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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1768 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 1768 A RESOLUTION of special election and refurbishing forth the levy therefor. the Pasco City Council authorizing a for an excess levy to fund the purchase of fire department equipment, setting amount and fixing the date and time WHEREAS, the Pasco City Council after due deliberation has determined that the essential public safety services performed by the Pasco Fire Department are hampered and jeopardized by old and unreliable equipment and by the need for new hazardous materials equipment; and WHEREAS, the City's General Fund and City revenues are insufficient to fund the purchase of the needed fire safety equipment and the refurbishing of certain existing equipment; and WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that an emergency exists and that a one-year special excess property tax levy is required to make the needed funds available; and WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that a special election to determine the excess levy question should be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 1987 (April 7, 1987) as authorized by statute, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: 1. The electors of the City of Pasco in the manner set - forth in Article VII, Section 2(a) of the Constitution of this State, as amended by Amendment 64, shall have placed before them a ballot proposition in the following form or in a form the same in substance thereto, at a special election as called for herein: Shall an excess property tax levy in the amount of $240,000 be levied upon the taxable real property in the City of Pasco, Franklin County, Washington for the calendar year 1988 to purchase and refurbish City of Pasco Fire Department equipment? Yes or no. -1- PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this /7 day of Feb ary, 1987. NT Mayor LLS, City Clerk 2. The special election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 1987 (April 7, 1987). The Franklin County Auditor is requested to call such special election in the City of Pasco by giving notice thereof by publication in the manner provided by law for giving notices of general elections. ATT APPR • %Irki 441 11P41 GREG A. AUBSTELLO, City .ttorney 11 ED AS TO FORM: