1227 - Ordinance - Amending Ordinance No. 1181 RE Housing AuthorityORDINANCE NO. 1227V
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT
ORCHARD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1181
RELATIVE TO "HOUSING AUTHORITY"
WHEREAS, the City of Port Orchard recognized the
findings of the legislature contained in RCW 35.82.010;
WHEREAS, the City of Port Orchard, in recognition
of those findings and the need for a "Housing Authority",
adopted and passed Ordinance No. 1181 on October 12, 1981;
WHEREAS, a joint housing authority, the Bremerton-
Kitsap County Housing Authority, was created and formed under
said Ordinance and continues to exist, and yet the City of
Bremerton has elected to terminate its participation in said
joint housing authority;
WHEREAS, in light of the withdrawal from the joint
housing authority of the City of Bremerton the name of said
housing authority requires redesignation and the governing
board requires recomposition of its members;
WHEREAS, the continued existence and operation of
said joint housing authority, as previously established, is
recognized as appropriate and necessary to meet and fill the
need for a "Housing Authority", despite the withdrawal by the
City of Bremerton;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Port Orchard
City Council that Ordinance No. 1181 adopted on October 12,
1981 is hereby amended with respect to Section 1, 4, 5(c) and
8 to read as follows:
"Section 1. Title. A joint housing authority by
and between Kitsap County, the City of Port Orchard, the City
of Poulsbo and the City of Winslow is hereby created under
the title of the "Kitsap County Housing Authority".
"Section 4. Appointment and Tenure of Commissioners.
The Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority shall be
governed by a board of six (6) commissioners composed of the
elected members of the Board of County Commissioners of Kitsap
County, the Mayor of Port Orchard, the Mayor of Poulsbo, and
the Mayor of Winslow.
(a) Appointment to the Board of Commissioners of
the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority
shall take effect upon election and confirmation
of office as a county or municipal official. A
certificate of appointment or re -appointment to
the Board of Commissioners of the Kitsap County
Consolidated Housing Authority shall be filed
with the Clerk of said Board and such certificate
shall be conclusive evidence of the due and
proper appointment of such commissioner.
(b) Each commissioner shall hold office during his/
her tenure as an elected official of the county
or municipality respectively and he/she shall
continue to hold office until his/her successor
has been appointed";
M 13&3 Section 5 "(c) Quorum. Four (4) members of the Board
of Commissioners of the Kitsap County Consolidated
Housing Authority shall constitute a quorum for
the purpose of conducting its business and
excercising its power for all other purposes.";
"Section 8. Assumption of Assets and Liabilities of
Existing Authority. The Kitsap County Consolidated Housing
upon the effective date of this ordinance as first enacted
assumes all assets and liabilities heretofore held by the
Kitsap County Housing Authority.';
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED that Ordinance No. 1181
adopted on October 12, 1981, is further amended so as to
delete any and all references to the "Bremerton-Kitsap County
Housing Authority", and to replace all such deleted reference
with the name "Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority";
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED that Ordinance No. 1181
adopted on October 12, 1981 is further amended so as to
delete any and all references to the City of Bremerton or to
the Commissioners or Board of Commissioners of the City of
Bremerton;
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED that Ordinance No. 1181
adoped on October 12, 1981, except as amended above, shall
remain and continue in full force and effect.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor
of the City of Port Orchard this 28th day of February, 1983.
LEE F. C DWE , MAYOR
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney