AMENDMENT TO BILL NO. 17 – 2011
Final Reading – July 19, 2011
Proposed by Council Member DiGiacinto
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM,
COUNTIES OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON,
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AMENDING
THE TAX ORDINACE FOR THE YEAR 2011.
That the following paragraph in SECTION 1 which reads as follows:
For the construction of an EMS facility and acquisition of a fire pumper, the
sum of seventy-five hundreds (.75) mills on each dollar of assessed value
[or the sum of seven and five tenths (7.50) cents on each one hundred dollars
of assessed valuation]; The sum of seventy-five hundreds (.75) mills on each
dollar of assessed value (or the sum of seven and five tenths (7.50) cents on
each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation] shall be placed in a separate
bank account, to be controlled by City Council under a line item in City
Council’s Budget, separated and segregated from all other monies, entitled
EMS Facility/Fire Pumper and shall not be co-mingled with any other monies
whatsoever. All disbursements from this EMS Facility/Fire Pumper account
shall be subject to City Council approval prior to disbursement to assure that
these funds are utilized for the construction of an EMS facility and
acquisition of a fire pumper only.
be amended to read as follows:
For the construction of an EMS facility and acquisition of a fire pumper, the
sum of seventy-five hundreds (.75) mills on each dollar of assessed value [or the
sum of seven and five tenths (7.50) cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation]; The total dollar amount of the sum of seventy-five hundreds (.75) mills
on each dollar of assessed value (or the sum of seven and five tenths (7.50) cents on
each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation] received for this purpose from
the Taxes for the year 2011 effective from January 1, 2011shall be placed in
a separate bank account, to be controlled by City Council under a line item in City Council’s Budget, separated and segregated from all other monies, entitled EMS Facility/Fire Pumper, within two business days after passage of this Ordinance,
and shall not be co-mingled with any other monies whatsoever. All disbursements
from this EMS Facility/Fire Pumper account shall be subject to City Council approval
prior to disbursement to assure that these funds are utilized for the construction of
an EMS facility and acquisition of a fire pumper only.
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