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HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1979-049a t.' 1 Date October 25, 1979 Introduced by Hansel_ 2 Proposed by Executive 3 4 ORDINANCE N0.79 -49 5 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A REASONABLE FEE FOR COPIES OF THE BUDGET, SUPPORTING TABLES, 6 AND BUDGET .MESSAGE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY 7 G7EiEREAS, Section 6.50 of the County Charter provides that the budget, budget message, and $ supporting tables shall be furnished an.y interested person for a reasonable fee as 9 established by ordinance; 10 AND WHEREAS, the County Executive has this day presented to the County Council his preliminary 11 budget and budget message, and it should be immediately available to the public for inspection 12 and copies be made available to any interested person. 13 14 NOW, THEREFORE, THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL DOES 15 ORDAIN: 16 Section 1. The following are established as reason - 17 able fees as required by Section 6.50 of the Whatcom County 18 Charter: 19 Six dollars and fifty cents.($ 6.50 ) per copy 20 of the complete budget. 21 .,Ten cents (10¢) per page for each page or portion 22 of page, of the budget, budget message, or supporting tables. 23 Section 2. This ordinance is necessary for the 24 immediate preservation of public peace, safety, and for support 25 of the government and its existing institutions and shall take 26 effect immediately upon approval by the County Executive. 27 Section 3. The -- facts creating this emergency 23 are (1) the unanticipated early presentment of the proposed budgets 29 �and_budget message to the County Council by the County Executive, 30 and.(2) the eminent necessity that the information contained in 31 the budget, i;udget message and supporting tables be immediately 32 available for public scrutiny. 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 Passed by unanimous vote of the County Council this 25th day of October_ 1979• WHATCOiM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Attest: Joan Odgen :ahatcom County Auditor and ex- officio Clerk of the Council: By is :44 Deputy () APPROVED ( ) VETOED John ouws Courr y Executive APPROVED AS TO FORM: WILLIAM A. GARDINER Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Published: ,.November 1, 1979 ordinance -2. ii 60." �e�vJ�M•. Shirley n Zantuen Chairperson Date: