Ordinance 16-02 Budget Amendment to Purchase Light Emitting Plasma (LEP) Lamps for Fish Dock

CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                                                                     City Manager/

                                                                                                                        Port and Harbor Director

ORDINANCE 16-02

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING THE FY 2016 OPERATING BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 FROM PORT AND HARBOR RESERVES TO PURCHASE EIGHT LIGHT EMITTING PLASMA (LEP) LAMPS FOR THE FISH DOCK.

               WHEREAS, In an effort to lower energy consumption and reduce operational costs at the harbor, alternative lighting methods for the high mast lights at the Fish Dock were explored; and

               WHEREAS, Harbor personnel tested lighting options over the course of several months and concluded the light emitting plasma (LEP) lamps are better suited for the taller poles on the Fish Dock; and

               WHEREAS, The LEP lamps reduce energy costs in half and their distinctive white light offers the ability to cut through fog and snow; additionally, they produce more useable light on the ground allowing a reduction in the number of fixtures on Fish Dock from 10 to 8 with a cost savings realized within a few years.

               NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1. The Homer City Council hereby amends the FY 2016 Operating Budget by appropriating $20,000.00 from Port and Harbor Reserves for the purchase of eight LEP lamps for the Fish Dock.

Expenditure:

Account                                          Description                                                   Amount 

456-380                                            Eight LEP Lamps for the                         $20,000.00

Fish Dock

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 ______ day of _______, 2016.   

               CITY OF HOMER

               _________________________
               MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

______________________________

JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Reading:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Reviewed and approved as to form:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Mary K. Koester, City Manager                                                          Thomas F. Klinkner, City Attorney

Date: _________________________                                              Date: _________________________