HomeMy WebLinkAbout0631 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 631
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING AND FIXING THE SALARY OF MEMBERS OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY IN THE SUM OF $17oll5.00 TO
DEFRAY THE EXPENSE OF THE INCREASE IN SALARY, WITHIN THE CITY OF
PASCO, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $17,115.00. THEREFORE, WHEREAS
SINCE THE CITY BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1948 WAS MADE, WAGES AND SALARIES
IN THE VICINITY OF PASCO HAVE SO GREATLY INCREASED AND EXPENSES HAVE
SO INCREASED THAT IT IS NO LUNGER POSSIBLE TO KEEP AN EFFICIENT AND
EFFECTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF PASCO VE THOUT INCREASING
THE SALARY OF THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF SAID DEPARTMENT, AND WHEREAS
SAID INCREASES AND THE NECESSITY FOR INCREASE OF SALARY COULD NOT
REASONABLY HAVE BEEN FORESEEN AT THE TIME OF ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR
THE YEAR 1948s AND WHEREAS THE SAID BUDGET FOR 1948 IS NOT SUFFICIENT
TO COVER THE INCREASE IN SALARIES.
Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Pasco, do ordain as
follows:
SECTION ONE:
That from and after the first day of June 1948, the
salaries of the police officers of the City of Pasco shall be as
follows, to -wit:
For Patrolmen and Clerks,
the sum of $270.00.per month for the first 6 months,
280.00 per month for the next 6 months,
290:00 per month for the next 12 to 24 mos.,
295,00 per month for 24 to 36 months, and
300,00 per month at all times after.the
first 36 months.
That the salary of the Chief of Police from and after the
first day of June, 1948, M all be $365.00 per month;
That the salary of the Captain of Police shall be
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$330.00 per month;
That the salary of the 'Sergeant shall be $315.00 per mo.
SECTION TWO:
That an emergency exists in the City of Pasco in that
wages and salaries in the vicinity of Pasco have so greatly increased
and expenses have so increased that it is no longer possible to keep
an efficient and effective police department in the City of Pasco with-
out increasing the salary of the different members of said department,
and whereas said increases and the necessity for increase of salary
could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of adopting the
budget for the year 1948, and whereas the said budget for 1948 is not
sufficient to cover the increase in salaries and it becomes necessary
to appropriate a larger amount in order to cover the salaries in the
sum of $17,115.00; now, therefore, the Mayor and City Clerk of the City
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of Pasco are hereby authorized upon approval of appropriate voucher
approved by the City Council, to issue warrants from'the current expense
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fund to cover any amount in excess of the present budget necessary
to meet the said raise in salary.
SECTION THREE:
There is hereby appropriated to the current expense fund
for the above mentioned purposes, the sum of $17,115,00, all in
addition to any monies contained in the original budget and estimate
of expenses heretofore adopted by the City Council for the year 1948.
SECTION FOUR:
This ordinance to become effective immediately upon the
approval or signing by the Mayor, or the passage of the same over his
veto, as provided by law.
Passed by the Council this. /,-/day of...�� _ 1948.
Approved by the Mayor thisday o, 7�G//lil 1948,
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MAYOR.
ATTEST:
CITY CLMK�__
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I ORNEY