Ordinance 969-83 - Laserfiche WebLink

1 indebtedness shall be paid as provided in the bond covenants of the Mukilteo Water 2 District. All funds of the District on deposit with the County Treasurer at the time of 3 the effective date of this ordinance shall be used by the City solely for the benefit of 4 the utility and shall not be transferred to or used for the benefit of the City of 5 Everett's general fund. 6 Section 6: Pursuant to RCW 35.13A.030 it is understood that only "that 7 portion of the entire [Mukilteo Water] district not included within another city" (in 8 this case the City of Mukilteo) is subject to assumption by the City of Everett. 9 However, in view of statutory gaps concerning operation immediately after assumption, 10 and the need to protect and assure bondholders of continued security for their 11 investment, the Mayor of the City of Everett is hereby authorized to enter into 12 negotiations with the City of Mukilteo to take whatever steps are necessary in order to 13 make an appropriate transition, especially for bonding purposes, including, but not 14 necessarily limited to, drafting a joint operating agreement and/or providing water 15 service within the City of Mukilteo in the same manner as the District now provides, to 16 assume operation of the District's property, facilities and equipment within the City of 17 Mukilteo, and make and enforce such charges for operation, maintenance and payment 18 of indebtedness as may be reasonable under all the circumstances. The Mayor is further 19 authorized in such negotiations to provide for assumption by the City of Mukilteo of 20 District property, facilities, equipment and functions outside the City limits of 21 Mukilteo so long as such assumption is limited to areas where an assumption would not 22 be inconsistent with the long-range goals, plans and proposed spheres of influence of 23 the City of Everett. To this end, the Mayor is authorized to discuss and negotiate 24 potential future boundaries between the respective municipalities, which potential 25 future boundary negotiations shall, however, be subject to review and approval by the 26 City Council of Everett prior to any formal or informal recognition of said negotiations. 27 Section 7: The City of Everett offers to employ every full-time employee of 28 the Mukilteo Water District who is engaged in the operation of the District facilities on 29 the effective date hereof. The Mayor shall make arrangements: 1) for the retention of 30 service credits under the pension plan of the District pursuant to RCW 41.04.070 to 31 41.04.110, 2) for the retention of all sick leave standing to the employee's credit in the 32 -3-