HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 4961ORDINANCE NO.
4961
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.18.020 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
AUTHORITY AND POWERS OF THE CITY WATER BOARD.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2.18.020 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
2.18.020 Authority and powers.
The city water board, subject to the policies and purposes set forth in
Section 2.18.012, is authorized and empowered to:
A. Create, supervise and direct the operations of a city water
department and any municipal water service activities assigned to or
administered by any other department of the city;
B. Make recommendations to the city council regarding the
establishment of municipal and agricultural water rates and rates for Kern River
sand sales by the council;
C. Make recommendations to the city council for acquisition and sale
of real property required to carry out the policies and purposes set forth herein;
D. Prepare, or cause to be prepared, annually a budget for the
operation of the water system, which shall be subject to approval by the city
council;
E. Control and order the expenditure of moneys received from the sale
and use of water for the defraying of expenses or maintenance and repairs and
operation of the city's water facilities, and for any expenses for additions to the
same;
F. Collect all charges for water rates or from water sales or exchanges,
or from use of any city -owned land for purposes relating to water storage,
spreading, distribution or delivery;
G. Conduct surveys and investigations pertinent to the water supply and
resources of the city;
H. Appropriate, acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, lease and conserve,
lease, mortgage, deed in trust, hold, manage, and control water and water rights
for any useful purpose and such other property as its interests may require;
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I. Store, spread and recharge water and construct dams, reservoirs,
canals, ditches and conduits, spreading basins, drilling wells and stormwater
basins;
J. Drill, construct, install and operate wells, pumps, pipelines, conduits,
canals, valves, headgates, meters, and other appurtenances to such wells,
pipelines, canals and conduits, and pump water therefrom and thereby for sale,
delivery, distribution, or other disposition;
K. Deliver, distribute, exchange or otherwise dispose of any water, or
water rights, other than by sale, that may be stored or appropriated, owned or
controlled by the city;
L. Appoint and employ such consultants as the board deems necessary
or advisable to accomplish its purposes;
M. Contract for services, tools, implements, machinery and equipment
as the board deems expedient or advisable to perform the work which it deems
necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes set forth herein;
N. Provide for the payment, from the water fund, of all the debts of and
just claims against the board;
O. Disseminate information concerning the rights, properties, activities,
operations, plans and proposals of the board;
P. Regulate, control, manage, renew, repair, replace, and preserve the
water facilities and related lands of the city, to conserve and augment and to
preserve the underground water supply in the areas surrounding the city;
Q. Enter into and make contracts, on behalf of the city, to effect and
carry out any of the duties enumerated or powers delegated herein;
R. Make rules and regulations governing the conduct of the board and
setting the time and dates for meetings;
S. Provide general direction to the manager of the water resources
department regarding the operations of that department;
T. Oversee the operation of the Kern River Levee District as directed by
the city council, and report annually on said operations to the city council.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the
Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after the date of its passage.
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ORIGINAL
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted,
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
JAN 2 3 1019 by the following vote:
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AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: RIVERA,GONZALES,WEIR,SMITH, FREEMAN. SULLIVAN, PARLIER
COUNCILMEMBER: NO(�
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JILICIE DRIMAKIS
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: JAN 13 1019
By:
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
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SHUA H. RUDNICK
Deputy City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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County of Kern )
JULIE DRIMAKIS, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on the 251" day of January. 2019 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall,
a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4961, passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 23rd day of January. 2019 and
entitled:
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.18.020 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY AND POWERS OF THE CITY WATER BOARD.
JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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DEP19TY City Clerk
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