98-097 RESRESOLUTION 98-97
EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF A MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF TME
CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular or
special meeting of the City Council of the City of Elk River,
Minnesota, was duly held at the Elk River City }{all on Eepte~ber
!4, 1998, commencing at 6:00 o'clock P.Mo
The following Councilmembers were present:
Mayor Duitsman, Council Members Dietz, Thompson, Farber and
Holmgren
and the following were absent:
None
Council Member Farber introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN ELECTION ON
THE ISSUANCE OF $3,950,000 OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
OF THE CITY FOR PUBLIC PARK ~ RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk
River, Minnesota, as follows:
1. Pro__~. This City Council has investigated the
facts and does hereby find, dete~ine and declare that it is
desirable to acquire, build, equip and better public park and
recreational facilities for the City.
2. ~. The proposition of authorizing the
issuance of not to exceed $3,950,000 of general obligation bonds of
the City for said purpose shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the City at the general election to be held on Tuesday,
November 3, 1998. Said election shall be held between the hours of
7:00 o'clock a.m. and 8:00 o'clock p.m. The polling place shall be
the same ~s the polling places for the general election.
3. NQtice ~nd Ballot. The City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to po~= and publish according to law a
Ballot and Notice of Election combining the information required as
to offices to be filled with the information met forth on the
following form, and to prepare ballots for the question (which
shall be blue in color) for use at said election, which information
relating to the question in the combined notice (as provided above)
and ballot shall be in substantially the following forms:
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NOTICE
ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election on a question will be
held in and for the City of Elk River, Minnesota, on Tuesday,
November 3, 1998, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 8:00
o'clock p.m., at which time the following question will be
submitted:
"Shall the City of Elk River, Minnesota, be authorized to
issue its general obligation bonds in an amount not to
exceed $3,950,000 to defray the expense of the
acquisition, construction, equipping and betterment of
an outdoor aquatic center and other public park and
recreational facilities for the City?"
The polling places for said election, at which place all of
the qualified electors of the City may cast their ballots, will be
the same as for the Neneral election, as follows:
[fill in polling places here.]
Dated: September 14, 1998
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
/s/ Sandra Paine
City Clerk
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OFFICIAL
ELECTION BALLOT
CITY OF ELK RIVER
SHERBURNE COUNTY
MINNESOTA
* * NO
,'Shall the City of Elk River, Minnesota,
be authorized to issue its 9eneral
obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed
$3,950,000 to defray the expense of the
acquisition, construction, equippin~ and
be==erment of an outdoor aquatic center and
other public park and recreational
facilities for the City?"
NOTICE:
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS ~%LLOT
QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A
~ROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
The maximum amount of increased levy as a
percentage of market value i~ .047
The amount that will be raised by the new
referendum tax rate in the first year it is to
be levied is $ 332,782
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS:
If you wish to vote in ~avor of the above proposition, mark a cross
(X) in the square before the word "YES" If you wish to vote
against the above proposition, mark a cross (X) in the square
before the word "NO".
(NOTE:
On the back of each ballot shall be printed the word~
,'Official Ballot", the date of the election and lines for
the initials of the judges.)
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4. Election Judqes. The list of persons who are appointed
judges for said election is attached to this Resolution.
5. Manne~; Canvass. Said election shall be held and
conducted in accordance with the statutes of the State of Minnesota
applicable, and the City Council shall meet as required by law for
the purpose of canvassing said election and declaring the results
thereof.
Adopted on September 14, 1998, the Elk River City Council.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was
duly seconded by Councilmember HolmKren and,
upon a vote being taken thereon, the following Councilmembers voted
in favor thereof: Mayor Duitsman, Council Members Dietz, Thompson,
Father and Holm§ren
and the following voted against the same:
None
Whereupon said Resolution was declared duly passed and
adopted.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF SHERBUR/~E
CITY OF ELK RIVER
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting city
Clerk of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing extract of
minutes with the original minutes of a meeting of the City Council
duly called and held on the date therein indicated, which are on
file and of record in my office, and the same is a full, true and
correct transcript therefrom insofar as the same relates to an
election on the question of authorizing bonds to defray the expense
of proposed public park and recreational facilities.
WITNESS my_,~hand as such?C~ty Clerk and the official seal of
the City this /~/~day of ,~.~ ,
1998.
City Clerk
(SEAL)
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