Ordinance 14-27 Budget Amendment to Provide Local Match for Upgrades at the Homer Small Boat Harbor Load and Launch Ramp

CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                                                                                                City Manager/

Port and Harbor Director

ORDINANCE 14-27

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING THE FY 2014 OPERATING BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING  UP TO $600,000 FROM THE PORT AND HARBOR RESERVES AS A LOCAL MATCH FOR REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, AND REHABILITATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES AT THE HOMER SMALL BOAT HARBOR LOAD AND LAUNCH RAMP.

               WHEREAS, The Homer City Council adopted Resolution 13-112 entitled “ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, CONFIRMING THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000 FOR REPAIR, REPLACEMENT, AND REHABILITATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES AT THE HOMER SMALL BOAT HARBOR LOAD AND LAUNCH RAMP”; and

               WHEREAS,  The State Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development has confirmed that $200,000 of the Cruise Ship Passenger Vessel Tax Grant (Grant 12-DC-609) can be used as part of the local match, thus reducing the City’s out of pocket expense to $600,000; and

               WHEREAS, The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has completed the design work, secured the necessary funding, and intends to start construction this fall; and

               WHEREAS, In order to proceed further, it is necessary to appropriate the local match and make it available to ADF&G.

               NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

               Section 1. The Homer City Council hereby amends the FY 2014 Operating Budget by appropriating up to $600,000 from the Port and Harbor Reserves as a local match for repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of infrastructure and facilities at the Homer Small Boat Harbor load and launch ramp as follows:

Expenditure:

Account No.                                   Description                                                                 Amount

                456-0380                                        Local Match/

Load and Launch Ramp Upgrades     $600,000

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

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALSKA, this ____ day of June, 2014.

CITY OF HOMER

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MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Reading:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Reviewed and approved as to form:

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

Date: _________________________                                                            Date: _________________________