The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-06-22
THE CHARTER
OF THE
City of Seattle
PREPARED AND PROPOSED ny
TIM EREieuoLpERs ELECTED
MARCH ;. 1914

payments may be made during the
progress OF any contract 20 the eN-
value OF the work performed or ma
terinls delivered under such contract
during any calendar month, ms esti-
mated and reported by tho city man
Section io1. No contract with the
city for any public work, improve
mont or purchase shall hereafter be
assigned or transferred In any man
ner without first having Endorsed
thereon the consent OF tho board OF
awards and adjustments, and OF the
sureties on tho contractors bond.
and no transfer or assignment there-
bond. or the X" LIABILITY ' OF a the sureties
thereon, and any assignment or
transfer thereof, except by opera
ton OF law. without such consent
null and void, as 10 any further
performance thereof by the con-
tractor or his assigns without any
act on the part of tho city; and the
shall at once proceed 70 re..let such
contract, or may. In Its discretion,
proceed TO complete tho Same as
the agent, and at tho expense or
such contractor and his sureties. No
assignment. transfer. abandonment
or surrender. either voluntary or
Otherwise, OF any contract with the
city for any public work. improve
In any such contract nor any eN-
tension OF time IN which TO COM
plete any such contract, shall ever
operate 70 release The sursties on
Section io2. The board OF awards
and adjustments may. whenever In
Its Judgment the surety on such
bond Is Insufficient. require new
or additional bond TO be filed within
ten days after notice: and there,
upon all work on such contract SHAH
cease until such new or additional
s Saea ' ssa BE amp sSss co ny
shall fail for ten days after notice
TO file new or additional bond: his
contract shall. by that fact alone,
future performances thereof. and
thereupon the board shall order such
contract to be re-let, or may, In It's
discretion, order the completion or
the same by the city manager at ne
sureties.
Section 100. II any such contract
shall for any reason become ended
or void. and the board shall complete
the same as In this charter provid-
ed. and the costs OF so completing
such contract shall exceed the
amount unpaid by the city upon
such contract at the time the same
shall become ended or void, In such
case IL shall be the duty OF the cor
poration counsel to at once com
mence an action In the name OF The
city against such contractor and his
surcties for the recovery OF the dtf-
ference in amount between the cost
of so completing such contract ana
the amount unpaid by the city there
on at the time the Same became end
ed or void.
Section lo4. Any person having
been q party to a contract with the
city and havi1E failed 70 nul IN d the
qualified from being a party 10 any
further contract with the city for
a period OF two years from the time
BUDGET AND TAX LEVY.
Section 105. The council and
every department. division and Of
flee shall prepare annually bud
lures and revenues for the ensuing
fiscal year. classified according to
the schedule Of accounts. fully
itemized. with labor or service shown
or apparatus. 1t may include en-
ergency funds. TO be expended. how
ever. only in cases of unforeseen
emergency. Such budget shall also
show the corresponding items as ap-
proved In. and any unexpended or
unincumbered balances from, the
previous year. The budget shall be
Submitted to the board OF awards
and adjustments not later than the
first day of June. and by said board
TO the council not later than the
fifteenth day of July.
Section 10s. The consolidated bud
get shall be the basis for the deter
mination OF the tax levy by the
council for the ensuing fiscal year.
The total tax levy for any one year
for all purposes, except for the pay
n1ent OF interest on and the redemp-
ton OF the general bonded indebted
ness OF the city, shall not exceed
twelve mills on each dollar of the
assessed valuation OF property In the
city. The first budget prepared I'M
der this charter shall include all cur
rent liabilities or deficits expected
TO exist at the end Of that fiscal
levied in whole or in part in ex-
cess OF the above limitation. but the
funds derived therefrom shall be ex-
pended only for the The. specific pur-
Thereafter no deficiency shall BIO
created except in case of extraordi-
nary emergency which shall be ex-
such deficiency and then only by a
four-fifths vote OF tho entire city
council.
Section 1o7. Every official or
trolling the expenditure OF funds
shall be personally liable for any
overdraft of budget funds under HIS
or their direction. unless such over
case OF emergency consisting OF a
condition or accident requiring I'm
mediate action with no specific APP
preparation available. and no trans
fers of funds or of unexpended bal
ances from one item Of the budget
10 another shall be allowable ex-
cept when such has been authorized
by the council upon the city man
Section los. There shall be fund
for each public utility operated by
the city. into which shall be paid
all revenues derived from such
vr.hf H dQVnfad pFf
marily to the payment OF the ex-
perses of operation and maintenance,
the cost OF extensions and the re-
demption Of the bonded indebted
CIVIL SERVICE.
Section 100. There shall be an un-
salaried civil service commission Of
mayor. The members Of the exist
ing civil service commission shall
continue in office for the terms for
which they were appointed, and
20 serve for terms OF four years each.
and until their SUCCESSORS have quail
flied. Appointments TO fiji vacancies
shall be for the unexpired term. Two
commissioners shall constitute a
quorum. The mayor may at any
time, for good cause. remove any
commissioner. No commissioner shall
be removed for political reasons.
Section 10. Upon the adoption Of
this charter the commission shall
classify the service required OF the
employees of all departments with
reference 10 the duties, RESPONSE
billties, and authority thereof for
the purpose of fixing and maintain
ing standards of service and exam
fnation, ana in establishing such
classification, detailed information
ard advice shall be secured from
the respective departments. Such
classification shall include all Of
ficcs and places Of employment now
in existence or which may be here
after established In the city's ser
vice except those expressly exempt
created by the council shall be CON
sidered new unless the duties there
OF are substantially different from
those OF any other existing position
in the classified service. The COM
mission shall ascertain the duties of
each office and place in the classi-
fled gervfpe and shall designate the