Ordinance 13-18 Commercial Vessel Passenger Tax Program Pass Through Grant from the Kenai Peninsula Borough for FY 2012

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA
         City Manager
ORDINANCE 13-18

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING A COMMERCIAL VESSEL PASSENGER TAX PROGRAM PASS THROUGH GRANT FROM THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2012 IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,710.00, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS.

WHEREAS, The State of Alaska collects revenues under the Commercial Vessel Passenger Tax Program and remits proceeds to boroughs which contain ports where cruise ships land; and

WHEREAS, The Kenai Peninsula Borough has received such funds for calendar year 2012 and decided to pass those revenues through to Homer and Seward; the communities where cruise ships land and utilize local infrastructure and services; and

WHEREAS, The Borough Assembly adopted KPB Ordinance 2012-19-48 which appropriated funds and authorized a pass through grant to the City of Homer in the amount of $21,710.00.

WHEREAS, The grant funds must be used for port and harbor projects that benefit cruise ship passengers and the City has proposed to use the proceeds of this grant for engineering, design, and construction of the Ramp 3 replacement project.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1. The Homer City Council hereby accepts and appropriates a Commercial Vessel Passenger Tax Program pass through grant from the Kenai Peninsula Borough for calendar year 2012 in the amount of $21,710.00 as follows:

Appropriation:
Account              Description                                       Amount
460-927              KPB CVPT Pass Through Grant for 2012           $21,710.00

Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to execute the appropriate documents.
Section 3.  This ordinance is a budget ordinance only, is not permanent, and shall not be codified.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, this _______ day of __________________, 2013.
       
       CITY OF HOMER

       ________________________
       MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR
ATTEST:

______________________________
JO JOHNSON, CMC, 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

Date: ___________________ _   Date: _______________________