HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0079-1965 City of Eonai-Ordinance No. 79-6~
AN O~DINANCE OF THE CITY OF EENAI, ~La,~KA, PROVIDING FCR THE
~UBHISSION TO ~ QUALIFIED ~TO,{$ OF ~ CITY AT A
E~TI~ TO BE ~D ~Z~N ~ON 11~ DAY 0F ~Y 1~5, 0F A
PROPOSITION FOR A~~T TO T~ C~RTER ~ T~ CITY OF ~AI,
A~S~. ~ID A~D$~T TO i~IIT ~NY DEBT PA~t~NTZ, OR D~T
OBLIGATIONS, A,~$~D BY ~ ~TATE, BOROUGH, OR ~R ~ICIFA~
ITY, T0 BL ~XCLUD~ FROM ~ TOTAL D~T ~RG~BLE ~G~IN~ T~
CITY FOR ~E P~03E OF D~E~tINING D~T LIHIT~TIONS S~ FORTH
~ ~ID
~3, ~o further ~he ~elfare of ~he
eo ~uch of ~ection 6-1 of ~he C~er of the C~y
A~s~, be a~en~ed to pe~t ~ebt pa~ent, o~ obl~a~o~
city ass~d by the State of Ala~, ~ Pen~ula Bo~ou~,
o~ o~ ~cLpalL~y to be excluded from ~he ~otal a~ount
debt of the Ci~y fo~ p~ose~ of the ~eb~
~S, ~he constitution a~ la~s of ~he ~tate of
Alas~ provide ~ ame~ment~ to a ~y c~er ~21 be ac-
complished as provL~d by ~eotion 12 1 of ~he C~er of ~he
City of Ke~i, Alas~.
NOW, TN.~ZFOR~, be it or~ained by the City Council of
the City of Eenai, Alaska.
Section lo It is hereby foun~ and declared that the
hUblic welfare and eon_venience require the ct_fy to carry out
e amendment to the cha~er of the City of Eenai, Alaska as
hereinafter set fo~h.
amended to permit exclusion from tho total of general obligation
ln~ebtednoss of the CLtyof Eenai. as speeifi~d Lu para~aph Z
of Section $-L o~ ~he Charter of the City of aenai, Alaska, so
thatan~ general obligatio~ debt payments or obligations of the
Cit~ of Nepal, whatsoever, assumed by the Jtate of ~laska, or the
aen~i Pemine.la Boroush, o~ an~ other municipality, shall be
excluded f~om the $05al of all of the outstaying ~ebt of the
City of ~i fo~ the pm~ose cf deCe~inin$ sai~ Eene~al obli~-
tion t~ebtedness limitation.
This proposed amendment to the City Charter shall
pezm~tt such potion of the senegal obli6ation ~o~$d~e~s of_
the ott~ ae~Y bede a:a~sumed b~ anchor polittoa~ ~u~v~on o~
the SCate, the ke~ Peninsual Borou6h, or the ~tate of Alas~
itself, to be subtracted from the ~oCaL ~enoraZ obll~atton ~-
4ebte~ess of the sa~d OiCy~ ~n order t~ legal capital il-
provements fo~ the City of e~ ~y be accomplished.
In order to accomplish the intent of this amendment,
thc second p.~racr~ph of Section 6-1 of the Gharter of the City
of Kenai shall be amended to read as follows: (The portion under-
lined to be added to the present language):
Such outstanding general-obligation indebtedness of the
City incurred for all purposes shall not at any time ex-
ceed twenty per cent of the assessed value of all real
and personal property in the City. In determining such
debt limit of the City, any amounts on hand or on deposit
for d~t retirement, and any ~eneral obli~ation indebted-
ness a~sumed by_the State o~_Ala~ka,UKen~i Peninsula Bor-
oUgh. or other mu~i~ipalit~ and any p'6rtion of reserve '
funds or account~"Pledged to the payment of the principal
amount of any outstanding general-obligation indebtedness
shall be deducted from the amount of the outstanding in-
debtedness. This debt limit shall not apply to refunding
indebtedness of the City.
Section 3. The proposition of whether or not the
Charter of the City of kenai, Alaska s-hall be amended for the
purposes described in Section 2 hereof shall be submitted to the
qualified voters in the City for their ratification or rejection
at a special election to be held in the City on 11~ day of May,
1965. ~aid proposition shall be in the following form:
A~NDFLZNT OF CH~RT£R
Shall the City of Kenai, Alaska, for the purpose of permitting
the incurring of additional general obligation indebtedness for
legal purposes, amend the Charter of the City of Eenai, Alaska
to permit debt payment or payments, or a general obligation in-
debtedness assumed by the State of Alaska, Kenai Peninsula Bor-
ough, or other municipality to be excluded from the total amount
of the debt of the City for the purposes of
. 4etex~nining debt limitation?
Section ~. Those eligible to vot$ at said special
election must possess the followin~ qualifications:
(a) They must be at least 19 years of age.
(b) They must be citizens of the United States, and for
at least one year preceding the election, residents of
the State of Alaska, and for ~0 days immediately preced-
ing the election, residents of the City of Kenai, Alaska.
(c) They must ~e able to read and write the English
language, as prescribed by law.
(d) They must be registered in the manner prescribed
in ~ection 6-1, e_~. seq., of the Code of the City of
Kenai, 196~.
(e) They must not be barred from voting by law.
Section ~. Registeration shall be required as a qual-
ification of voters at this special election as prcvided in the
~Zode of the City of Ker~i, 1965. The fegiztratton book v~ill be
open daily in the office of the City ~lerk, City Administration
Building, Eenai, Alaska, from 9:00 o'clock A. H. until 5:00
o'clock P. H. daily, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Hegistration shall be closed five ..d~ys Drecedin~ the said special
election.
A duplicate re~ist~ation index shall be furnished by
the City Clerk-Registrar to the Judges and clerks of the election
at the precinct.
Section 6. Notice of the election shall be published
once a week for not less than ~hree.~qn~e~.~ive weeks and the
first notice thereof shall be published not less than t~enty
(20) days prior to said special election. Said notices shall
state the thne of closiYg:of registration and shall be publish?~
in the Cheechako News ~hich is determined to be a newspaper of
general Circulation in the City of Kenai, Alaska.
Notice of the election shall be posted at least twenty
(20) days prior to said election in three conspicuous places
within the City.
Section ?. The designated pollin~ place will be in
the City Administration Building for all voters living within
the City Limits of the City of Kenai,-~aska. Said polls shall
be open from 8:00 o'clock A.H. to 8:00 o'clock P. H. on the
11~ day o£ Hay,l~5.
Section 8. The following qualified voters of the
City are hereby appointed to serve as Judges and clerks at said
special election:
Judges
~ae Knudson
Norma Jordan
Louis Nissen
Clerks
Nedra Evenson
Wilma Dority
Frances Torkilsen
Publication of this ordinance shall be made by post-
ing a cqpy.hereof on the City Council bullet~, board for a period
of ten (10) days following passage.
Emergency declared NONE
First reading lOm day of February, 1965.
PASSED by the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska,
this 1Tm day of February, 1965.
CITY OF R£NAI, aLASKA
Attest:
Frances T.~-kilsen
city'
By: s/.James G. D~e __
Mayor