HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD11123 BILL NO. 88-100
SPONSORED BY COONCIIMAN GOR1=, HAM, MASON
O RD]I WXZ NO. I I J .Z
AN ORDRWKE OF THE CITY OF JEFFMtSON, MISSOURI, TO OMMISOATE CEDAR CITY wim
THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, PURSaNU TO CMAP'I M 72 RSMO, 1986, AND Ax1MMZING AN
ELF=ON TO SUBMIT `IHE QUESTION TO ME VOTERS.
SEAS, Cedar City and the City of Jefferson, Missouri, have investigated
the possibilities of consolidating the two cities under the auspices of one; and
SAS, it appears in the best interest of both cities to seek
consolidation; and
WHEREAS, a number of meetings have been held between the two cities to
further investigate the possibilities; and
WHEREAS, consolidation should be pursued.
NOW, MUMEFORE, BE IT E14ACTED BY TFM COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEF MRSON, MISSOURI,
AS FOILM:
Section 1. Subject to the passage of ballot issues as provided herein,
Cedar City, a fourth class city of the County of Callaway, State of Missouri,
® shall consolidate with the City of Jefferson, a constitutional charter city of
the Counties of Callaway and Cole, State of Missouri.
Section 2. Upon consolidation the following provisions shall apply:
a) The area which is now Cedar City will be governed by each and every
ordinance of the municipality of the City of Jefferson.
b) The name of the surviving entity shall be the City of Jefferson,
Missouri.
C) The form of government of the surviving entity will be the charter
form of government under the charter of the City of Jefferson, Missouri.
d) ward boundaries within the current City of Jefferson shall remain
unchanged pending the census of 1990 and adjustments at that time. Until such
time as they are otherwise adjusted, what is currently Cedar City shall become
a part of Ward 2 of the City of Jefferson.
e) The employees who shall continue to be employed shall be those
employed by the City of Jefferson or those who may be hired by the City of
Jefferson.
f) All taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected pursuant to the
ordinances of the City of Jefferson and shall be payable to the consolidated City
of Jefferson. The current tax rate of the Cedar City is $.72 per $100
assessed valuation. The current tax rate of the City of Jefferson is $.79 per
$100 assessed valuation.
g) 7xhe officials om*inuing to hold office shall be the City officials
40 of the City of Jefferson in all respect.
Section Consolidation, if approved by the voters in both cities, shall
be effective as of July 1, 1989.
Spatign 4. All bonded of the City of Jefferson shall
continue. Said bonded indebtedness exists only as revenue boars. The bonded
indebtedness of the Cedar City shall continue. Mse bonded irdd*edness of the
Cedar City exists only in the form of Revenue bands. No tax is currently being
levied nor is any necessary to retire such indebtedness.
Section 5. Prcpe ty within the current boundaries of the Cedar City shall
came into the City of Jefferson zoned in the same manner as any other party
which canes into the City of Jefferson) through the voluntary annexatiaan method,
subject to rezoning inmediately upon the effective date of consolidation.
Section 6. During the period between the effective date of the
consolidation and the date of the election at which voters cast their ballots
on the question, no building permits nor zoning changes nor any oW-n liture of
funds for capital items shall take place nor shall any assets be sold within the
Cedar City without the prior approval of the City Council of the City of
Jefferson, if the vote in both cities is favorable.
Section 7. glue City Council of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, and the
City Council of the Cedar City, Missouri, hereby submit to the voters of the City
of Jefferson and the voters of the Cedar City, respectively, at elections to be
held February 7, 1989, this proposal to consolidate.
The ballot of submission shall contain, but is not limited to, the
following language:
Shall the City of Jefferson, Missouri, and Cedar City, Missouri,
coon solidate?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Minn 9. This Ordinalm shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date date of its�7passage`and approval. f
Passed `LJ (�t���r�. Ar/C< /• %��U Approved
Off cer
Attest:
` City Clerk