Ordinance No. 1914

            AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SALISBURY, MARYLAND AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2005 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPOSIT OF MONIES GENERATED BY THE SALE OF A SURPLUS FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE FOR USE TO PURCHASE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (TURNOUT GEAR) FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.

            WHEREAS, the City Council has awarded the sale of a vehicle declared as surplus property by the Fire Department to the highest bidder; and,

            WHEREAS, the Fire Chief has requested that the funds generated by the sale of this vehicle be reallocated to the Fire Department for the purchase of additional personal protective firefighting equipment (turnout gear) for personnel; and,

            WHEREAS, the City Council has granted the request of the Fire Chief,

            NOW, THEREFORE IT BE ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Salisbury that = the City’s Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund Budget be, and is hereby amended as follows:

1.) Add to the Fiscal Year 2005 Revenue Account # 01000-469200 (Sale of Fixed Assets) the sum of Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (($14,500.00).

2.) Add to the Fiscal Year 2005 Fire Department’s Expense Account #24035-546030 (Turnout Gear) the sum of Fourteen Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($14,500.00).

            BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of its final passage.

            THIS ORDINANCE was introduced and read at a meeting of the Council of the City of Salisbury, Maryland held on the _____ day of November 2004, and thereafter, a statement of the substance of the ordinance having been published as required by law, was finally passed by the Council on the ______ day of November 2004.

ATTEST:

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Brenda J. Colegrove                                                                 Michael P. Dunn

CITY CLERK                                                                         PRESIDENT, CITY COUNCIL

Approved by me this:

_____ day of ________________, 2004.

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Barrie P. Tilghman

MAYOR, City of Salisbury