HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-477-08.27.2001 This Resolution prepared by Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, 715 Mulberry
Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-477
RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL CITY ELECTION.
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo, Iowa, proposes to establish a
Municipally-Owned cable communications or television system
(including video, voice, telephone, data and all other forms of
telecommunications and cable communications) Utility and to
provide the management and control of such utility shall be in the
Board of Trustees of the Waterloo Municipal Utility consisting of
three (3) trustees who serve as the Board of Trustees for the
municipal cable communications utility of the City of Waterloo;
and
WHEREAS, Section 388 .2 of the City Code of Iowa, provides
that before the Council of the City may establish such a Utility,
it shall call a special city election to vote upon such
proposition in accordance with the provisions of said statute; and
WHEREAS, this Council on its own motion determines such an
election should be held; and
WHEREAS, no such proposal nor any other proposal
incorporating any portion of it, has or will have been submitted
to the electors of the City for a period of more than four years
prior to the date of election hereinafter provided; and
WHEREAS, "Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier" is a legal
newspaper, printed wholly in the English language, as defined by
Section 618 . 3 of the Code of Iowa, and is published in said City
and of general circulation therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA:
Section 1 . That there is hereby called a special City
election on Tuesday, October 2, 2001, at which election there
shall be submitted to the qualified electors of said City the
following questions, to-wit :
Proposition A
"Shall the City of Waterloo, in the County of
Black Hawk, State of Iowa, be authorized to
establish a Municipally-Owned cable communications
or television system, telephone or
telecommunications system (including video, voice,
telephone, data and all other forms of
telecommunications and cable communications)
Utility?"
and
Proposition B
"Shall the management and control of the
Municipally-Owned cable communications or
television system, telephone or telecommunications
system (including video, voice, telephone, data
and all other forms of communications and cable
communications) be placed in a Board of Trustees
consisting of three (3) members?"
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and
Proposition C
"Shall the City of Waterloo, in the County of
Black Hawk, State of Iowa, issue its General
Obligation Bonds in the amount not exceeding two
million dollars ($2 , 000, 000) for the purpose of
constructing and equipping a fiber optic backbone
systems of a municipal cable communication
utility?"
Section 2 . That the voting place or places for said election,
and the hours the polls shall be opened and closed shall be as set
out in the notice of election, said notice to be prepared and
approved by the County Commissioner of Elections .
Section 3 . That the form of ballot to be used at said
election shall be as follows :
(a) In those precincts using paper ballots they shall
be printed of some color other than white, pursuant
to the provisions of Section 49 .43 of the Code of
Iowa; substantially in the form set forth in the
Notice of Election, and
(b) In those precincts using voting machines, if any,
they shall be printed in black ink on clear, white
material, of such size as will fit the ballot
frame, and in as plain, clear type as the space
will reasonably permit, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 52 . 10 of the Code of Iowa, substantially
in the form set forth in the Notice of Election.
That said notice shall show the names of all
candidates or nominees and the office each seeks,
if any, and if more than one public measure shall
be submitted to the electors at the time of said
election, all such measures shall be printed upon
one ballot .
Section 4 . That the Election Board for the voting precinct or
precincts shall be appointed by the County Commissioner of
Elections, nor less than 15 days before the date of said election,
a certified copy of which appointment shall be officially placed
on file in the office of the Clerk of said City.
Section 5 . That the Auditor of Black Hawk County, Iowa, being
the County Commissioner of Elections, is hereby directed to
publish the notice of election once in "Waterloo/Cedar Falls
Courier" being a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English
language, as defined by Section 618 .3 of the Code of Iowa,
published in said City and of general circulation therein, said
publication to be not less than four clear days nor more than
twenty days prior to the date of said election.
Section 6 . That the County Commissioner of Elections,
pursuant to Section 47 .2, Code of Iowa, is requested to designate
the Clerk of said City as a Deputy County Commissioner of
Elections, if said Commissioner believes such designation will be
in the best interests of said election, and said Clerk, if so
designated, is hereby directed and authorized to assist the
Commissioner in administering the election conducted by the
Commissioner for said City.
Section 7 . That the County Commissioner of Elections shall
cause to be prepared all such ballots and elections registers and
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Co conduct of said election and the Clerk is hereby authorized and
'- directed to cooperate with said Commissioner of Elections and to
t do and prepare all necessary matters in order to make said
election legal and valid.
co Section 8 . That the Clerk is hereby directed to file a
�? 7certified copy of this resolution in the office of the County
M Commissioner of Elections, which filing shall also constitute the
`/1 ?; "written notice" to the County Commissioner of Elections of the
o election date required to be given by the governing body under the
I Liprovisions of Chapter 47 of the Code of Iowa.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of August, 2001 .
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ATTEST:
Nancy Eck t, City Clerk
CERTIFICATE
I, Nancy Eckert, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do
hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy of
Resolution No. 2001-477, as passed and adopted by the Council of
the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 27th day of August, 2001 .
Witness my hand and seal of office this 29th day of August,
2001 .
SEAL
Nancy Eck t, City Clerk