HomeMy Public PortalAbout01676 O R D I N A N C E NO. 1676
AN ORDINANCE calling and providing for the holding of a
Special Election in Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk)
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 subtrunk sewer
system within and for said Subdistrict.
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to provide a sanitary
subtrunk sewer system within and for Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn
Avenue Subtrunk) 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 to such Subdistrict of constructing the contemplated
improvement, as shown by the estimate made by competent engineers,
as aforesaid, is Eighty-two Thousand ($82,000) 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
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, 1966, is One Million Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
Thousand, Thirty ($1,667,030) 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, 1966;
and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Board that bonds of
said Subdistrict should be issued at this time in the amount of
Eighty-two Thousand ($82,000) Dollars to provide funds for the
purpose hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
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Section One. That a special election be and the same
is hereby called and ordered to be held within the boundaries of
Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District on Tuesday, the 28th day of November,
1967, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of
said Subdistrict the following proposition: PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Eighty-two Thousand ($82,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary subtrunk 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 polling places for said election shall be
opened at the hour of 6:00 o'clock A.M. Central Standard Time and
shall remain open until the hour of 7:00 o'clock P.M. Central
Standard 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:
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
SUBDISTRICT NO. 257 (RAYBURN AVENUE SUBTRUNK)
THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT
STATE OF MISSOURI
SPECIAL BOND ELECTION
Tuesday, the 28th day of November, 1967
PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Eighty-two Thousand ($82,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary subtrunk 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
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
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election. The said notice shall be in substantially the following
form, to wit: NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION SUBDISTRICT NO. 257 (RAYBURN AVENUE SUBTRUNK) OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT STATE OF MISSOURI Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of Subdistrict No. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, State of Missouri, that a special election will be held in said Subdistrict on Tuesday, the 28th day of November, 1967 commencing at 6:00 o'clock A.M. Central Standard Time and closing at 7:00 o'clock P.M. Central Standard 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. 257 (Rayburn Avenue Subtrunk) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Eighty-two Thousand ($82,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary subtrunk 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: BONHOMME TOWNSHIP Pct. 14) St. John's Mercy Clinic 301 Electric Street Pct. 45) Pct. 82) Smitty's 66 Service Pct. 83) 1226 So. Kirkwood Road Pct. 84) By order of the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, this 30th day of October, 1967. Charles Clardy Secretary-Treasurer -5-
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.
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 the same are hereby repealed, insofar
as they may so conflict. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted October 30, 1967.
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