HomeMy WebLinkAbout4686 Ordinance - Budget Amend for Aquifer Storage Recovery Feasibility Study Ph 2 ORDINANCE NO.4686
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE 2023-2024 BIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGET
(ORDINANCE NO. 4619), BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENT THERETO; TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE CITY'S WATER
UTILITY FUND.
WHEREAS, on November 28, 2022, the Pasco City Council approved Ordinance No.
4619, adopting the 2023-2024 Biennial Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 Biennial Operating Budget did not include any appropriation
for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Feasibility Study Phase II project due to not yet
knowing if the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) approved the ASR Phase I
study; and
WHEREAS,Ecology has since approved the ASR Phase I study and recommends moving
forward with Phase II of the ASR Feasibility Study; and
WHEREAS, Ecology has awarded a 100% reimbursable grant in the amount of
$348,967.00 to cover the cost of the ASR Feasibility Study Phase II project; and
WHEREAS, in acknowledgement of the offered grant funding,the City desires the 2023-
2024 Biennial Operating Budget to reflect the expenditure of these additional funds for the ASR
Phase II project.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to RCW 35A.34.200(1)(d), as follows:
Fund EXPENDITURE REVENUE
Water Utility Fund $348,967.00 $348,967.00
Total $348,967.00 $$348,967.00
Section 2. That the additions in appropriations and expenditures are hereby declared
to exist in the above funds for the said uses and purposes as shown above, and the proper City
officials are hereby authorized and directed to issue warrants and transfer funds in accordance
with the provision of the Ordinance.
Section 3. Except as amended herein, Ordinance No. 4619 as previously adopted
heretofore shall remain unchanged.
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Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this ordinance should be held to the invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section,subsection,sentence,clause phrase or word of this ordinance.
Section 5. Corrections. Upon approval by the city attorney,the city clerk or the code
reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance,including scrivener's errors
or clerical mistakes; reference to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or
numbering or referencing of ordinances or their sections and subsections.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take full force and
effect five(5) days after approval,passage, and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco,Washington,on this 2"d day of October,
2023.
Blanche Barajas
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Debra Barham, CMC Kerr Fergus aw, PLLC
City Clerk City Att eys
Published: l/1.�-�r a � 5 Zd�3
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