HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 99-78 Extract of Minutes of Meeting
of the City Council of the Ci of
Columbia Heights, Anoka County, ~'°f esota
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regttlar meeting of the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota, was held at the City Hall in said City on Monday,
September 27, 1999, comme-ncing at 7:00 p.m.
The following members were present:
and the following were absent:
Member Wyc kof f
presented the following written resolution, the reading
of which was dispensed with by unanimous consent and moved its adoption:
RSSOLU ON NO.
KESOLUTION DETI~MINII~ THE NBCF~S1TY FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND
CALLING A SPECIAL ELECIION 'IItEREON
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota
(City) as follows:
That it is in the best interests of the health, welfare. and sac of the City
and its residems that the 0 quire, consu~ct and equip a z~e~fi-use center
addition onto Murzyn Hall ~n) cor. d~n of ~g roan for seniors
children's indoor phy sea and other uses; and
That the City is ntho~y~ by the pro_visions of Minnesota Statutes, _Chapter
475 (Act) to issue its obfigaiiom to finance the Projea in whole or in pan_
and to pledge its full faith, credit and utxing powers to the payment of such
obligauons;
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That it is necessary and exp~='eut to the sound financial management of the
affairs of the City that the Project be financed in whole or in pan by the
issuance and sale of the ' ~ obli ation bonds pursuant to the Act
d)
That the City Council has asp ved the me of electronic voting mac~nes by
the affirmative vote of tw~aP't~s of the members and has con~plied with the
60-day notice and six week demonstration teq_uh~nents of l~[inr~-~ota
Statutu, Section 206.58, Subdivision 1, and has adopted ' rules and
instructions for use of the elearontc voting mw~,bine,~ '~c~have been
approved by the Secretary of State; and
That the City Clet-Treasm~ has certified to the _SeCretary of Stat~ that an
elearonic voting system will be used in the City and the date of
commencement of the use thereof,
2. The proposition for the issuance of the bonds will be submitted to the voters of the
4 The election will be held and
City at a special election to be held on Tuesday, December 1 , 1999.
conducted in accordance with the hws of the State of Minnesota relating to special municipal
elections and the City's home rule charter.
3. The City Clerk-Treasurer is directed to cause a notice of election in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A to be posted and published as required by law as follows:
(a)
(d)
The notice of election will be published once in the official newspaper of the City at least
two weeks prior to the election;
The notice of eleaion and a sample ballot will be posted at each of the porerig places at
least ten days prior to the election;
The notice of election and a sample ballot will be posted in the office of the City Clerk-
Treasurer at least four days prior to the election; and
The sample ballot will be publi~,~e~ in the official newspaper at least one week prior to the
election.
The notice of election will be dzlivered to the Anoka County Manager of Property Records
& Taxation at least 45 days prior to the election.
5. (a) The ' Cierk-Ttumuer is authorheal and ditm~ to prepare a reasonable
su y o _separate paper(~ots for the election to be prin~ on blue pap& in substantially the
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Co) The City Clerk-Treasurer is authorized and directed to p. repare separate
ballots, ballot strips, or ballot booklets for ~e elections for use in conjunction with the elec,ronic
voting tern, on blue paper with black ink uant to the .r.~..uire~.ents of Minnesota Statutes,
Sectio~ns~.61. The City Cierk-T~ ~'wil~p~vide each polling place with at least two sample
ballots which are fscsimile,s of the ballot strip or ballot booklet. Such samp.!es must contain
illusu-ated instructions for their use gong with the eleclronic yogi_rig system or illustrated instruc-
tions will be posted adjacent to each sample balloL
6. The City Council shall meet in the City Hall on Wednesday, December 15, 1999, at
p.m., C.T. to canvass the results of the election and to declare the results thereof.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member
s z u r ~k . and upon vole being laken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
S, zurek, Jolly, Petersson, Idyckoff, Hunter
and the following voled against the same:
None
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF ANOKA ) SS.
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CITY OF COLIP~ I-IEI~ )
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified sad acting Clerk-Tres,mirer of the City of
Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minm,-sota, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the
attached and foregoing exlna of minutes of a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held
on September 27, 1999, with the original thereof on f~e in my office and the same is a full, true and
correct copy thereof, insofar as the same relates to the calling of a special bond election for the
issuance and sale of $4,950,000 General Obligation Bonds of the City.
WrrNF.,SS My hand as such City Oerk-Treasurer and the corporate seal of the City this
27t. h dayof September .1999.
City Clerk-Treasth-er
City of Columbia Heights, Minr~sota
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