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HomeMy WebLinkAbout631 ':, ~ ., , .- vRDIHAIWE NO. 631 AlJ OlWIllijJCE: .iJeclarin3 a public emergency to exist requiring the expenditure during the year 1927 from the current expense fund of the City of Auburn, of moneye not provided for in the budget for the year 1927, for the purpose of paying fees of attorneys and counsel in instituting condemnation proceed- ings and prosecuting same to a final determination in the laying off, opening, vJ"idening, and extending of "e" Stree.t ~..E. in the City of Luburn as provided by Ordinance Do. 62b of the ordinance S 0 f said city; est imat iEe, the affiDunt 0 f :none~7s re qui red to meet such emergency; and directing that emergenoy warrants be drawn upon the current expense fundJf tne City of Auburn to meet such expenditures. 1.1ili~ CIJ.'Y COUIWIL OF ~iW CITY OF AUBUHll DO ORJiiIl; AS li'OLLONS: SECTION I: ~hat tne following are facts: On ~pril 19, 1927, the City vouncil of the vity of Auburn duly passed and tte I.Ia~7or of said Ci ty duly approved Ordinance llo. 62b of the vrdinance s 0 f said Oi ty, providing fo r the la~7 ing 0 ff, opening, widening, extending and establisbing of 'c" street H.E. in said 0ity, and providing th~t the entire cost of said im- provement and expenses, except compensation for legal services, should be assessed upon property specially benefited b~ such improvement; the budget 0 fest imted expenditure s during the year 1927, which budget was adopted by the ~ity ~ouncil in October, 1926, contl.dns no item available for the paYiJent of fees of attorneys and counsel for institutin3 and prosecuting to a final determinatio::':l such condemnation procee,iings; the ordinance of tlle ~i tYJ f i:..nrl1un fixing tlle salary and compen- sation to be paid to tte City attorney expressly provides that it is contemplated that special counsel shall be employed, who mayor may not be tbe \Jit~7 Attorney, to prosecute and defend all actions and proceedin~s in courts of record in which the City of Auburn shall be a party, and that Buch special counsel sball be paid_ a reasonable compensation therefor; and the sum of Six hundred dollars (e600.00J is a reasonable fee to be paid as fees of attorre:'s and counsel in instituting an,} prosecuting to a firl'll determination the condemnation proceedings contem- plated in said vrdinance llo. 62b. rl ...,~CIIOl! II: That by reason of the facts stated in Section ~ of this ordinance, a public emergency no~ exists requiring U;e expendi tura during the :7ear 1927, from the current expense fund of the \Jit~' 'Jf AUtl'_LTnJf :nJne~.s not provid.ei for in the b'.ldget for the year, 1~27, for the purpose of instituting condemnation proceedings in the Superior 00urt of the ~tate of WDshir.ston, for the 00unty of King, for tLe laying off, opening, widening and extencling and establisb:i.ng of "c" Street .ii.E. in the City of Auburn pursuant to the provisions of ordinance DO. 628 of the orrlinances of SEJid Oi ty, and prosecuting such con- demnation proceedings to a final dEtermination; that such emer.'!el"c~7 could rlJt have reasonably been forseen at the tiDe of' maki~gthe budget of estimated expenditures from the current expense fund of the City of huburn during the Near 1927, which budget was adopted by the 0ity Council in October, 1926; and that the estimated amount of expenditures required to ~eet such emergenc~ is tbe sum of six hundred dollars (~600.00). .~ .... " "', ;.,.,..,=-- 'I"" , ., .. ~. SBeTION III: ~hat emergency warrants be drawn on the current expense fund 0 f the Ci t:7 0 f Auburn in pa;;nnent for Sll.c}} fe e S of attorneys and counsel to the amount of, but not to exceed the sum of six hundred dollars ('~600.00' in the aggregate. IlEL1ROJUOBJ ~_.-S-=__, PASSBu unani~ousl~ by the affirr:1ative vote of all the council:ilen present ~ i 9 'M 11 \ \ 19~7 , 1927 APPROV~.J , 1927 y 0 r ATTES~' : ! i)' /-c/ , : ;V-/~ City el~rk. (A APPROvLJ AS TO ]'Ohl.l ~)~'\l~'-' Ci t.y..;;:tto rne:'l. Published , 1927. .