Res 71 - 434 Determining the Necessity & Expediency of Issuing park & Recreation Bonus & Calling an Election to vote on their IssuanceMember Stringer introduced the following resolution and moved its
adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 434
RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND EXPEDIENCY OF
ISSUING PARK AND RECREATION BONDS AND CALLING AN"
ELECTION TO VOTE ON THEIR ISSUANCE
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Village of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, as
follows:
1. It is hereby further found and determined that it is necessary and expedient
for the Village to acquire and improve park and recreational facilities and equipment,
and to issue its negotiable coupon general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed
$475,000 for said purpose.
2. The propositions of issuing such bonds, as set forth in the form of ballot
prescribed below, shall be submitted to the voters at the regular election which is
hereby called and directed to be held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of November, 1971,
between the hours of 7:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00 o'clock P.M. Said election shall be
held at the following polling places within each of the election districts heretofore
established, and there are hereby appointed three persons to act as judges of election
at each polling place, as follows:.
Election
District
Polling Place
Judges of Election
No. 1
Somerset School
Ruth Grunke
Margy Flygrpn
Lorraine Monson
Mary E. Doherty
Martha Carlson
Marion Stein
Margery C. Larson
Mary Shaughnessy
No. 2
Fire Hall
Sally L. Countryman
Emily Smith
Edna Lesher
Damaris Friel
Laurita Weinzettel
Janet Carlson
Blanche C. Steffen
Joyce Pace
No. 3
Mendota Elementary School
Delores S. Barry
Jean Franson
Delores Hess
Helen Anderson
Eva Mulvihill
Violet Noreen
Mary Tousignant
Marilyn Darwin
No. 4
Somerset School
Lillian H. VandeLinde
George Ziemer
Dorothy Troelzsch
Grace Kittel
Marjorie Cheesebrow
Alice Lindberg
Joan _Hagman : �_..-,ter ,J! Witt_
3. «The ,Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice of said
election to be posted at each of said polling places and at least three other public
and conspicuous places within the Village, not less than ten days before the date of
said election, and to cause such notice to be published in the [Jest St. Paul Suburban
Sun not less than fourteen days and again not less than seven days before said date,
which notice shall be in substantially the following form:
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NOTICE OF VILLAGE ELECTION
ON PARK AND RECREATION BONDS
VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the regular election will be held in and for the
Village of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of November, 1971,
between the hours of 7:00 o'clock A.M. and 8:00 o'clock P.M., at which the following
propositions will be submitted to the voters of the Village:
Shall the Village Council of the Village of Mendota Heights be authorized
to borrow money and issue general obligation bonds of the Village in the
amount of $475,000 for the purpose of acquiring and improving park and
recreational facilities and equipment?
All registered and qualified voters of the Village are entitled to vote at said
election within the respective election districts in which they reside, as heretofore
established for municipal elections, and the polling place within each of said
election districts will be as follows:
Election District Polling Place
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
Dated: September 21, 1971
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Somerset School
Fire Hall
Mendota Elementary School
Somerset School
Village Clerk
COUNCIL
4. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause official
ballots to be prepared for said election and to be distributed to the judges at each
of said polling places. Said ballot shall be printed in black ink on green paper,
and the face thereof shall read as follows:
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
REGULAR ELECTION
VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
November 2, 1971
Shall the Village Council of the Village of Mendota Heights
YES be authorized to borrow money and issue general obligation
bonds of the Village in the amount of $475,000, for the
purpose of acquiring and improving park and recreational
NO facilities and equipment?
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: If you wish to vote in favor of either of the
above propositions, mark a cross (x) in the square before the word "YES"
next to such question. If you wish to vote against either proposition,
mark a cross (x) in the square before the word "NO" next to such question.
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.
5. The Clerk shall also prepare sample ballots which shall be identical with
the form of official ballot above set forth, except that they shall have no writing
on the back and shall have the word "SAMPLE" instead of the word "OFFICIAL". The
Clerk shall post sample ballots in his office and at each polling place not less tham
four days before the date of election.
6. The Commissioner of Registration shall accept registrations of voters until
the 20th day prior to said election and shall then complete the election register for
each district and deliver the register to the judges for the respective districts on
the day preceeding the said election. The Village Clerk shall also provide the
election judges with suitable tally sheets, forms of official returns, ballot boxes
and other necessary supplies for the conduct of said election. Said election shall
be held and conducted in the manner prescribed by law, and the judges shall record
opposite the name and address of each registered voter appearing in the election regis-
ters the words 'voted" or "not voted" as the case may be, and any challenge, affidavit
or other information as may be required. The judges at each polling place upon the
closing of the polls shall forthwith count the votes cast, and record the same in the
official tally books, and said books, with the ballots cast and the election registers
and the official returns shall thereupon be returned to the Village Clerk. Within two
days after the election, to -wit, on November 4, 1971 at o"clock .M., this
Council shall meet as a canvassing board and declare the results appearing from said
returns.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
Member Huber , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in
favor thereof: All yea
and the following voted against the same: None
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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