HomeMy Public PortalAbout11693 O R D I N A N C E NO. 11693
AN ORDINANCE, accepting the certified results of the general election
of February 3, 2004, at which The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District sponsored
one proposition.
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of August, 2003, the Board of Trustees of
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District did adopt Ordinance No. 11573,
authorizing the District’s participation in the general election of February 3, 2004
to approve one proposition to authorize the District to issue sewer system Revenue
Bonds in the amount of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00), and
WHEREAS, said election was duly held on the aforesaid 3rd day of
February, 2004 by the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of St. Louis,
Missouri, and the Board of Election Commissioners of St. Louis County, Missouri,
respectively, and
WHEREAS, the ballots furnished for and used at said special election
were in substantially the form as set forth in the aforesaid Ordinance No. 11573,
as adopted by this Board, and
WHEREAS, said Board of Election Commissioners of the City of St.
Louis, Missouri, on the 12th day of February, 2004, did certify to this Board of
Trustees the results of the aforesaid election, and
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WHEREAS, said Board of Election Commissioners of St. Louis
County, Missouri, on the 13th day of February, 2004, did certify to this Board of
Trustees the results of the aforesaid election, and
WHEREAS, this Board of Trustees has now canvassed the returns of
said election, as certified by the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of St.
Louis, Missouri, and the Board of Election Commissioners of St. Louis County,
Missouri, respectively, and
WHEREAS, it appears upon said canvass, that in said election, the
votes in the City of St. Louis, Missouri were cast as follows:
PROPOSITION "Y"
YES 21,738
NO 9,743
TOTAL 31,481
and,
WHEREAS, it appears upon said canvass, that in said election, the
votes in St. Louis County, Missouri were cast as follows:
PROPOSITION "Y"
YES 79,681
NO 37,282
TOTAL 116,963
and,
WHEREAS, more than one-half of all of the votes cast on the aforesaid
proposition was cast in favor thereof;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. The proposition as submitted to the qualified electors in
the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Louis County, Missouri, as set forth more
particularly in said Ordinance No. 11573, at a general election held on the 3rd day
of February, 2004, were assented to by more than one-half of the qualified electors
of the District voting on said propositions in said election, the total vote on said
propositions having been cast as follows:
PROPOSITION "Y"
YES 101,419
NO 47,025
TOTAL 148,444
The Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District hereby accepts
the results of said election, as certified by the Board of Election Commissioners of
the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and the Board of Election Commissioners of St.
Louis County, Missouri, respectively, which authorize the Board of Trustees of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to issue sewer system Revenue Bonds in the
amount of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00), as set forth in the
aforesaid proposition.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted March 11, 2004.