HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-10-1950 Adjourned Regular MeetingEXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF AN
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, HELD ON MAY
10, 1950
The City Council of the City of Fairhope
met in adjourned regular session at the city hall in
said city, the regular place of meeting, on May 10,
1950, at a? ; 0 d ofclock, P.M., pursuant to adjourn-
ment of the regular meeting held on May 8, 1950. On
roll call the following were found to be present:
Mayor T. J. Klumpp, and Councilmen M. 0. Berglin, J.
T. Bradford, R. H. Brown, Edward B. Overton, and Ira
N. Steele; absent: . Miss Marie
Moore, the city clerk, was present at the meeting and
acted as clerk thereof. The mayor acted as chairman
of the meeting and stated that a quorum being present
the meeting was open for the transaction of business.
The mayor stated that this was the time fixed
by law for the canvass of the returns of the special
municipal bond election held in the city*on May 9, 1950,.
which had been called by resolution adopted by the coun-
cil at its meeting held on March 27, 1950. The council,
constituting a board of canvassers, thereupon proceeded
to canvass the returns of the said election and upon the
completion thereof the following resolution, and the pre -
am" thereto, were introduced in writing by Councilman
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WHEREAS, at a meeting of the City Council
(herein called "the council") of the City of Fairhope
(herein called "the city") held on March 27, 1950, a
resolution was duly adopted calling a special election
to be held in the city on May 9, 1950, for the purpose
of submitting to the qualified electors of the city
for determining their will by ballot on the question
of whether or not the city should issue, on its credit,
$111,000 principal amount of its General Obligation
Sewer Bonds for the purpose of constructing sewers in
the city; and
WHEREAS, notice of said election was published
in The Fairhope Courier, a newspaper published and
having general circulation in the city, in the issues
of that newspaper published on April 6, 1950, April 13,
1950, and April 20, 1950, in the form of said notice as
provided in the said resolution wherein the said elec-
tion was called, the first of said dates of publication
being more than thirty (30) days before the date of said
election; and
WHEREAS, the said election was held in the
city on May 9, 1950, in all respects as provided in the
said notice, and the ballots used at the said election
were in all respects in the form provided therefor set
out in the said resolution calling the said election,
and the inspectors and managers conducting said election
have duly made and the returning officers have duly
filed with the council their respective reports, returns,
and certificates, which have been duly canvassed by the
council acting as a board of canvassers which canvass
discloses the following results:
FOR proposed City of
Fairhope General Obli-
gation Sewer Bonds
Box No. 1
Location:
City Hall
Box No. 2
Location:
Cummings Hall
Fairhope Avenue
AGAINST proposed City
of Fairhope General
Obligation Sewer Bonds
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the council,
acting as a board of canvassers for the purpose of can-
vassing the returns of said election, as follows:
(1) The recitations contained in the foregoing
preambles are hereby ascertained and found to be true and
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are hereby adopted as a part of this resolution.
(2) The said election was duly called, notice
thereof was given and the said election was held and
the ballots used thereat were in all respects as provi-
ded by law, and at said election a majority of the quali-
fied electors of the city voted at said election voting
in favor of the issuance of said bonds and the city is
accordingly authorized to issue said bonds.in accordance
with the terms of the notice calling said election and
the ballots cast thereat, and the provisions of law.
(3) The said preambles and this resolution,
together comprising the canvass and declarations and
findings by the council, acting as a board of canvas-
sers, shall be recorded in the proceedings of the
council.
Adopted and approved this loth day of May,
1950.
Authenticated: Mayor,
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City Clerk
Councilman moved that unanimous consent be
given for immediate consideration of and action on said
resolution, which motion was seconded by Councilman
, and upon the motion being put to vote the
following vote was recorded: Yeas: Mayor Klumpp and
Councilmen Berglin, Bradford, Brown, Overton, and Steele;
Nays: None. The mayor thereupon declared that the
motion for unanimous consent for the immediate considera-
tion of and action on said resolution had been unanimously
carried. Councilma thereupon moved that the
said resolution be finally adopted, which motion was sec-
onded by Councilman , and upon the motion being
put to vote the following q0te was recorded: Yeas: Mayor
Klumpp and Councilmen Berglin, Bradford, Brown, Overton,
and Steele; Nays: None. The mayor thereupon announced
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that the motion for adoption of said resolution had been
unanimously carried and he thereupon signed the same in
approval thereof.
There being no further business to come before
the meeting the same was on motion duly adjourned.
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