#162 10-04-60 Provide Election of Constructing Waterworks Utility312
Resolution No. 162 October 4, 1960
Member Teresi introduced the following resolution and MOVED its adoption:
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION AT
THE NEXT ANNUAL VILLAGE ELECTION OF THE QUESTION
OF CONSTRUCTING A WATERWORKS UTILITY
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Village of Golden Valley,
Minnesota, as follows:
1. It is hereby found and determined that it is necessary and
expedient for the Village to own and operate a waterworks system in the Village
for supplying water utility service needed by the Village and by private
consumers; that it is necessary, before such public utility is constructed,
that the proposal to do so be submitted to the voters at an election and
approved by a majority of those voting on the question; and that it is
desirable that the question of constructing such utility be submitted at the
next regular Village election.
2. The proposition of constructing such utility, as set forth in
the form of ballot prescribed below, shall be submitted to the voters at the
regular Village election which is to be held on Tuesday, the 6th day of
December, 1960, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00 o'clock P.M.
Said election shall be held at the polling places within each of the election
districts heretofore established.
3. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause
notice of the submission of the question at said election to be posted at
each polling place and at least three other public and conspicuous places
within each election district, not less than ten days before the date of said
election, and to cause such notice to be published twice in the Suburban Press,
the first publication to be not less than two weeks and the second publication
to be not less than one week before said date, which notice shall be in
substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF WATER UTILITY QUESTION TO BE
VOTED UPON AT THE ANNUAL VILLAGE
ELECTION
VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the annual election to be held in and
for the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 6th day of
December, 1960, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00 o'clock P.M.,
the following proposition will be submitted to the voters of the Village;
"Shall the Village of Golden Valley construct, own and
operate a public waterworks utility, the estimated cost
of establishing said utility being $2,756,500, exclusive
of the cost of constructing lateral mains and extensions?"
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Resolution No. 162 (Continued)
Every registered and qualified voter of the Village is entitled to
vote on said question at the polling place established for the election dis-
trict in which he resides, as set forth in the notice of annual Village elec-
tion.
4. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause
official ballots to be prepared for said election, in sufficient supply to
meet the requirements of absent and disabled voters entitled to vote at said
election. He shall also cause a sample of said ballot to be published in the
Suburban Press not less than one week prior to the date of election, and shall
post a sample ballot in his office and at each polling place not less than four
days prior to the date of election. The official ballots shall be printed on
light green colored paper, and the face thereof shall read as follows:
OFFICIAL WATER UTILITY BALLOT
ANNUAL ELECTION
VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA
December 6, 1960
"Shall the Village of Golden
operate a public waterworks
of establishing said utility
of the cost of constructing
YES
NO
Valley construct, own and
utility, the estimated cost
being $2,756,500, exclusive
lateral mains and extensions?
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: If you wish to vote in favor of
the above proposition, mark a cross (x) in the square
opposite the word "YES" immediately following such proposi-
tion. If you wish to vote against the above proposition,
mark a cross (x) in the square opposite the word "NO"
immediately following such proposition.
On the back of each ballot there shall be printed the words "OFFICIAL BOND
BALLOT", the date of election, the facsimile signature of the Village Clerk
and lines for the initials of two judges. The sample ballots shall be inden-
tical with the official ballots, except that the word 'SAMPLE" shall be used
thereon in place of the word "OFFICIAL".
5. The ballot labels as to the water utility question to be
inserted in the voting machines used at said election, and the same bond bal-
lots to be posted at the several polling places, shall conform as closely as
possible to the form of ballot above set forth. The Clerk shall provide
the election officials at each polling place with a sufficient quantity of
sample ballots for posting to enable them to comply with Minnesota Statutes,
Section 206.09.
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Resolution No. 162 (Continued)
6. The election officials shall canvass the results of the voting
upon said question in the same manner and at the same time as they canvass the
votes cast upon offices voted on at said election. The Village Council shall,
when it meets as a canvassing board following said election, also declare the
results appearing from the returns of the election officials as to the vote
cast upon said question.
Attest:
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V llage Manager ',(Clerk)
Mayor
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
Member Flannagan and, upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in
favor thereof: Bies, Flannagan, Nadasdy, Scherer, and Teresi;°and the
following voted against the same:. None,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by the
Mayor and his signature attested by the Clerk.
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