Ordinance 14-04 Budget Amendment to Replace Fish Grinder in the Fish Waste Grinding Facility

CITY OF HOMER                                                            

                                                                              HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager/

Port and Harbor Director

                                                                              ORDINANCE 14-04

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING THE FY 2014 OPERATING BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING $35,000 FROM THE PORT AND HARBOR DEPRECIATION RESERVES TO REPLACE THE FISH GRINDER IN THE FISH WASTE GRINDING FACILITY. 

WHEREAS, The City owns and manages a fish waste grinding facility on Fish Dock Road that processes and pumps approximately two million pounds of fish waste annually back into the bay; and

WHEREAS, The fish grinder is an essential piece of equipment at the facility, and after 14 years of service is in need of replacement; and

WHEREAS, A replacement fish grinder and installation of a new hydraulic-driven Autio grinder will cost $35,000.

               NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

               Section 1.          The City Council hereby appropriates and transfers $35,000 from the Port and Harbor Depreciation Reserve Funds for the purchase and installation of a new fish grinder as follows:

Transfer From:

               Account                            Description                                                                  Amount
               456-380                            Port and Harbor Depreciation                            $35,000

                                                            Reserve Funds                             

Section 2.         This is a budget amendment ordinance only, is not permanent in nature, and shall not be codified. 

               ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, this 27th day of January, 2014.

                                                                                                         CITY OF HOMER
 

                                                                                                         _____________________

                                                                                                         MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

___________________________

JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

YES:

NO:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Hearing:

Second Reading:

Effective Date: 

Reviewed and approved as to form.

Walt Wrede, City Manager                                                                 Thomas F. Klinkner, City Attorney

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