BOOK 18_1939-01-03 to 1942-08-10

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Before any sale of city property may be made under this Charter, an appraisal of said property by a competent appraiser to be appointed by the Council or Port Commission as the case may be, shall be made, and public notice thereof containing a legal descrip- tion of such property shall be given at least once a week for two (2) weeks in a newspaper, and such sale shall be made to the highest bidder only at public auction or upon sealed bids to the Council or Port Commission, and for not less than ninety (90) per cent of such appraised value. That section 45 of the Charter of the City of Redwood City be amended to read as follows, to -wit: Section 45, PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT: There shall be a Public Service Department which shall have control of the construction, operation, and maintenance of all public utilities now or hereafter owned and operated by the City,and of the funds derived therefrom. There shall be a Superintendent of this department appointed by the City Manager. He shall appoint all subordinates in his depart- ment subject to the approval of the City Manager, and he may remove the same, make rules and regulations for the management of the depart- ment, and prescribe tests and examinations for persons in the depart- ment, all in accordance with the provisions of this charter. The Treasurer shall keep the funds of each utility separate. Any funds exceeding $152000.00 may be invested in United States, State, County, or Municipal bonds. The books of each utility shall be kept in accordance with the State regulations governing the accounting of public utilities, and a report in detail shall be made to the Council monthly. The Public Service Department shall control the generation, purchase, distribution and sale of electric energy, water, gas, and any other utility owned, operated or distributed by the City. That section 47d of the Charter of the City of Redwood City be amended to read as follows, to -wit: Section 47d. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS: All actions taken by the Board of Port Commissioners shall be by motion spread upon its minutes, or by resolution except as hereinafter set forth. Any member of the Board may require a record of the vote on any resolution to be made in its minutes. The Board shall keep a minute book wherein shall be recorded the proceedings taken at its meetings and it shall keep a record and index of all its resolutions and ordinances, which shall be open to public inspection when not in use. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed or become effective without receiving the affirmative votes of at least three (3) members of the Board. No ordinance shall be placed upon its final passage until at least five (5) days have elapsed after its first reading. All ordinances shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of the City of Redwood City and no ordinance shall become effective until thirty (30) days after the date of its final passage. The Board may, byvote of three (3) of its members, pass em- ergency measures to take effect at the time indicated therein. Emergency measures shall contain a section in which the emergency is particularly set forth and defined, and a separate roll call on the question of emer- gency shall be taken. The enacting clause on ordinances passed by the Board shall be substantially in these words: Be it ordained by the Board of Port Commissioners of the City of Redwood City as follows: w 0