1989-15 Establishing an Emergency Fund to Accumulate Costs of the Oil Spill Disaster and Appropriating $500,000 in Oil Spill Cleanup Grant Funds Received From the State of AlaskaAN ORDINANCE OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY
ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY FUND TO ACCUMULATE COSTS
OF THE OIL SPILL DISASTER AND APPROPRIATING OIL SPILL
CLEANUP GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF ALASKA AND
EXXON SHIPPING COMPANY
WHEREAS, on March 24, 1989, the Exxon tanker Valdez went
aground in the Prince William Sound spilling over 10 million gallons of oil into
the Gulf of Alaska, and
WHEREAS, this oil spill has the potential of being disastrous to the
Kodiak environment, and
WHEREAS, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has
awarded the Kodiak Island Borough a grant of $500,000 to be used for oil
spill cleanup efforts, and
WHEREAS, it was critical that these funds be immediately available
for expenditure due to the imminent arrival of the spilled oil in the Kodiak
area, and
WHEREAS, en emergency ordinance establishing the Oil Spill
Disaster Fund and appropriating funds received from the State of Alaska and
Exxon Shipping Company was adopted by the Assembly on April 6, 1989, and
WHEREAS, expenditures of these funds could go beyond the 60
days allowed by the emergency ordinance:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly that:
Section 1. This ordinance is of an emergency nature and shall not
be codified.
Section 2. The Kodiak Island Borough hereby accepts the $500,000
oil spill cleanup grant from the Alaska Department of Environmental
Conservation.
Section 3. Staff is hereby authorized and directed to establish an
Oil Spill Disaster Fund. This fund will be utilized to account for all expenses
incurred and all revenues received in this regard.
Section 4. The FY 88/89 budget is hereby amended by recognizing
additional revenue to the General Fund from state grants in the amount of
$500,000, and by appropriating $500,000 from the General Fund to the Oil
Spill Disaster Fund. The Mayor is authorized to expend funds from the Oil
Spill Disaster Fund for the purpose of protecting waters and shorelines within
and immediately adjacent to the Kodiak Island Borough, from the detrimental
effects of this oil spill. These funds shall be expended only for the purposes
and in the manner described in the contract executed April 6, 1989, between
the Kodiak Island Borough and the Department of Environmental Conservation.
Ordinance No. 89 -15 -0
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE NO. 89 -15 -0
By: Mayor Selby
Recommended by:
Finance Director
Introduced: 4/06/89
Public Hearing: 5/18/89
Adopted: 5/18/89