Ordinance 2635 - Laserfiche WebLink

IEREAS, because of necessity and unforeseen circumstances arising which re- quired the performance of needed improvement upbn the water system between the 1st day of January", 1935, and the enatbtment of 'this ordinance and which work could be and has been performed by delinquent water customers, and as to all such acts the provisions of this ordinance should be and may be made retroactive . THE CITY OF EVE'RETP DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That a public emergency exists which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of the making of the budget for the year 1935, to-wit; in October, 1934; that said emergency has been caused in the Department of Public Works, more particularly the Water System thereof, by reason of the' fact that ec- onomic conditions are such that the regular water department crew is depleted in numbers and exceedingly large numbers of water customers are unable to pay their water bills, which was rot foreseen or anticipated would continue for so long a period ; that the City Council believes that a plan should be effected , furnishing employment to delinquent water customers, to be applied only to such customers n arrears for not less than f our (4) months and not f nr current bills, and that all warrants drawn in payment of indebtedness for such labor or services as here- in described he immediately assigned by the payee to defray the payment of any water bill which he owes to the water department of the City of 'Everett . Section 2. That a rind designated as "The Water Arrearage Relief Fund" be established by the „raper officials of the city of Everett into which shall be raid the sum of Fifteen Thousand ( ].5,000) Dollars, or such other sum as may be necessary for this use, to be taken out of any funds belonging to the ',later De- partment not otherwise appropriated , for a revolving fund ; that any warrants drawn upon this fund are to be emergency warrants, limited to the payment for services rendered by the delinquent water customer upon the water system of the City, as disclosed by "The Water Arrearage Fay Roll", the employees to be desig- nated as "The Water Arrearage Crew" known as "Work Order No. _» Section 3. That no employee carried on the "Water Arrearage Crew Fay Roll" shall be paid or receive any cash for his services, nor shall any other compensa- tion be paid or promised him other than that which is to be applied upon such em- ployee's indebtedness for water sold and delivered for his use by the Water Depart- ment; and before any employment is furnished or begun, said water customer shall sign a memorandum of agreement which shall incorporate therein the covenants -2-