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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-1975-0369 Introduced by Alderman Hulsey RESOLUTION NO. 369 Series of 1975 (City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado) A RESOLUTION DESIGNATED BY THE SHORT TITLE "4-1-75 SPECIAL ELECTION RESOLUTION;" AND SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 1, 1975, THE QUESTION OF IN- CREASING THE CITY SALES TAX AND THE QUESTION OF THE CITY INCURRING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado (herein the "Council," the "City," the "County," and the "State," respectively), has determined, and does hereby declare its determination, to sub- mit to the registered qualified electors of the City (herein the "Electors") at a special election to be held on April 1, 1975, (herein the "Election): 1. The question of increasing the City's sales tax from one percent to two percent for the purpose primarily of defraying with the proceeds of such additional tax, indirectly and directly, and wholly or In major part, the costs of capital improvements acquired for the City, as more specifically stated in the proposed 6-1-75 Additional Sales Tax Ordinance, hereto- fore introduced, read in full and ordered published and posted by the Council (herein the "Sales Tax Question"); and 2. The question of incurring a bonded indebtedness for the purpose of defraying, wholly or in part, the cost of constructing, otherwise acquiring, reconstructing, grading and otherwise improving storm sewers and other drainage facilities for the City, and the purchase and other acquisition of land, in- terests in land, equipment and other appurtenances therefor, in- cluding, without limitation, the construction of drainage im- provements for the Lena Gulch area and the Harlan Street drainage area, and the construction of other drainage improvements (herei~ the "Bond Question" and the "Project," respectively); and WHEREAS, the Council has determined, and does hereby declare, that the proceeds from such proposed additional sales tax shall be at least sufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on the proposed bonds designated in the Bond Question, and that the economic effect of such increase in the City's sales -1- SOLUTION 369 tax is that the lssuance of such bonds shall not necessitate the imposition in the future of any levies of general (ad valorem) taxes upon the taxable property In the City (herein "General Taxes" and merely "Taxes") for the payment of the bonds; and WHEREAS, any bonds authorized at the Election by the approval of the Bond Question may be issued, after their authori- zation thereat, at one time or from time to time, in amounts which, including any existing indebtedness, shall not exceed any limitation then imposed by State or City law on the incur- rence of indebtedness, subject to the following limitations: (a) No such bonds shall be issued if the Sales Tax Question is not approved at the Election; and (b) No such bonds shall be issued after April 1, 1981; and (c) No such bonds shall be issued if the Council does not estimate and determine in the authorizing bond ordinance or any instrument supplemental thereto that such additional sales tax proceeds shall be at least sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, together with any existing indebtedness, as the same become due; but (d) Notwithstanding the issuance of such bonds based upon such an estimate and determination, the obligation of the City to pay the bonds from annual levies of General Taxes shall in no way be affected by the inability of the City to pay the bonds and any existing indebtedness from such sales tax proceeds and any other revenues of the City available therefor other than such General Taxes; and (e) The principal of, any prior redemption premlums due in connection with, and the interest on such bonds shall be payable from annual levies of General Taxes, but such Taxes may be diminished to the extent revenues from other sources are available and appropriated for and expended on such bond payments, including, without limitation, such addi- tional sales tax proceeds; and WHEREAS, nothing in this resolution prevents the City from resubmitting any question or questions for increasing the City sales tax or for financing the Project or any project or projects similar to the Project if the Sales Tax Question, or both the Sales Tax Question and the Bond Question submitted at the Election, do not receive the approval of a majority of the Electors voting on the Sales Tax Question or the Bond Question, -2- RESOLUTION 359 or both questions, nor requires resubmission of the Sales Tax Question or the Bond Question or any other question authorlZJng ~ny similar City sales tax increase or any similar project and Donds, or any combination thereof, if any such question so sub- mitted at the Election is not approved thereat. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ,mEAT RIDGE, COLORADO: Section 1. This resolution shall be known as and may De clted by the, short title "4-1-75 Special Election Resolution" (herein this "Instrument"). Section 2. Pursuant to art. XI, ~ 6, Colorado Consti- tution, ~ 29-2-102, and subsection (7), ~ 31-12-101, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 (herein "C.R.S. 1973"), and the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965 (i.e. title 31, art. 10, C.R.S. 1973), as amended and supplemented, there are hereby submitted to the properly registered qualified Electors of the City at a special municipal bond election, which is hereby called and ordered to be held and conducted as provided by law in the varlOUS precincts of the City on Tuesday, April 1, 1975, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 7:00 o'clock p.m., for ap- proval or disapproval by the Electors of each of the following questions: Sl\LES TAX QUESTION SUBMITTED: Shall the City of Wheat Ridge increase the City's sales tax from one percent to two percent, as pro- vided lD the 6-l-75 Additional Sales Tax Ordinance? (herein the "Sales Tax Question") and BOND QUESTION SUBMITTED: Shall the Council of t:le City of ;Y:leat Ric:.g9, Colorc:c:.o, be aut;lori zeC to issue in t'.lC nar:le and on the be1lalf of the Ci tv its negotiable, cQu?on, gen~ral obligation bonds, in on~ series or r~ore, in an aggregate principal ar:lount of not eAceeCing $6,000,000.00, bearing interest at a rate or rates not e:~ceeding 8 percent per annUD and a r:laxir:lum net effective int~re3t rate 0;: ::J percent per annum (including, without liDitation, any uiscount or discounts on tl1eir sale), Lor the purpose of defraying, w,lo11v or in part, the cost of constructing, otherwise ac- ~uiring, r2constructing, gracing ana oth~rwis~ -3- ,,(ESOLUTION 369 inproving .ci tOTICl sewers und other drainage faci li- tics tor the Cl ty, und G1e purchasc anu Ob12 r ucqui3ition of land, intcrcsts in lund, equinmcnt cWQ ut'1,:;r u9purtenunces Glerefor, includinc;, wi t'10Ut limi tation, the cons tr\1ction of drainuge lwprovei.\en ts for tIle Lena Gulch area and t:v: darlan street drainage areu, und the construc- tion of other drainage improvements, such bonds to mature serially commencing not later than 3 years from the date or respective dates of the bonds and ending not later than 20 years therefrom, to be payable from annual levies of general (ad valorem) taxes (except to the ex- tent other moneys are used for such payments) which taxes may be levied without limitation as to rate or amount on all the taxable property within the City, und otherwise to be sold and issued in such manner, upon such terms and conditions, and with such other detail as the Council may determine, including at its option, but without limitation, provisions for the re- demption of bonds prior to maturity at or above par? (herein the "Bond Question") . Section 3. The Sales Tax Question and the Bond Ques- tion shall each be submitted to the City's Electors at the Elec- tion by paper ballot or voting machines, including, without limitation, uny electronic counting equipment authorized by law, for voting, for registering and for counting votes cast, or any combination thereof. Any paper ballots and any voting ma- chines for voting and registering votes cast shall show the nature of each such question and shall carry the following desig- nation clause, which shall be the submission clause for the question. Each Elector voting on either or both questions by paper ballot shall indicate his choice by placing a cross mark (X) by pen in ink or by indelible pencil in the square opposite the group of words pertaining to each question on his ballot, which expresses the Elector's choice on either or both questions, as follows: For the tax Against the tax Shall the City of Wheat Ridge increase the City's sales tax from one percent to two percent, as pro- vided in the 6-1-75 Additional Sales Tax Ordinance? -4- RESOLUTION 369 (hcrein the "Tax Submission Clause") and For thc bonds Against the bonds Shall the City of Wheat Ridge be authorized to lssue not exceeding $6,000,000.00 storm sewer and drainage qenera1 obliqation bonds as more spccifically stated in the 4-1-75 Bond Election Resolution? (herein the "Bond Submission Clause") . Section 4. The paper ballots, if any, so to be used shall bc in substantially the following form: -5- RESOLUTION 369 (Form of Front of Paper Ballot) OFF I C I A L B ALL 0 T CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE In the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado Special Election Held On Tuesday, April 1, 1975 SALES TAX QUESTION SUBMITTED: (Insert in each paper ballot as printed for the Sales Tax Question the Tax Submission Clause substantially as stated in ~ 3 of this Instrument.) I FOR~he tax o ~AINST the tax D B0NO QUESTION SUBMITTED: (Insert in each paper ballot as printed for the Bond Question the Bond Submission Clause substantially as stated in ~ 3 of this Instrument.) I~ ~~~e bonds D ~GAINST the bonds [Instruction on ballots] (The elector shall indicate his vote on either or both questions by placing a cross (X) in the square opposite and to the right of the words expressing his choice on each question, or either question, as the electors de- sires. ) (End of Form of Front of Paper Ballot) (Form of Back of Paper Ballot) Official ballot of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, for the special election held on Tuesday, April 1, 1975. (Facsimile Signature) City Clerk City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (End of Form of Back of Paper Ballot) -6- RESOLUTION 369 Section 5. The ballots on the automatic voting ma- chines to be used at the Election for voting and registering votes cast, if any, shall show the nature of each the Sales Tax Question and the Bond Question, and the ballot labels for each such measure shall measure, accompanied by the words "For the tax" and "Against the tax" and the words "For the bonds" and "Against the bonds", respectively. The voting machines used ~t the Election shall carry ballot labels and the submission clause for each question, and such ballot labels shall be in substantially the following form: (Form of Ballot Labels) SALES TAX QUESTION For the bonds Against the bonds ADDITIONAL CITY SALES TAX (Insert in each ballot label as printed for the Sales Tax Question the Tax Submission Clause substantially as stated in ~ 3 of this Instrument.) BOND QUESTION For the bonds Against the bonds STORM SEWER AND DRAINAGE BONDS (Insert in each ballot label as printed for the Bond Question the Bond Submission Clause substantially as stated in 5 3 of this Instrument.) Each Elector voting by such a voting machine on each question or either question upon which the Elector desires to vote shall indicate his choice by depressing the appropriate counter of the voting machine which counter indicates the words expressing his choice thereon. Section 6. Each vote cast at the Election for or against each question shall be on counters of the automatic voting ma- chines which are locked off and separate from all other counters on such machines, or on paper ballots as required or permitted by law. Section 7. No vote shall be received or permitted by the judges of election unless the person offering the same shall be at least 18 years of age, a citizen of the United States, and -7- RESOLUTION 369 shall h~V0 rpsided in the State and in the municipal election precinct for 32 days immediately preceding the Elpction Jnd be registered as provided by law, except as thereby otherwisc pro- vided. Section 8. The votes cast at the Election on each question shall be canvasscd and tallied and the returns thereof made and the result thereof declarcd in substantially the samc manner as is provided by law. If a majority of all the votes cast on the Sales Tax Question at the Election shall bc for the issu- ance of bonds dcscribed in the question, it shall then be law- ful for the City to cause to be collected the additional City sales tax under the 6-1-75 Additional Sales Tax Ordinance, com- mencinq on June 1, 1975, if the City Clerk gives to the Exe- cutive Director of the State's Department of Revenue at least 60 days prior to the effective date of the additional City sales tax written notice of the approval at the Election of the Sales Tax Question. If a majority of all the votes cast on each the Sales Tax Question and the Bond Question shall be for the levy of the additional City sales tax and for the issuance of the bonds as respectively provided in such questions, it shaLl be lawful for the Council by ordinance, to authorize the proper officers of the City to issue the negotiable, coupon, general obligation bonds of the City in accordance with the Bond Question, subject to the limitations imposed by the recitals of this In- strument and otherwise imposed by law. Section 9. Registration of qualified electors and voting absentee voters for the Election shall be in conformity with the applicable provisions of the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965, as amended. The City Clerk shall give public notice of the close of registration by causing such notice to be pub- lished once a week for 2 consecutive weeks by 2 insertions a week apart in the Wheat Ridge Sentinel, a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the City, published on Wednesday of each week in Denver, Colorado, the first publication to be not later than Wednesday, February 12, 1975. Such notice of registration shall be in substantially the following form: -8- RESOLUTION 369 (Form of Notice Regarding Registration) CITY OF \"JHEAT RIDGE, S_OLORADQ, PUbLIC iWTICE OF REGISTRATIO!J --------- FO~ SPECIAL ELE~TION TO BE HELD ON TUES., APRIL 1, 1975 --.-- LAST REGISTRATION DATE: FRI., FEB. 28, 1975 PUDLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the registration list to be Gsee in connection with the special election of the City oE ,iheat Ridge, Colorado, to be held on Tues., ADril 1, 1975, shall contain the names of electors whose names appear on the r~gistration list at the close of business of the office of the County Clerk of Jefferson County on Fri., Feb. 28, 1975. Any qualified elector of the City who is not now r0qls'- tcreu, or who has filoved ;1is residence from the City precinct in "Jhic;h he is registered to SOTI1iO othr;r precinct in the Ci ty (excel't the 32 days immediately preceding the election), and who wishes to vote at the election, should register at the office of the Je[- fcrson County Clerk at the Jefferson County Courthouse, in Golde0, Colorado, or at the branch office of ~le Jefferson County Clerk, 1460 South Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, Colorado, or at the office of the City Clerk of the City of lJheat Ridge, in the \lheat Ridge Cit,! Hall, 7470 '.lest 38th Ave., ,'[heat Ridge, Colorado, on or beforc Fri., Feb. 28, 1975. The office hours of the City Clerk arc 8:30 a.fil. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week, except- ing City holidays. Every person who, at the time of such registration, is a resident of the City, who lS a citizen of the United States, who shall have attained t:le age of 18 years, and who shall :lave resided in the State and in the precinct in the City at least 32 days before thc election lS entitled to register to vote at the Ci ty election. By order of the Ci tv Council of the City of ~lheat Ri ic;e, Colorado, this Feb. 6, 1975. /s/ Elise Broughan ----- Citv Cferk ------- \fueat Ridge, Colora~o (End of Form of Notice Regarding Registration) -9- RESOLUTION 369 Section 10. of the Election: The City Clerk shall glve public notice A. By causlng the notice to be published in the Sentinel in the next to the last lssue before the Election, i.e. on Wednesday, March 19, Wheat Ridge the day of 1975, and B. By postinq, or causing to be posted, con- spicuously, on or before Saturday, March 22, 1975, l.e., at least 10 days before the Election, a copy of such notice at least at the polling place in each precinct. The notice shall state the date of the Election and the hours durinq which the polls will be open, designate the pOlling place of each precinct, state the qualifications of persons to vote In the Election, and state each the Sales Tax Question and the Bond Question. Section 11. The notice of the Election shall be In substantially the following form: -10- RESOLUTION 369 (Form of Election Notice) NOTICE OF SUBMISSION OF ADDITIONAL CITY SALES TAX QUESTION AND GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND QUESTION BY THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, AT THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1975 OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be sub- mitted to the registered qualified electors of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, at a special election, which is hereby called, to be held in each precinct in the City, on Tuesday, April 1, 1975, the following questions: SALES TAX QUESTION SUBMITTED: (Insert in the notice as printed the Sales Tax Question substantially as stated in 5 2 of this Instrument.) and BOND QUESTION SUBMITTED: (Insert in the notice as printed the Bond Question sub- stantially as stated in 5 2 of this Instrument.) Paper ballots or voting machines authorized by law shall be used at the election and shall carry the following designation clause for each such question, which shall be the submission clause for the question: SALES TAX SUBMISSION CLAUSE: (Insert in the notice as printed the Tax Submission Clause substantially as stated in 5 3 of this Instrument.) and BOND SUBMISSION CLAUSE: (Insert in the notice as printed the Bond Submission Clause substantially as stated in 5 3 of this Instrument.) If the Sales Tax Question is approved, effective June 1, 1975 (if the City Clerk appropriately notifies the State of the question's approval at least 60 days prior to such effec- tive date), the City sales tax shall be increased from one percent to two percent by section two, 6-1-75 Additional Sales Tax Ordinance, which section shall amend subsection one, section 6, Ordinance No.3, Series of 1969, of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, to read as follows: "Section 6. Schedule of Sales Tax (1) There is hereby imposed upon all sales of commodities and serVlces -11- RESOLUTION 369 specified in Section 4, a tax In accordance with the fol- lowing schedule: AMOUNT OF SALE TAX $.01 including $.18 $.19 including $1.00 No Tax $.02. On sales in excess of one dollar the tax shall be two cents on each full dollar of the sales price, plus the tax shown In the above schedule for the applicable fractional part of a dollar in each sales price." The sales tax question so submitted shall be voLed upon at the election by each such elector desirous of voting "For the tax" or "Against the tax" described in such question, and tho bond question so submitted shall be voted upon at the election by each such elector desirous of voting "For the bonds" or "Against the bonds" described In such question, indicating his choice (a) by making a cross (X) by pen in ink or by indelible pencil in the square opposite and to the right of the words ex- presslng his choice if he votes by a paper ballot, or (b) by de- presslnq the appropriate counter of the voting machine which counter indicates the words expressing his choice if he votes by a voting machine, on either or both such questions, as the case may be and as the elector desires. The election precincts and the polling places for the election are the following: Precinct No. Hard No. 1 I. - Columbia Heig~ts Elementary School 3227 Chase Street 2 I. - \vheat Ridge Junior iligh School 7101 West 38th Avenue 3 II. - Fruitdale elementary School 10801 West 44th Avenue 4 II. - Martensen Elementary School 6625 West 45th Place 5 II. - Evangel Bautist Churc~ 41Jl Lamar Street 6 TTT, - Vlheat Ridge High School 9505 West 32nd Avenue 7 III. - Kullerstrand Ele;-.lentarv School 12225 West 38th Avenue The boundaries of the respective election precincts have been previously fixed by the City Council and are shown on the precinct map of the City attached hereto. Any registered elector may ascertain the precinct for which he is regis- -12- RESOLUTION 369 t.'recl ,,:nll t:le polling plare ut winch II" '~liuulc.l vote b': H'1ulr'T Cirectt?u to the City Clerk or Cl dCpllt'l th"re'of Clt her o.::fi:::c, City Hall, 7470 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, telephone: 421-8480. A registcrcd elector should vote at the Dolling 'lLwi' fur t:le pn:cinct in which he resides in the Ci tv, hut Cln other- wise 'lClalified and registered elector who moves from tllC' Ci t" election precinct where registered to aDother precinct wi~lin the Ci~T within 32 days prior to the election may cast his bClllot for thro election at the polling place in the precinct where re'1i'i- teredo 'Jhen any qualified, registered elector of t:le Ci tv '.vho expC'cts to be absent from the City on the day of thC' C'lC'ction, or who, by rC'ason of his work or the nature of his emploYDC'nt, is likel~' to be absent and fears that he will be absent from the Clt' on thClt day, or who, because of serious illness or physical disa- bility, or who, for reasons based upon the doctrines of establisheJ religions, shall be unable to attend the polls, such elector may a:Jply to the City Clerk for an absent voter's ballot by not luter than t:lC' close of business on the Friday immC'diatC'ly precedi:1g the election, i.e. Fri., March 28, 1975, and may cost an absentee ballot In accordunce with the Colorado Municipal Election Coue o[ 1965, as amended. All absentee ballots must be in the hands of the City Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. No votes shall be received or permitted by the election judges unless the person offering to vote shall be a dulv rcSis- terec.. ancl qualified elector in the precinct in \i'hich he offC'rs, onCi is entitled to vote. A qualified elector is a person who, at the time of the election, is at least 18 vears of age and a citizen of the United States, who has rC'sided In the State a.nd in the Ci t:: election precinct 32 days immediately preceding the election, ex- ceDt for a person so moving from one City precinct to another Ci t'l precinct wi thin such 32 days, and except as otherwise DrovidC'd bv law. The polls at the polling place for each precinct In the Citv will be opened at 7:00 o'clock a.m. on the da:: of t:le election, and will be closed at 7:00 o'clock p.m. on that d~'. If a majority of all the votes cast at the election on the sales tax question so submitted is for thC' additional City sales tax designated In the question, and if such 60 day notice is properly given, the City sales tax shall be so in- creased from one percent to two percent, effective June 1, 1975. If a majority of all the votes cast at the election on each the sales tax question and the bond question so submitted -13- RESOLUTION 359 is for the increased City sales tax and the issuance of the bonds designated in the questions, respectively, the authority so conferred by the registered and qualified electors of the City shall be deemed and considered a continuing authority to lssue and deliver the bonds at one time or from time to time, and neither the partial exercise of the authority so conferred nor the lapse of time shall be considered as exhausting or limiting the full authority so conferred by the electors voting in favor of the bond question so approved, subject to the approval of the sales tax question. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge has caused this notice to be dated on this March 9, 1975. /s/ Elise Brougham --------c[ty Clerk Wheat Ridge, Colora~o (SEAL) CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO ELECTION PRECINCT MAP (Attach election precinct map to each notice as printed for publication or posting.) (End of Form of Election Notice) -14- RESOLUTION 369 Section 12. The officers of the City be, and they he~~b' arc, authorized and directed to take all action necessarv or aD- rropriate to effectuate the provisions o[ this resolution. In computing time for any act to be dono before the Election, ln eluding, without limitation, the postinq and puhlication of notices, the first day shall be included 0nd the last, or Elec- tion date, shall be excluded. Sundays and legal holida,!s shall be included, but if the time for any act to be done shall raIl on a 3unday or legal holiday, such act shall be done upon the clav roll mling SUC!1 :3unday or legal holiday. Section 13. The aut110ri ty to issue the bonds L1esignJtecl ln the Bond Question, if conferred at the Election by the Elec- tors authorized to vote on each the Sales Tax Question and the Bond Question, shall be deemed and considered a continuing au- thority to issue and deliver the bonds authorized by the Bond Question at one time or from time to time and the partial ex- eercise or any authority so conferred shall not be considered as exhausting the full authority so conferred by the Electors voting in ravor of the 2 questions, subject, however, to the limitations imposed by the recitals of this Instrument. Section l4. All action (not inconsistent with the pro- \'lSlOns of this Instrument) heretofore taken by the Mayor o.nc: other of ricers of t:18 City, elected and apDoin ted, directed toward th'2 Project, anc. the holding the Election for the purpose of authorizing the additional City sales tax and authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Project, including, without limitation, the glvlng of notice of the Election, be, and the same hereby lS, ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 15. If any section, paragranh, clause or DrOVl- Slon of this Instrument shall ror any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invaliditv or uncnrorceabilitv of such sec- tion, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remo.lnlng provisions of this Instrument. Section 16. The Council finds that this Instrument lS necessar~T for the immediate preservation of the puhlic health and public safety and determines that this Instrument shall take ef- fect immediately upon its passage. ADOPTED AND APPROVED this February or 5 to 1.. // " . ....- ~- ~/;4 ,/ I -----'----,..:-..~~ 6, 1975, by a vote ) -" ./.' /) _ L 'May6r < J '.. ~ , (SEAL) Attest: (", -j ~~~>(/;W~u~J_---- , City erk -15- RESOLUTION 369 Alderman Merkl then moved that all rules of the Coun- cil which might prevent, unless suspended, the final passage and adoption of such resolution at this meeting be, and the same hereby are, suspended for the purpo~e of permitting the final passage and adoption of the resolution at this meeting. Alderman Hulsey seconded this motion. The question being upon the adoption of the motion and the suspension of the rules, the roll was called wi th the follow'- J_ng result: Those Voting Ave: Mary Jo. Cavarra Joseph M. Donaldson Robert G. Howard Calvin o. Hulsey Lawrence G. Merkl Louise F. Turner Those Voting Nay: None Those Absent: None All the members pn;sent of t;,e Council having voted in favor of the I:lotion, the Dresiding officer declared the motion CarrleG and the rules suspended. Alderman Merkl then moved that the resolution be passed and adopted as introduced. Alderman Donaldson seconded the motion. The question being upon the passage and adoption of the' resolution, the roll was called with the following result: l'hose Voting Aye: Mary Jo. Cavarra Joseph M. Donaldson Robert G. Iloward Calvin O. Hulsey Lawrence G. Merkl Those Voting Nay: Louise F. Turner Those Absent: None The Mayor thereupon declared that a majority of all the alderman of the Council having voted in favor thereof, the motion was carried and the resolution duly passed and adopted. - 16 - RESOLUTION 369 On motion duly made, seconded anC unanimously adopted, it wa3 ordered that, after the resolution is approved and auth2n- tlcateu by the signature of the Mayor of the City, the r'?solution be sealed with the City's seal, attested by the City Clerk and re- corded in the I'linute book of the Council, the record. to be signed by such officers and properly sealed. Thereupon, after the consideration of other I'latters not concerning TIle foregoing matter, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanir:1ousl~l adopted, the meeting was adjourned. / _// - :</r- ) /" / -, :L~G--"--,--:---,:", ~yor (SEAL) Attest: ~) ..7 . ; I ~~,~tY!-j&<-:;l~ I!-J:-L Ci ty Cler];: -17-