HomeMy Public PortalAbout00572 O R D I N A N C E NO. 572
AN ORDINANCE calling and providing for the holding of a
Special Election in Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres
Watershed (Wellston Area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors
thereof a proposal for the issuance of general obligation bonds of
said Subdistrict to provide funds for the construction of a
sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, with
an emergency clause.
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to provide a sanitary
trunk sewer system within and for Subdistrict No. Seven of the
River des Peres Watershed (Wellston Area) of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the said Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District has heretofore caused a hearing to be
held on the aforesaid proposed improvement and has caused an
estimated cost thereof to be prepared by competent engineers; and
WHEREAS, the said Board does now find and determine
that the cost of constructing the contemplated improvement, as
shown by the estimate made by competent engineers, as foresaid, is
Nine Hundred Thousand ($900,000) Dollars; and
WHEREAS, under the Plan of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District, the funds required as aforesaid may be obtained
through the issuance of general obligation bonds of the aforesaid
Subdistrict, provided the proposition to issue such bonds be
assented to by two-thirds of the qualified electors of said
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Subdistrict voting thereon at an election held for that purpose,
and provided the amount of indebtedness so incurred, together with
all other indebtedness of the Subdistrict, does not exceed the
constitutional limit of five per centum (5%) of the assessed
valuation of taxable, tangible property within the Subdistrict, as
ascertained by the last completed assessment for state and county
purposes on the date of such election; and
WHEREAS, the County Clerk for St. Louis County has
certified to the District that the assessed valuation for state
and county purposes of the taxable, tangible property within said
Subdistrict, as ascertained by the last completed assessment, made
as of January 1, 1960, is Twenty Million Nine Hundred Twenty-nine
Thousand, Four Hundred Ninety ($20,929,490) Dollars; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Subdistrict at this time has no
outstanding indebtedness of any kind or character; and
WHEREAS, the amount of indebtedness hereinafter
proposed to be incurred will not exceed five per centum (5%) of
the assessed valuation of taxable, tangible property in the said
Subdistrict, as ascertained by the last completed assessment for
state and county purposes on the date of the election hereinafter
provided for, namely, the assessment made as of January 1, 1960;
and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Board that bonds of
said Subdistrict should be issued at this time in the amount of
Nine Hundred Thousand ($900,000) Dollars to provide funds for the
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purpose hereinafter set forth:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. That a special election be and the same
is hereby called and ordered to be held within the boundaries of
Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston
Area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District on Tuesday, the
18th day of July, 1961, for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified electors of said Subdistrict the following proposition: PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Nine Hundred Thousand ($900,000.00) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto?
Section Two. That said special election shall be held
at the polling places in said Subdistrict as set forth and
described in the notice of election as contained in Section Four
of this ordinance. The polls of said election shall be opened at
the hour of 6:00 o'clock A.M. Central Daylight Saving Time and
shall remain open until the hour of 8:24 o'clock P.M. Central
Daylight Saving Time on the aforesaid date.
Section Three. That the ballots to be used at said
special election shall be in substantially the following form, to
wit:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
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SUBDISTRICT NO. SEVEN OF THE RIVER DES PERES WATERSHED (WELLSTON AREA) OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT, STATE OF MISSOURI SPECIAL BOND ELECTION Tuesday, the 18th day of July, 1961 PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Nine Hundred Thousand ($900.000.00) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto? ..... FOR THE BOND ISSUE ..... ..... AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE ..... (Voters shall vote by placing a cross mark (x) opposite their choice. A cross mark (x) in the square before the words "FOR THE BOND ISSUE" shall be counted as a vote for the issuance of the bonds, and a cross mark (x) in the square before the words "AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE" shall be counted as a vote against the issuance of the bonds.)
Section Four. That the Secretary-Treasurer be and he is
hereby directed to give notice of said special election by
advertisement published once a week for at least three (3)
consecutive weeks in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and in the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, newspapers of general circulation in The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the first publication in
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each of said newspapers to be made at least twenty-one (21) days
prior to the date of the election and the last publication to be
made not more than seven (7) days prior to the date of said
election. The said notice shall be in substantially the following
form, to wit:
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
SUBDISTRICT NO. SEVEN OF THE RIVER DES PERES WATERSHED (WELLSTON AREA) OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT, STATE OF MISSOURI Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston Area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, State of Missouri, that a special election will be held in said Subdistrict on Tuesday, the 18th day of July, 1961, commencing at 6:00 o'clock A.M. Central Daylight Saving Time and closing at 8:24 o'clock P.M. Central Daylight Saving Time on said date, and that at said special election the following proposition will be submitted to the qualified electors of said Subdistrict: PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des Peres Watershed (Wellston Area) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Nine Hundred Thousand ($900,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto? The said election will be held at the following polling places in said Subdistrict: NORMANDY TOWNSHIP Pct. 10) Pct. 16). Pct. 19). Incarnate Word Academy
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Pct. 23) 2788 Normandy Drive WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP Pct. 5: Pagedale City Hall 1404 Ferguson Avenue Pct. 6) Pct. 7). Wellston Fire Protection Dist. Pct. 8). 1535 Wellston Avenue Pct. 10) Pct. 11). Local 1104 Union Hall Pct. 12). 6141 Etzel Avenue Pct. 13: Pagedale City Hall 1404 Ferguson Avenue Pct. 14). Wellston Fire Protection Dist. Pct. 15). 1535 Wellston Avenue Pct. 16). Local 1104 Union Hall Pct. 17). 6141 Etzel Avenue Pct. 18: Pagedale City Hall 1404 Ferguson Avenue
By order of the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer Dist, this 15th day of June, 1961.
John E. Clark Secretary-Treasurer
Section Five. That, as provided by Section 10.010 of
the Plan of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the said
special election shall be held and conducted and the returns
thereof made, examined, and cast up in the same manner and in all
respects as provided by law for the election of state and county
officers. All registered voters residing within said Subdistrict
shall be entitled to vote at said election.
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Section Six. That the Secretary-Treasurer of this
Board shall be and he is hereby directed to file a certified copy
of this ordinance with the Board of Election Commissioners for St.
Louis County, Missouri, as and for the warrant and authority of
the said Board to hold and conduct the special election herein
provided for; and the said Board of Election Commissioners is
hereby requested to do all things and take all proceedings
necessary to the holding and conducting of the said special
election.
Section Seven. That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances which in any manner conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance shall be and same are hereby repealed, insofar as
they may so conflict.
Section Eight. That because no adequate sanitary trunk
sewer system now serves Subdistrict No. Seven of the River des
Peres Watershed (Wellston Area), as established by Ordinance No.
409, and because the health of the inhabitants of said Subdistrict
is endangered by existing conditions resulting from the absence of
an adequate sanitary trunk sewer system, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its enactment.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted June 15, 1961.