HomeMy WebLinkAbout3285 Regarding the Olympic Gravity Water System Fund and Amending Section 3.04.220 OGWS Transmission Line Fund of the Port Townsend Municipal Code Ordinance 3285
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ORDINANCE NO. 3285
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON,
REGARDING THE OLYMPIC GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM FUND AND AMENDING
SECTION 3.04.220 OGWS TRANSMISSION LINE FUND OF THE PORT TOWNSEND
MUNICIPAL CODE
RECITALS:
The City Council of Port Townsend finds as follows:
1, The City of Port Townsend signed a water supply agreement with the Port
Townsend Paper Corporation that requires both the City and the Port Townsend
Paper Corporation to pay a"raw water"rate.
2. The proceeds of the raw water rate will be contributed into a fund that will be
used for the operations and maintenance of the Olympic Gravity Water System
(OGWS) as well as capital sinking fund for major improvements.
3, This requires modifying the purpose of the OGWS fund to include operations
and general maintenance as well as the capital improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Port Townsends hereby ordains as
follows:
Section 1. Port Townsend Municipal Code Section 3.04.220 is amended as set forth below:
3.04.220 OGWS transmission line fund.
The OGWS (Olympic Gravity Water System) transmission line fund is established for the
qpeiations anJ eiioral anainto lance of the OQWS an(] to set aside funds for the repair
and replacement of the OGWS transmission line.
Section ' . Appropriations. All previous appropriations for this fund continue to be appropriated.
Section 3. Severability. If any sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence,
clause or phrase or work of this ordinance.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date
of its publication in the manner provided by law. Publication of this ordinance shall be by
summary thereof consisting of the title.
Ordinance 3285
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ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular
meeting thereof, held this 18th day of January 2022 ,�d
David J. l"al
Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
Joanna Sanders, MMC Heidi Greenwo id
City Clerk City Attorney