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<br /> Cities are created, and we, as a City Council, have the responsi- •
<br /> bility to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the City's
<br /> residents. Providing fire protection and emergency services is _ FIRE STATION OPEN HOUSE
<br /> at the heart of our duties. We believe that to adequately provide An Open House will be conducted at the Hugo Fire
<br /> these services for current residents, and to meet the demands of Hall', 5524 Upper 146th Street, from 7:30PM to
<br /> a growing community, a new Fire Station is necessary.We #r 9:OOPM on Wednesday, November 12, 1997.
<br /> encourage you to vote YES on November 18th to allow the City This gathering gives residents the opportunity to
<br /> to issue general obligation bonds for the construction of a new view the current facility and talk to firefighters
<br /> Fire Hall. before voting on the bond referendum scheduled for
<br /> November 18th. Residents may also stop by the Fire
<br /> Station during normal office hours to view the
<br /> �r. M Andrew�G.lff.. 7jim.L.roux / Deb�B,.s face l ity.
<br /> Mayor Council Member Council Member Council Member
<br /> NEWLY APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER
<br /> Warren Arcand has been appointed City Council
<br /> Member for Ward 1.A lifelong resident of the commu-
<br /> nity, he is part owner and Chairman of the Board for
<br /> the Oneka Ridge Golf Course.A World War 1I veteran,
<br /> Mr.Arcand attended naval aviation training at the
<br /> WHAT WILL A NEW FIRE HALL COST YOU7 University of Oklahoma, and served with the Pacific
<br /> Based on the 1998 taxable value of the City, the table below Fleet. Mr.Arcand intends to focus on resolving the
<br /> shows the tax to be levied on property of the given value in many issues facing Hugo as a growing community,
<br /> Hugo.You can determine the potential impact on your property especially in Ward 1 where most of the urban develop-
<br /> by multiplying its taxable market value by .000583.You may ment is occurring. He and his wife Rosemary have six
<br /> notice that the tax identified in the table below is 2.8%below grown children, and enjoy golf, travel, and hunting.
<br /> the cost identified in 1996, even though the estimated construc-
<br /> tion cost has risen slightly to adjust for inflation.This reflects Ward 1 covers the area between Goodview Avenue,
<br /> the impact of property tax growth in the City, which is expected Elmcrest Avenue, 120th Street, Frenchman Road,
<br /> to continue. and 147th Street. Mr.Arcand was appointed
<br /> by the City Council to fill the remain-
<br /> You may also notice that the tax impact given in this article is in term of the post recently left �r,'
<br /> different than shown on the ballot(.0583%versus .0607%). g p y ;f
<br /> This is due to the requirements of state law to place the maxi-
<br /> vacant by the resignation of
<br /> Council Member Debi Johnson.
<br /> mum increase in tax levy for the referendum on the ballot and
<br /> print the ballots early enough to allow for mail-in voting.The
<br /> figures used to compute the maximum tax increase used on the COMPOST SITE '
<br /> ballot were the best available from the County Auditor- - -`\� � � (•
<br /> Treasurer's Office at the time they were printed. Since then, the Because of the unusually warm __ �1`�,I
<br /> final tax values for 1998 have been provided to the City, and it fall we have experienced, the
<br /> is those figures upon which the table below was computed. ,
<br /> g p p Hugo compost site will be
<br /> Under state law,when bonds issued to finance the new Fire open weekends through
<br /> Station are paid off, the City's authority to levy the additional November, or until the first i
<br /> tax will expire. heavy snowfall,whichever
<br /> occurs first. Hours of
<br /> Taxable Market Value Annual Tax to Build New Fire Hall operation are from �` I
<br /> $ 75,000 $43.73 8:OOAM to 6:OOPM.This j
<br /> $100,000 $58.30 site accepts grass, leaves,
<br /> $125,000 $72.88
<br /> and other similar soft
<br /> $150,000 $87.45
<br /> $175,000 $102.03 organic matter only.
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<br /> $200,000 $116.60 Brush, tree limbs, and �.
<br /> $225,000 $131.00
<br /> 250 000 145.7 • Food are not •;�: , � �'� �'
<br /> 5
<br /> $ $ • accepted.
<br /> $275,000 $160.33
<br /> $300,000 $174.90 _- i
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