Chapter 3.73
IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENT FUND

Sections:

3.73.010    Fund created—Purposes.

3.73.020    Source of funds.

3.73.030    Expenditures from fund.

3.73.010 Fund created—Purposes.

There is hereby created a special fund to be known as the irrigation improvement fund. The purpose of such fund is to receive revenue from the irrigation system and other sources, and pay for expenses of engineering services, land acquisition, and construction, and for other expenses incidental to the planning and construction of additions and improvements to, and new facilities for, the acquisition of irrigation water, its transmission, and distribution, all for the irrigation system of the city of Yakima, as described in Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 7.24 (as enacted pursuant to Section 4 of Ordinance 97-63). (Ord. 97-63 § 1 (part), 1997).

3.73.020 Source of funds.

The irrigation improvement fund shall consist of the following sources of revenue: (1) all moneys billed and collected pursuant to Yakima Municipal Code Section 7.24.100 and identified therein as the capital improvement project (CIP) charge; and (2) any other revenue, including but not limited to loans and grants, that may be directed by the council. All sources of revenue for the irrigation improvement fund shall first be deposited into the irrigation operating fund described in Yakima Municipal Code Chapter 3.112, and shall be transferred to the irrigation improvement fund only at the direction of council. (Ord. 97-63 § 1 (part), 1997).

3.73.030 Expenditures from fund.

Expenditures from the irrigation improvement fund shall be made only for the purposes specified in Yakima Municipal Code Section 3.73.010. No expenditure shall be made from such fund unless the Yakima city council shall approve such expenditure by passing an ordinance appropriating money within the fund for the purpose for which the expenditure is to be made, or by including an appropriation for such purpose in the budget (Ord. 97-63 § 1 (part), 1997).