HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1020 Election and amount of Bonds for City Hall and Shop Building
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RESOLUTION NO. 1020
RESOLUTION DETERMINING SUFFICIENCY OF PETITION
FOR CITY HALL AND SHOP BUILDING BONDS, FIXING THE
EXACT AMOUNT OF BONDS TO BE ISSUED AND CALLING AN
ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON THE ISSUANCE
OF SUCH BONDS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, I
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: It is hereby found and determined that a petition in 58
counterparts, each counterpart having attached the]~eto the affidavit of the
circu!ator thereof, was filed with the Clerk of the Commission on June 21,
1961; that said petition requests that an election be held and there be
submitted at such election the questions of issuing bonds for the fOllowing
purposes:
(I) to acqulre the site for and erect, furnish and equip a
city hall building to house city administrative offices
and the police and fire departments, the amount of bonds
necessary to be issued for this purpose be1ng estimated
at $781,938,
(2 ) to acquire the site for and erect, furnish and equip a
shop building for the storage and maintenance of vehicles
and equipment of the oi ty water and street departments,
the amount of bonds necessary to be issued for this pur-
pose being estimated at $166,718, and
(3) to erect, furnish and equip a Shop building for the storage
and maintenance of venicles and equipment of the city park
and cemetary departments, the amount of bonds necessary to
be issued for this purpose being estimated at $37,365.
tha t said pe ti tion is in proper form and bears thl:\ "quiel te number of
signatures of qualified petitioners, being signed by 1033 registered
electors whose names appear upon the last completed assessment roll for I
state and county taxes, as taxpayers within the City of Bozeman; tha t the
total number of persons who are such taxpayer-electors according to said
roll is 4077 and therefore the petition has been signed by more than 20%
of the total number of taxpayer-electors whose names appear upon said roll;
and that said petition is now on f1le in the office of the Clerk of the
City 'Commiss1on.
SECTION 2: An election is hereby called and directed to be held in
and for the City on Tuesday, the 29th day of Augu.st, 1961, in the various
precincts and at the polling places as set forth in the notioe of election
hereinafter contained, between the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00
o'clock P.M., for the purpose ov voting on the questions of issuing City
Hail and Shop Building Bonds. Said elect10n shall be held ooncidentally
with the regular City pr1maty election on sald day, and the judges and clerks
of said primary election shall act as the judges and clerks of said bond
election.
SECTION 3: At said election all, but only, the duly registered and
qualified electors of the City whose names appear upon the last preoeding
assessment roll for state and county taxes as taxpayers upon property within
the City, shall be anti tied to vote. The Clerk 'Dr theCommlss1on is hereby
authorized and directed to give notice forthwith to the County Clerk of
the call of said elect1on. The County Clerk shall, after giving due
notice of closing of the registration books, prepare printed lists of the
registered voters entitled to vote at said election, and shall prepare
precinct registers for such election for each precinct of the City in the
form and manner required by law.
SECTION 4: The purposes for which said bonds are proposed to be
issued and the exact amount of bonds to be issued for each purpose shaLl
be as set forth in the form of ballot hereinaftelr prescribed. The number I
of years through which such bonds are to be paid shall be twenty (20) years.
SECTION 5: The Clerk of the Commission is hereby authorized and
directed to give notice of the call and holding of said election by publi-
cation, once each week for a period of not less than Two (2) consecutive
weeks immedlatlay preceding the date for holding said election, one of such
publications to be upon the Last day upon which such newspaper is issued
before the election, in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, published at Bozeman,
Montana, and by causing notice to be posted in at least three (3) of the
most public places in each voting precinct in the City at least ten (10)
days prior to the date of said election, which notice so published and
posted shall read substantially as follows:
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, the 2~th day of August, 1961,
an election will be held in and for the City of Bozeman, Montana, for the
purpose of voting on the questions of issuing the bonds of the City of
Bozeman for the following purposes and in the f'ollowing amounts:
I (1) f'or the purpose of acquiring the site f'or and erecting,
furnishing and equipping a city ha~l building to house
city administrative offices and police and f'ire depart-
ments in the amount of $781,928.UO
(2 ) for the purpose of acquiring the site for and erecting, fur-
nishing and equipping a ShOp building for the storage and
maintenance of vehicles and equipment of' the city water
and street departments in the amount of $166,718.UO
(3) f'or the purpose of erecting, furnishing and equipping a
ShOP building for the storage and maintenance of vehicles
and equipment of the city park and cemetery departments
in the amount of $37,365.UO.
The places of voting at said election in the City of Bozeman will be
as fo~lows:
Precinct No. POlling Place
Address
1
Hawthorne School 114 N. Rouse
2
Armory Building 2& W. Mendenhall
3
Court House 311 W. Main
4
Willson Jr. High SChoo~ 404 W. Main
5
Emerson SchooL III S. Grand
6
Ci ty Hall 326 E. Main
7
Longfellow School 516 S. Tracy
8
Irving School 611 S. 8th
9
Whittier School 511 N. 5th
10
Student Union Building 600 W. Garfield
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Women's Club House 702 W. Main
12
Sou th Side Park 71U S. 5th
I The po1~s for said election will be opened at e:uo o'clock A.M. and
will remain open until 8:UO o'clock P.M. on said date of election.
All, but only, the duly registered and qualified electors of the Gity
whose names appear on the last preceding assessment roll for state and
county taxes as taxpayers upon property within said City are entlt~ed to
vote at said election on the questions of issuing bonds.
Dated this
day of , J.96l.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COMMISSION
blerk
SECTION 6: The Clerk of the Commission shaJ.1 cause suitable ballots
to be prepared for use at said election and shall distribute the same to the
judges of election in the respective precincts, together with the precinct
registers supplied by the County Clerk and other necessary and proper election
supplies, which ballots sha~l be white in color and of convenient size, printed
in accordance with RCM 11-2309, and sha~l read substantia~ly as follows:
OFFICIAL BOND BALLOT
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
AUGUST 29, 1961
(INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: Mark a cross (x
) in
I the square opposite the work "FOR" if you wish
to vote in favor of a proposition or in the
square OPPosite the word "AGAINST" if you wish
to vote against a proposition. Vote for Three
propositions.)
PROPOSITION NO.1:
. . . FOR the City or Bozeman, Montana, issuing
and
. . selling its general obligation bonds in the
. . . amount of Seven Hundred Eighty One Thousand
Nine Hundred Twenty Eighty Dollars ($78l,92e.UO),
to be payable during a period of Twenty (20)
years from the date of their issuance the pro-
ceeds of such bonds to be used to acquire the
site for and erect, furnigh and equip a city
hall building to house city administrative
offices and the police and fire dep~rtments
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. . .
AGAINST the City of Bozeman, Montana, issuing and
. .
selling its general obliga tion bonds in the amount
. . .
of ~even Hundred Eightl One Thousand Nine Hundred
Twenty Eight Dollars ( '181,928.UO), to be payable
during a period of Twenty (20) years from the date
of their issuance, the proceeds of such bonds to
be -used to acquire the site for and erectJ. furnish
and equ5,p a ci ty hall building to house cl ty admini-
stra ti ve offices and the police and fire depart-
ments.
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PROPOSITION NO.2:
FOR the City of Bozeman, Montana, issuing and sell...
. . .
. .
ing its general obligation bonds in the amount of
. . .
One Hundred Sixty Six Thousant Seven HundJred Eighteen
Dollars ($l66,'.U:~.uO), to be payable during a period
of Twenty (20) years from the date of thelr issuance,
the proceeds of such bonds to be used to acquire,
the site for and erect, furnish and equip a shop
building for the storage and maintenance of vehicles
and equipment of the city water and street depart-
ments.
. . .
AGAINST the City of Bozeman, Montana, issuin and
. .
selling its general obligation bonds in the amount
. . .
of One Hundred Sixty Six Tnousand Seven ffi~ndred
Eighteen DOllars ($166,'18.UO), to be payable dur-
1nga period of Twenty (2U) years from the date of
their issuance, the proceeds of such bonds to be
used to acquire the site for and erect, furnish
and equip a shop building for the storage and
maintenance of vehicles and equipment of the city
water and street departments.
PROPOSITION NO.3:
. . .
For the City ~f Bozeman, Montana, issuing and sell- I
. .
ing its general obligation bonds in the amount of
. . .
Thirty Seven Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Five
Dollars (#7,365.UO), to be payable during a period
of Twenty (2u) years from the date of their issu-
ance, the proceeds of such bonds to be used to
erect, furnish and equip a shop building for the
storage and maintenance of vehicles and equip-
ment of the city park and cemetery departments.
. . .
AGAINST the City of Bozeman, Montana, issuing and
. .
selling its general obligatlonbonds in ttle amoun t
. . .
of 'J..'nirty Seven..L:nousand 'l'hree Hundred Sixty Five
Dollars ($37,365.UO), to be payable during a period
of Twenty (2u) years from the date of issuance, the
proceeds of such bonds to be used to erect, furn-
ish and equip a shop building for tne storage and
maintenance of veniCies and equipment of the city
park and cemetery departments.
SECTION 7: The Clerk
of the Commission is authorized and directed to
furnish to the judges of election all other necessary and vonvenlent facili-
ties and supplies for said election and the returns thereof. Said election
shall be conducted and the returns made in the same manner as other city
elections. Tne votes cast at said bond election snail be counted separately
from the votes cast in the regular city primary election, and the returns
for said bond election Sheil be made separa te from the returns for said
primary election, and returns must be made separately for each proposition
submitted at said election
Passed by the City Commission and approved by the
Mayor this 28th day
of June, 1961.
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Approved: AI Arnold M. Swanson
Mayor
At te s t : r2.~ (4/~~~
Cle.r . of the omm ss on
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I State of Montana )
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County of Gallatin)
I, C. K. Wilson, Clerk of tne Commission of The City of
Bozeman, do hereby certify the foregoing Commission Resolution
No. lu20 was published by title and number in the Bozeman
Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation printed
and published in said City in the issue of the '7th day of
July, 1961, and due proof of such publication is on file in
my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and affix the
corporate seal of my office this 10th day of July, 1961.
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