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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILPERSON
LEWMAN
RESOLUTION NO. 620
Series of 1978
TITLE: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT EMERGENCY
FUND AND SETTING FORTH GUIDELINES FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS
AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 442, SERIES OF 1976
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge is subject to unforeseen emer-
gencies which could require a substantial outlay of funds on a moment's
notice; and
WHEREAS, such emergencies could include floods, explosions, civil
commotion, falling aircraft, fire, major drainage disorders, and other civil
disasters affecting the lives and safety of the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, under these circumstances, it is in the public interest that
authority be conferred in advance on the Mayor and/or City Administrator to
take immediate action to protect the lives and property of citizens which
could require the immediate expenditure of City funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. The City Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to cause
a Permanent Emergency Fund to be created immediately and permanently maintained
in the annual Budget of the City.
2. That the sum of $90,000 is hereby appropriated and authorized to
become the Permanent Emergency Fund; and that the said Fund shall be permanent-
ly maintained, insofar as possible, at a minimum level of $90,000 at all times,
subject to the disbursements or encumbrances during the year, if necessary, in
accordance with this Resolution.
3. A. All expenditures from the Permanent Emergency Fund must be
approved in advance by the City Council, except as provided elsewhere in this
Resolution. If necessary, an emergency meeting of the City Council shall be
called by the Mayor for the purpose of approving such expenditures, or, if a
special meeting is not possible due to the nature of the emergency, the
Council may be polled by telephone for the purpose of securing approval of
such expenditures.
B. If a majority of the Council members cannot be contacted by
telephone, then the Mayor or City Administrator is authorized to approve the
disbursements from the Fund, provided that a full report shall be made at the
next regular meeting of the City Council giving the reasons, nature, and
extent of such disbursements.
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4. Funds deposited in the Permanent Emergency Fund shall be main-
tained in a separate, interest-bearing depository account with immediate
availability by the City Treasurer.
5. Resolution No. 442, Series of 1976, is hereby repealed.
DONE AND RESOLVED by a vote of
day of November, A.D. 1978.
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OLIVER V. PHILLIPS, MAYOR '
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