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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCE NO. 9267~38 ORDIl`JANCE N0. 9267 An prdinance ordinance or`iering a special election for submission to the legal voters of the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, at such special election to be held on the 1st day of Larch, 19l~9, the follov~ring proposed amendments to the Charter of said City of Eugene, referred to the legal voters of said {;ity by the Common Council thereof, for their approval or rejection, and designating the polling; places and the Judges and Clerks for the carrying on of such special City Election, and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF EUG`rA?E DOES, ORDA:IP1 AS FC7L]GOti'VS: Section 1. That a special City Election shall t~ held iri the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oreg rn, on the 1st day of I}1a.rch, 1949, at which election the re shall be submitted to the legal voters of said City, for their approval_ or rejection, the following amendments, proposed and on file, the titles of which are as follows: (a) Proposed by Resolution of the Common Council and referred to the Legal Voters: "AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Eu€;ene, Lane County, Qrc;gon, by adding ~ new L'hapter thereto, authorizing and empowering; said City of Eug-eno, acting by and through the Eugene Vfater Boarcl, to improve and enlarge its water and electrical utilities' systems, within and without the said City by the purct~se, construction and installation of such units, equipment, transmission facilities, and structures as shall in the ,judgment of ~tkie said Eugene Vfater Board be deemed expedient, convenient and necessary; to secure b~T purchase, condemnation or othervrise, withiin and vrithout the said City, all real estate, rights of way, property, water rights, easements and licenses necessary or convenient to said improvement and enlargement, and to purchase, construct and install any and every unit, equipment, structure and appliance reasonable and necessary therefor; and further authorizing and empowering said City of Eugene, through its 6o~non Council, to issue and sell negotiable, gene ral obligation bonds of the said City of ~ gene, in the stun of X3,000,000.00, or so much thereof as shall be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and further authorizing the said Eugene "`~~Tater Board to expend the proceeds, with any other available funds, in pa;,~nent therefor. The payment of said bonds shall be additionally secured by a pledging of the net revenues of the Eugene Y°later Board available for such purpose." (b) proposed by Resolution of the Common Council and referred to the Iega.l Voters: "AN ACT to amend t~ Charter of the City of Eugene, Oregon, by adding a new Chapter thereto, providing and directing that the Commission known as the "Eugene Mater Board," created by the amendment to the Charter of said City adopted at a Special City Election held in the City of Eugene on April 18, 1908, acid thereafter composed under and pursuant to Ordinance AIo. 1088 of said City, passed by the Common Council of said City on the 20th day of February, 1911, and approved b,y the ltlayor of said City, on the 27th day of February, 1911, shall hereafter be known and designated as !'Eugene Vfater & Electric Boar~i~~, retaining and remaining vested vri.th and succeeding to each and all of the povaers, authorities and duties of said Eugene b'V'ater Board provided by Charter provision or ordinance of said City." (c) Proposed by Resolution of the Corrmion Council and referred to the ~-regal Voters: "AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, by adding a new Chapter thereto, authorizinf; and empovering the Eugene Vfater Board to borrow from any b m k or banks Lander short term loans of less than one year, and at such rate or rates of interest and terms of repayment as shall in the judgment of the Eugene vfater Board be deemed expedient, conven- ient and necessarn~ for the use and benefit of said Eugene Vfater Board in the conduct and maintenance of the water and electrical utilities of said City; providing, however, that the total amount of indebtedness of said Eugene plater Board on said short term loans shall not at any time exceed the aggregate amount of y~500,000.00, and authorizing the Eugene ti'~ater Board to secure the pa~~nent thereof by wa,y of pledging or other hypothecation, as collateral for any such loan or loans, such assets of the said City under the control of the Euge ne ~1Jater Board as may be available tt~e refer, and as the said Eugene ~~7ater Board shall deem it expedient, convenient and necessary." Section 2. That the said proposed amendments: to the Charter of s<~id City of Eugene shall be placed upon the official ballot by the City Recorder to be voted upon by the legal voters of said City at said election. 1 1 1 2~9~_ Section 3. That the City Recorder shall provide such poll books, ballot boxes, tally sheets, and such other supplies for each polling place, hereinafter designated, as are nec- essary for the carrying on of the said election,.:which sha)_l be delivered to the election board . Section ~. That the Common Council does hereby designates as the polling places for said ~pecia_1 election in the City of Eugene, the following: One polling place in each of the wards of said City, vis.: -- at - - - _..._~t • ~ within Vlard 1. at _ St., vrithin "'v(ard 2. ~ ~' ~I at _ S t_ within Ward 3. at _ St., within Ward _ ~~ A.nd that of the follovring list of judges and clerks for said Special Election the first named shall be a judge and chairman of the election board; the second named shall be a judge, and the next three shall ~~e designatted as first, second and tfird clerks. Ward l: Chairman ~ ____ Clerk ' Judge Clerk CLERK Vla rd 2 Chairman er i Judge ~ C .e~5~ rT-- Clerk V~ard 3: Chairman .~ Clerk Judge Gle rk Clerk Ward ~: Chairman Clerk ~. Judge ~ '~" Clerk 1 Clerk Section s. `that tile, polls shall be opened in each of said voting wards at 8 o'clock a.m. and shall be kept open until 8 o'clock p.m. of said Special Election flay, and that the ballots ~~o cast at said ,Special Election shall be counted, tabul~~ted, and returned to the City Recorder of said City in the manner provided by laVr. Section 6. jha.t the City Recorder of said City be and he is hereby directed to g ive not less than 10 day's notice, by publication in t;he Eugene Register-Guard, a newspaper in ,,the said City, of the Special Election above ordered and of the measures to be voted upon at such Special Electi on, which notice shall also contain the places designated for' holding said Special Election as in this Ordinance provided, a nd the said City Recorder be and he is hereby directed to prepare and causa to b~ distributed unto the legal voters of said City Voters' Pamphlets concerning said proposed amendments in the manner provided by law. Section 7. V'J~IEREAS; the enlargement and e:~tension of the said City's electrical and tivater utilities are eminently necessary for the immediate .preservation of the x~eace, health, and safety of tiie citizens of the said City of Eugene, THEREFORE, An emergency is hereby declared to e~:ist, and it is hereby declared to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health and safety of the City of Eugene that this Ord.i.nance shall take effect immediately upon its passa~,*e by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. Passed b?r the Common Council this lOtki da;l of January, 1919 /s/ Henry F. Beistel City ecor ec~r Approved by the Mayor this 11th day of January, 199 /s/ V. E. Johnson ---- - y~--.._._.._ 1