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Home My WebLink About00385 Minutes of Regular Session of Oct. BZ35 continued.I I, Ii �I II I 1 108 respectively, constituting the members of the Jefferson County Election Board, do hereby certify that the following is a true and correct canvass made by us on the 7th day of Octo- ber, 1935, of the returns certified to the County Auditor, Jefferson County, by the election officials of the City of Port Townsend Special Levy Election, held in the City of Port Town- send, on the 24th day of September, 1935, under Ordinance No. 1055 of said city, That the whole number of votes cast at said election upon Proposition I wan 749, of which number 643 were cas t in favor of said proposition and 98 were cast against said proposition; • That the whole number of votes oast'at said election upon Proposition II was 749, of which number 614 were cast in favor of said proposition and 114 were cast against said proposition; That the whole number of votes cast at said election upon Proposition III was 749, of which number 629 were cast in favor of said proposition and 100 were cast against said proposition; 1 WE FURTHER certify that the total number of voters in the taxing district og the City of Port Townsend who voted for the office of Governor at the next preceding guberna- torial election was 1471. Dated at Port Townsend, Washington, this 7th day of October, 1935. S. Lockhart Chairman, Board of County Commissioners Allan Trumbull Prosecuting Attorney H. E. Anderson County Auditor. STATE OF WASHINGTON ) COUNTY OF JEFFERSON I. H. E. Anderson, do hereby certify that.I am the County Audito for Jefferson County, and ex-officio Clerk of the Jefferson County Election Board; that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Statement of Canvass of the Jefferson Cou ty Election Board of the canvass made October 7th, 1935. WITNESS my hand and official seal this 7th day of Oct. 1935. (Seal) H. E. Anderson, County Auditor. REQUISITIONS. Water Department;. Requisition from the Water Department for 15 gala cylinder oil ar 1 cord of wood, was presented and read, and upon motion of Councilman Naughton and secondei by Councilman Hirtzler, the said requisition was allowed. RESOLUTIONS. In accordance with instructions from the City Council, City Attorney'Daly prepared ar presented a resolution, setting up a separate Street and Highway fund, to -wit: New Street Fund. RESOLUTION. Whereas, it appears to the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, after sober inve tigation into all sources of revenue, from taxation and otherwise, that will be returned t: the City Treasurey during the year 1936, that it will be financially impossible to meet ex• isting demands for street improvement within the city, and, Whereas, the maintenance and improvement of the city streets has become a subject so controversial that the City Council deem it advisable that in order to simply inform citi- zens of the disposition and expenditure of all monies to be hereafter expended for the mail tenance and improvement of the streets of the City of Port Townsend, that a special fund be created and established for that purpose, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, that there be and hereby is created and established the following funi to be known as: STREET AND HIGHWAY FUND and commencing January let, 1936, there shall be paid into said fund the following: a. Receipts from special 2.5 mill tax levy; b. Receipts from State under Chapter III, Laws of 1935; c. Receipts from truck licenses; d. Receipts from Street Leases; and there shall be, commencing January let, 1936, charged against said fund all expenditurf incidental to street work. It was moved by Councilman Lafferty and seconded by Councilman Naughton that the said resolution be adopted. Upon Roll Call vote, all four councilmen present voted in the af• firmative and motion was declared carried. BUDGET ADOPTION: The 1936 budget was now taken up for final consideration and the Cit; Clerk advised that through an oversight, no provision had been made for payment of interest on current warrants. Budget changes. 3y unanimous consent, a r•eeuction of g25u.00 was made in the budget for City Engineer, Current Expense Fund, and a reduction of $25.00 in the item of fuel for the city hall, and these items, together with a small balance of $47.75 remaining after fi• nal figures were arrived at, were placed in the budget for payment of interest on warrants; the total amounting to $322.75. In the final adjustment of the Street and Highway budget, as arrived at on Eionday eve. ning, Atsmall balance of $30,677was found and by unanimous consent, this amount was added 1 the item "Repairs and Replacements" increasing the item to $530.67, and the total budget fl Street and Highway Department to $8378.10.. BUDGET CONFIRMED AND ADOPTED. It was then moved by Councilman Lafferty and seconded by Councilman Naughton that the said budgets for 1936 as now made and fixed be confirmed a: 1 u il1JPT t^Y" � r /SE"k �3 Y x dl eW, '' r 4"PI t �'y yK`'f Jai s ,�7),'rl"k 71A,x k7. 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ORDINANCES. 158 of 1923 Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter, Laws , ordinances to make the said budgets for 1936 effective, the following ordinances were introduced and read in full for the first reading: Water Department Ordinance: For the Water Department, an Ordinance entitled "An Ordi- nance fixing and adopting a Budget for the Water Department of the City of Port Townsend for the year 1936". General City Ordinance: For the City of Port Townsend (which includes all funds and departments which derives all or part of its revenues from taxation), and entitled "An Ordi- nance fixing andadopting the Budget for the City of Port Townsend, Washington, for the year 1936." Tax Levy Ordinance: Making and fixing the tax levy for 1936, and entitled "An Ordinance making and fixing the tax levy for the City of Port Townsend, Washington, for taxes for the year 1936." Said ordinances were, each in turn, read in full for the first reading, but owing to the attendance of but four councilmen, further consideration automatically goes over to the next regular session.of the council. Unfinishe&'and New Business. Hadlock-Irondale Line; Indiscussing the probable route of the Hadlock-Irondale line, City Engineer Campbell stated that the County would be opposed to locating a pipe line on the shoulder of the highway leading from the "four corners" toward Chimacum, and that if 'I the pipe line would have to be located at the outer edge of the road right-of-way, he would' not recommend the route along the highway. Mr. Campbell further stated that he intended to go ever the ground on and along the present right-of-way of the pipe line and would re- port his findings later. ADJOURNMENT. Upon motion of Councilman Hirtzler, seconded by Councilman Lafferty, the Council voted to adjourn. Attest: mayor. p �� i