HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997.09.02 RESO 1997-0018EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA
HELD: September 2, 1997
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular
special meeting of the City Council of the City of Hugo,
Minnesota, was duly called and held at the City Hall in said
on the 2nd day of September, 1997, at 7 o'clock P.M.
The following members were present:
Debra Barnes, Andrew Goiffon, Jim Leroux, Fran Miron
and the following were absent: Debi Johnson
or
City
Member Fran Miron introduced the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION 1997-18
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN ELECTION ON
$ 1,145,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF 1997
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hugo,
Minnesota, as follows:
1. Project. This Council has investigated the facts
and does hereby find, determine and declare that it is necessary
and expedient to finance a fire station for the City.
2. Election. The proposition of authorizing the
issuance of $ 1,145,000 General Obligation Bonds for said
purpose shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City
at the special election to be held on November 18, 1997. Said
election shall be held between the hours of seven o'clock a.m.
and eight o'clock p.m. The polling places shall be the Hugo City
Hall located at 5524 Upper 146th Street North for Ward 1, the
American Legion Club #620 located at 5736 - 147th Street North
for Ward 2 and the Rice Lake Park Building located at 7032 -
137th Street North for Ward 3, in the City of Hugo, Minnesota.
3. Notice and Ballot. The Clerk -Treasurer is hereby
authorized and directed to post according to law a Ballot and
Notice of Election combining the information required as to
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offices to be filed with the information set forth on the
following form, and to prepare ballots for use at said election,
which information relating to the question in the combined notice
and ballot (as provided above) shall be in substantially the
following forms:
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NOTICE
OF ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election on a question
will be held in and for the City of Hugo, Washington County,
Minnesota, on November 18, 1997, between the hours of seven
o'clock a.m. and eight o'clock p.m., at which time the following
question will be submitted:
"Shall the City of Hugo, Minnesota, be authorized to
issue its fully registered general obligation bonds in
an amount not to exceed $1,145,000 to defray the
expense of the acquisition and betterment of a fire
station?"
The polling places for said election will be the Hugo City
Hall located at 5524 Upper 146th Street North for Ward 1, the
American Legion Club #620 located at 5736 - 147th Street North
for Ward 2 and the Rice Lake Park Building located at 7032 -
137th Street North for Ward 3, in the City of Hugo, Minnesota, at
which places all of the qualified electors of the City residing
within the Ward with respect to which polling place has been
established may cast their ballots.
Dated: September 2, 1997
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
1s/ Mary Ann Creager
City Clerk -Treasurer
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OFFICIAL
ELECTION BALLOT
CITY OF HUGO
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MINNESOTA
***** "Shall the City of Hugo, Minnesota,
* * YES be authorized to issue its fully registered
***** general obligation bonds in an amount not to
exceed $ 1,145,000 to defray the expense of
***** the acquisition and betterment of a fire
* * NO station?"
*****
NOTICE: BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT
QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
The maximum amount of increased levy as a
percentage of market value is Q. 4G V;- * .
The amount that will be raised by the new
referendum tax rate in the first year it is
to be levied is $/S 2 8'a f. a D
IF
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS:
If you wish to vote in favor 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
"Official Ballot", the date of the
for the initials of the judges.)
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printed the words
election and lines
4. Election Judges. The persons appointed judges for the
general election are appointed judges for said election.
5. Manner; Canvass. Said election shall be held and
conducted in accordance with the statutes of the State of
Minnesota applicable, and the Council shall meet as required by
law for the purpose of canvassing said election and declaring the
results thereof.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was
duly seconded by member Debra Barnes and, after full
discussion thereof and upon a vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof:
Debra Barnes, Andrew Goiffon, Jim Leroux, Fran Miron
and the following voted against the same: NONE
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and
adopted.
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ATTEST:
Mary Creager, City 6krk
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
CITY OF HUGO
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting
Clerk -Treasurer of the City of Hugo, 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 relate
to an election on the fire station.
WITNESS my hand as such Clerk -Treasurer this 2nd day of
September, 1997.
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ity Clerk -Tr urer