issue 29 warrants on the Soldiers Relief Fund and charge the following 30 budget account: 0114- 0010 - 553 -60 -42 Miscellaneous Relief Fund, 31 up to the amount of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00). However, 32 the warrants issued herein, and the warrants issued under the ORDINANCE - 1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 terms of emergency Ordinance No. 80- ,75,.shall not exceed the total sum of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00). SECTION 2: The Treasurer of Whatcom County is directed 11to register interest - bearing warrants on the Soldiers Relief Fund. SECTION 3: The levy for the Soldiers Relief Fund for the ensuing year 1981 shall be adjusted to include the additional TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00) plus interest thereon, at the rate of five and one -half percent (5 1/2%) per annum. i SECTION 4: The emergency Ordinance No. 80 -75 authorizing an emergency appropriation for the 1980 Soldiers Relief Fund is repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance. PASSED this 9th day of October , 19800 ATTEST: Joan Ogden, Whatcom County Auditor, and ex- officio, Clerk of the Council BY: Deputy / APPROVED AS TO FORM e WHATCOM,COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Chairperson (`A7 APPROVED ( ) VETOED DATE : /0 JOHN LOUWS/, County Executive BR U CE L . DISEND, Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, PUBLISHED September 25 AND This ordinance becomes effective on ORDINANCE - 20 t October 16, 1980 October 20, 1980