HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 18440ORDINANCE N0,
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE
CONDUCTED BY THE LANE COUNTY ELECTION DEPARTMENT
1 ON THE 14TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1979, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SUBMITTING TO THE LEGAL VOTERS DF THE CITY OF
EUGENE A MEASURE AUTHORIZING THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL
TO LEVY' THROUGHQUT THE CITY $ 6 , 3 9 3 , 51 ~ MORE IN TAx
REVENUES THAN IS NOW AUTHORIZED BY THE OREGON CONSTI-
TUTION, ARTICLE xI, SECTION ll; ADOPTING POLLING
PLACES AND PRaVIDING FDR ALL ACTS NECESSARY FDR THE
CARRYING ON OF SAID ELECTIONS AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section ~1, The City Council does hereby order a special elec-
tion to be held in the City of Eugene, Oregon, concurrently with the
Lane Caunty special election on Tuesday, August 14, 1979, at which elec-
tion there shall ~e submitted to .the electors of the City far their
approval, ar rejection the following measure, to-wit:
MEASURE NO, 51
MEASURE SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS BY THE CITY COUNCIL
A MEASURE
Authorizing the City Council to levy for the City in
general $6,393,510 more in tax revenues than the City is
authorized to raise throughout the City by taxation within
the six percent limitation upon the City's tax levy as con-
tained in Article xI, Section 11, of the Constitution of
the State of Oregon.
THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE,
OREGON
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Section l . Fox the. fiscal period beginning Ju~.y 1,
1979 and ending June 34, 1980, the City Council of the City
of Eugene, Oregon, is hereby authorized to levy far the
City in general a tax of $6,393,510 for the purpose of pay-
ing the operating expenses of the City in general for said
periad of time, which tax is to be in addition to and out-
side the constitutional six percent limitation upon the
City's tax levy as set forth in Article xI, Section ll, of
the Constitution of the State of Oregon.
Section 2. If this measure is approved, the operating
budget to be financed by local taxes for the tax year 1979-80
foz the City in general will be $941,264~greater than the
operating budget financed by local taxes for the City in gen-
eral for the preceding year.
Sect~.on 3. This measure shall become effective July 1,
1979.
Section 2. The proposed measure shall be placed upon the offi-
cial ballot by the City Recorder. There shall be furnished to the
County Clerk for Lane County a certified capy of the ballot title for
the measure and number of the measure to be voted upon. The City
Attorney shall prepare and the City Recorder shall furnish a ballot
title fox the measure and da.rect that the County Clerk for Lane County
place the measure upon.the regular ballot to be used at the Lane County
special election to be held on August 14, 1979, to be voted upon by the
electors. of the City at the special City election.
S~ect~io~n 3. The necessary poll books, ballot boxes, tally sheets,
and such other supplies for each precinct as are necessary for the
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carrying on of the election shall be furnished by the County Clerk
for Lane County, and the supplies shall be delivered to the Election
Board.
Section 4. The City~Council hereby orders that the election
shall be held as a special election for the City of Eugene concur-
rently with the Lane County special election on Tuesday, August 14, 1979,
and hereby designates as the polling places for the election in the
City of Eugene the polling places established and designated far the
Lane County special election, and the City Council does hereby appoint
the Clerks appointed to serve at the Lane County special election to
serve in each o~ the polling places for the City election.
Section 5,
The polls shall be open in each of the voting pre
cincts at 5:04 o'clock a.m,,. Pacific Daylight Timer and shall be kept
open until 8:00 o'clock p.m., Pacific Dayligh~~~-. Tirne, on election day.
Se~ct~io~n 6, The C~.erk acting as chairman of the Election Board
in the Lane County special election shall be chairman of the same
Board of which he or she is a member in the City election, and the
ballots shall be counted and tabulated and the results certified as
provided by law.
Section 7. The. City Recorder is hereby directed. to give not
less than ten days notice of the special election by publication of
one notice thereof in the .Eugene Register-Guard, a newspaper pub--
lished in the City and of general circulation therein.
~Secti~on 8.
The matters contained herein affect the peacer health,
and safety of the citizens of the City of Eugene, and, therefore, an
emergency is hereby dechared to exist, and this Ordinance shall be-
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come. effective immediately upon its passage by the City Council and
approval by the Mayor.
Passed by the City Council this
9th day of July, 19?9
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City Record
Approved. by the Mayor this
9th day of July, 1979.
Mayor
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