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ORDINANCE NO. 274
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THAT THE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM AND MUNICIPAL SEWERAGE
SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, BE IMPROVED AND EXTENDED; ESTIMATING
THE COST THEREOF;-DIRECTING SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFIED ELECWR'S
OF SAID CITY THAT REVENUE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,325,000 BE ISS1~
'ID PAY THE COST THEREOF; CALLING AN ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE
QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SAID CITY THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS;
PROVIDING roR SUBMISSION TO THEDEPARTMEN'T' OF HEALTH AND WELFARE; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS IN THE EVENT THEY ARE VOTED AT SUCH ELECTION.
WHEREAS it is considered by the Mayor and Council to be necessary and
essential to the health and well-being of the inhabitants of Meridian, Idaho,
that the municipal water system and municipal sewerage system of said city be
improved and extended, the improvements and extensions to the municipal water
system being in the nature of wells, pumping and storage facilities, distribution
lines and facilities, and the improvements and extensions to the municipal sewerage
system being in the nature of a sewerage treatment plant and sewer 'interceptors,
including a system of gravity and pressure sewer mains, lift stations and manholes
together with all other appurtenances necessary or useful for the supplying of
water and the collec'tion, transportation, treatment, purification and disposal of
sewerage, and all lands or rights in land in connection therewith, including
easements, rights of way, contract ri~hts, leases, franchises, and other property,
the whole to constitute and be operated as a single revenue producing public
utility for said city; and .
WHEREAS said city does not have sufficient funds available to pay the cost of
the foregoing and has determined it advisable to finance a portion of such cost
through the issuance of the revenue bonds of the city pursuant to the provisions
of the Revenue Bond Act of the State of Idaho, Section 50-1027 to 50-1042, inclusive,
of the Idaho Code, as amended, and in order to do so desires to provide for the
holding of the election required by said act;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Merici.ian, Ada County, Idaho, as follows:
Section 1. (a) That it is necessary in the City of Meridian that the
mun1~ipal water system and municipal sewerage system of said city be improved and
extended, the improvements and extensions to the municipal water system being in
the natUre of wells, pumping and storage facilities, distribution lines and
facilities, and the improvements and extensions to the municipal sewerage system
being in the nature of a sewerage treatment plant and sewer interceptors,
including a system of gravity and pressure sewer mains, lift stations and manholes
together with all other appurtenances necessary or useful for the supplying of
water and the collection, transportation, treatment, purification and disposal of
sewerage, and all lands or rights in land in connection therewith, including
eaeemente, righte of way, contract rights, leaaea, franChises, and other property,
the whole to constitute and be operated as a single revenue producting public
utiiity for said city, and that said improvements and extensions to the municipal
water and sewerage systems shall be constructed pursuant to preliminary reports
therefor which have been prepared and filed by J-U-B Engineers, Inc. of Nampa,
Idaho engineers heretofore selected by the Mayor and Council fo~ .such purpose,
and on file in the office of the City Clerk. - -
(b) That the total cost of the construction of the improvements and ex-
tensions to said municipal water system, in the amount of $1,433,300, and the
total cost of the construction of the improvements and extensions to said
municipal sewerage system, in the amount of $5,098,000, all described in 15ub-
paragraph (a) above as estimated by the above described engineers, including the
payment of all expenses properly incident thereto and properly incident to the
issuance of the bonds, as such expenses are set forth in the Revenue Bond Act, is
$6,531,300.
(c) That the construction of the improvements and extensions to said
municipal water system and municipal sewerage system as more fully described in
subparagraph (a) above is hereby ordered.
. (d) That, subject to the approval thereof by the qualified electors voting
at the election for which provision is hereinafter made, the revenue bonds of
the City of Meridian shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Revenue
Bond Act in the amount of $2,325,000 to pay part of the cost thereof and incidental
expenses as above provided.
Section 2. That a speCial election is hereby called to be held-in the City
of Meridian on March 11, 1975, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors of said city the proposition se~ forth in the form of ballot appearing
in Section 4 hereof.
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Section 3. That the polls at said election shall open at the hour of 12:00
o.clock noon and remain open continuously until the hour of 8:00 o.clock P.M.
and then close. Said election shall be held at the voting places specified in
the form of notice of election set out in Section 7 hereof.
Section 4. That all persons who at the time of the election are qualified
eleetor~ of the City, properly regintered and possessing the qualifieations of
residents, shall be qualified to vote at sitd eleetion, and that the ballots to
be used at said election shall be in substantially the following form:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
SPECIAL REVENUE BOND ELECTION
CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY
STATE OF IDAHO
MARCH 11, 1975
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote on the following question place a craBS
(x) in the square to the right of the words "In favor of issuing revenue I- --'-_
bonds for the purposes provided by Ordinance Number 274.t,t or "Against the
issuance of revenue bonds for the purposes provided by Ordinance Number
274", according to the way you.desire to vote Qn the question. All marks
otherwise made are forbidden. All distinguishing marks are forbidden and
make the ballot void. If you, by miatnke or accident, mark, tear, deface,
or otherwise mutilate this ballot, return it to the election judges and
obtain another ballot.
QUESTION: Shall the City of Meridian, Idaho, issue and sell its revenue
bonds to the amount of $2,325,000 for the purpose of providing funds with
which to construct improvements and extensions to the municipal water
syetem and municipal sewerage system, the whole to constitute and be
opEJamd as a single revenue producing public utility,'B.s more fully pro-
vided in Ordinance Number 274 adopted on February 14, 19751
IN FAVOR OF :tSSUING REVENUE BONDS FOR THE
PURPOSES PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 274
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AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDG FOR
THF. PURPOSES PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 274
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TheO'ity Clerk shall, in accordance with the provJ.sJ.ons of Section
50-413, Idaho Code, cause to be printed sample ballots, which sample ~llots
shall be in the same form as the official ballot above set forth; except
that such sample,ballots shall have printed thereon the words "Sample Ballot,"
shall be on paper of a different color than the official ballots and shall not
be numbered. The sample ballots shall be avai+able in the office of the City
Clerk to be furnished to such persons applying therefor to the, City Clerk.
The City Clerk shall cause the form of the sample ballot to b~ published once
a week for two consecutive weeks in the Valley News Times, the official
newspaper of the City, the last publication of which to be within five (5)
days preceding the date fixed for said special revenue bond election.
Section 5. That notice of said election shall be given by the City Clerk
by publication of a notice in substantially the following form in the official
newspaper of the City of Meridian, being the Valleys News Times, a newspaper
published in Meridian, Idaho, and having general circulation within the City
of-Meridian, once a week on the"sarne day Of_two successive weeks:
NOTICE OF SP~IAL REVENUE - BOND ELECTION
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Pursuant to the laws of the state of Idaho and Ordinance Number 274
of the City of Meridian, County of Ada, State of Idaho, notice is hereby
given that a special revenue bond election will be held in said city,on
March 11, 1975, beginning at the hour of 12:00 o.clock noon and closing at
the hour of 8:00 o'Clock P.M. of said day, for the purpose of taking a
vote upon the following question, to wit:
QUESTION: Shall the City'of Meridian, Idaho, issue and sell its
revenue bonds to the amount of $2,325,000 for the purpose of providing
funds with which to construct improvements and extensions to the municipal
water system and municipal sewerage system, the whole to consitute and be
operated as a single revenue producing pub~ic utility, as more fully pro-
vided in Ordinance Number 274 adopted on February 14, 19751
Said election shall be held at the following voting places:
PRtcINCT
First (1st) Precinct
VOTING PLACE
Meridian Rural Fire Station
- 716 Meridian Street
Meridian, ID 83642
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PRD;INCT
VOTING PLACE
Second (2nd) Precinct
American Legion Hall
22 W. Broadway
Mer~d~an, Idaho 83642
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Notice is further given that only qualified electors of said city,
eighteen (18) years of age or older, bona fide residents thereof, and who are
registered as provided by law are entitled to vote at said election. No
qualified elector who is duly registered as a voter at the last preceding
general municipal election shall be required to register so long as he remains,
or has remained continuously after such registration, a duly qualified elector
of the City of Meridian, but those electors who have failed or neglected here-
tofore to vote at any general biennial election in said city or who removed
from the City.and remained away for a period of one year (provided they shall
again bave resided in the City as required by law) must reregister.
Herald J~ Cox, City Clerk, is ex officio Registrar of said city. The
place of registration is the office of said City Clerk at 728 Meridian Street,
in Meridian, Idaho. Persons may register on each day at any time during the
office hours of said City Clerk, beinn1ng with the day that the notice of
election is given and continuing until and including the Saturday next pre-
ceding the election, and on Thursday, - Fridtly and Saturday next preceding the
election, persons may register between the hours of 9:00 o'clock A.M. and
5:00 o'clock P.M. and between the hours of 7:00 o'clock P.M. and 9:00 o'clock P.M.
The yoting at said election shall be by ballot. The .bal10t.to be supplied
the voters for their use at said election shall be in the form'set forth in
Ordinance Number 274.
If at said election a majority of the, qualified electors voting at such
election assent to the issuance of said bonds for the purposes eet forth in
Ordinance Number 274, and designated on the aforesaid ballot,'the revenue
bonds of the City will be issued for the above described purposes, which bonds,
or any iSBue thereof, will mature annually over a period commenci~ at the ~
expiration 0 two 2 ears from their date and ending Th.;rty (30) years froqt
fheir date, and ar 1n eres a a ra e or ra as no in excess of eight
per-cent um. The terms' "we er sys em an sewerage sys em I shall
be-Use as cons~ed and shall inclu~e all things specified in the Revenue Bond
Act of the State. of Idaho, and the bond proceeds may be applied to the purposes
set forth in said act, including the payment of proper incidental expenses and
interest dUring construction and for six months thereafter. Principal of and
interest on such bonds shall be payable solely out of and from the income.
earnings and revenues of the combined municipal water system and sewerage
system as said water system and sewerage system are improved and extended'in
part with the proceeds of said bonds (inCluding improvements, betterments and
extensions to said combined system thereafter constructed or acquir~d), all as
to be more fully and particularly provided and set for~h in an ordi.D-ance or
ordinances to be hereafter adopted by the Mayor and Council. ..~.
The Mayor and Council will meet on March 13, 1975, at the hour of 7:30~~
o'clock P.M., at the regular meeting place of the Mayor and Council in the.:_~:
City Hall in the City of Meridian, for the purpose of canvassing theresul~e. ~
of the election. -,
Date~ at M.ridian, Idaho, this 14thq:;:;;.~~~ ..
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Section 6. If at said election a majority of the qualified electors of
the City voting thereat assent to the issuance of said bonds, the revenue
bonds of the City shall be issued 8S hereinabove provided and shall mature
and bear interest at not more than the maximum rate or rates set forth in
the foregoing notice of election. Principal of and interest on such bonds
shall be payable solely out of and from the income, earnings and revenues
of the combined municipal water system and sewerage system as said water
system and sewerage system are improved and extended in part with the
proceeds of said bonds (including improvements, betterments and extensions
to said combined system thereafter constructed or acquired), all as to be
more fully and particularly provided and set forth in an ordinance or
ordinanCes to be hereafter adopted by the Mayor and Council. Such bonds shall
not be a debt of the City of Meridian and the City shall not be liable thereon,
nor Bhall they be payable out of any funds other than the revenue above
specified.
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Section 7. That the following persons are hereby appointed to act as
judge and as'clerks of said election:
PRECINCT AND POLLING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICIALS
1st Precinct
Leona Egbert
Judge
Helen Gibson
'Olerk
Carl Egbert
Clerk
George Judd
Clerk
Florence Hall
Clerk
2nd Precinct June Pack Ruth Sheasley
Judge Clerk
Patricia Roberts
Clerk 1---
Leona Meyer
Clerk
Dorothy Pitman
Clerk
The City Clerk is directed to notify said appointees of their appointment
_within five days of t~e date hereof.
Section 8. That the Mayor and Council shall meet on March 13, 1975,
within five (5) days following said election, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M.,
at the regular meeting place of the Mayor and Council in the City Hall in said
city for the purpose of canvassing the results of the election and thereupon
the result shall be entered in the minutes of the Clerk and proclaimed as final.
Section 9. That in accordance with the provisions of Section 39-118,
Idaho Code, as amended, the City Clerk of said city shall arrange for the
submission to the-Department of Health and Welfare-of the State of Idaho of
all plans and specifications for the construction of the improvements and
extension to said municipal water system and municipal sewerage system to the
end that said Department may issue its approval-of said plans and specifications
before construction shall commence.
Section 10. That all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict, hereWith are, to
-~_~lrict;ent of such Canflict,here by repEl!l1ed~ and that tbisordinance 8h'ii11l:e pbljS]fid in ore issue of
the~NewB"~es,ihe-af'fiC:ialnewspaper of said city, and shall take effect and be
in full force immediately upon its passage, approval and publication.
Adopted and approved February 14, 1975
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