HomeMy WebLinkAbout4840 Ordinance - Irrigation System Expansion Budget AmendmentOrdinance – 2025 – 2026 Capital Budget Amendment - 1
ORDINANCE NO. 4840
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE 2025-2026 BIENNIAL CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET
(ORDINANCE NO. 4750), BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENT THERETO; TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE CITY’S IRRIGATION
UTILITY CAPITAL BUDGET PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2024, the Pasco City Council approved Ordinance No.
4750, adopting the 2025-2026 Biennial Capital Projects Budget; and
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2025, the Pasco City Council approved Ordinance No. 4784
adopting the 2025-2026 Biennial Capital Projects Budget Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the 2025-2026 Amended Biennial Capital Projects Budget included the
Irrigation System Expansion project in the amount of $7.6 million; and
WHEREAS, current project costs are expected to exceed the originally anticipated costs,
due to market conditions; and
WHEREAS, the irrigation utility has sufficient end balance to support the increased cost
of the project but a budget amendment is required to authorize expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the timeline for completion of the project is critical to supporting current and
projected demands;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to RCW 35A.34.200(2) as follows:
Fund EXPENDITURE REVENUE
Irrigation Fund $1,524,755.00 $0
Total $1,524,755.00 $0
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. 4750 as previously adopted
heretofore shall remain unchanged.
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 this 18th day of May, 2026.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC
City Attorney
David Milne
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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Krystle Shanks
Deputy City Clerk
Published: Sunday, May 24, 2026
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