HomeMy WebLinkAbout154aRESOLUTION NO. 154a
WHEREAS; the Board of Commissioners Public Water Works District Number Two of Pueblo,
Colorado, has, by resolution; requested the Council of Pueblo to pass an ordinance providing for the
submission to the qualified taxpaying electors. of said District the question of issuing bonds for the
extension, improvement, repair and maintenance of the Water Works System of said District, and
WHEREAS; the Council of Pueblo, is compliance with said request, has passed such an
ordinance, being ordinance No. 1148 entitled: "PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE
QUALIFIED TAXPAYING ELECTORS OF PUBLIC WATER WORKS DISTRICT NUMBER TWO OF
THE QUESTION OF ISSUING BONDS FOR THE EXTENSION, IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER WORKS SYSTEM OF SAID DISTRICT," passed August 20th,
1923, and
WHEREAS; the said qualified taxpaying electors will vote upon said question as provided in
said ordinance on November 6th, 1923, and
WHEREAS, if a majority of the votes cast at said election upon the question of the issuance of
said bonds shall be in favor of their issuance, then said bonds will be duly authorized in the amount of
Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00) Dollars, and the said Board of Commissioners of said
Water Works District will thereupon desire to proceed to enter into a contract or contracts or
purchases concerning said extension, improvement, repair and maintenance of the Water Works
System of said District, involving an expenditure or indebtedness in excess of Twenty -five Thousand
($25,000.00) Dollars, and
WHEREAS, it is provided by Section 9 of Article XIV of the Charter of Pueblo that no contract
or purchase involving an expenditure or indebtedness in excess of Twenty -five Thousand
($25,000.00) Dollars shall be entered into or made, by the Trustees or Commissioners of any of the
Water Districts of Pueblo, until submitted to a vote of the legal voters residing within such water
district, and approved by the vote of a majority of those voting on the question,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF PUEBLO that there be
submitted to the legal voters residing within Public Water Works District No. 2 of Pueblo, Colorado, at
the General City Election to be held on November 6th, A. D., 1923, the question of approving the
entering into or making by the Board of Commissioners of Public Water Works District No. 2 a
contract or contracts or purchases involving an expenditure or indebtedness in excess of Twenty -five
Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars for the extension, improvement, repair and maintenance of the Water
Works System of said District, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that notice of the submission of said question shall be published
and posted for the same length of time and in the same manner, and the election shall be conducted
and the result thereof determined, declared and certified in all respects as nearly as may be in
conformity with the provisions of the law governing the election of municipal officers of this City and
the said question of the entering into such contract or contracts or purchase shall be placed upon the
legal ballots to be cast by the qualified electors at said election residing within said water district, and
shall contain the words: "FOR AUTHORIZING THE MAKING OF EXPENDITURE BY PUBLIC
WATER WORKS DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IN EXCESS OF $25,000.00 FOR IMPROVEMENT OF
WATER WORKS SYSTEM" and the words: "'AGAINST AUTHORIZING THE MAKING OF
EXPENDITURE BY PUBLIC WATER WORKS DISTRICT NUMBER TWO IN EXCESS OF
$25,000.00 FOR IMPROVEMENT OF WATER WORKS SYSTEM ", and provisions shall be made
thereon so that the voters may express their choice upon the question submitted by making a cross
(X) opposite the words expressing their choice, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no person shall vote on the question of entering into or
making such contract or contracts or purchase unless said person be a legal voter or qualified elector
residing within Public Water Works District Number Two in Pueblo, Colorado, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that after the returns of said election have been canvassed, the
City Clerk shall prepare a certificate setting forth the result of said election upon said question and
deliver the same to the Board of Water Works or other Board of Commission in charge of the affairs of
said Water District. If a majority of the votes cast at said election upon said , question shall be in favor
thereof then said contract or contracts or purchase involving an expenditure or indebtedness in
excess of Twenty -five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars for the extension, improvement, repair and
maintenance of the Water Works System of said District may be entered into or made, otherwise, the
Board of said Water Works shall have no authority to enter or make any such contract or contracts or
purchase.
Introduced Oct. 1, 1923.
BY F. E. Olin