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Home My WebLink About70-147RESOLU~ION AND ORDER OF 'I'HE BOARD 0~ SUPERVISORS OF '~H~ COUNTY OF BUTTE, STAT~ OF CALIFORI~IA, CALLI]~I+IG AND P~OVIDING FOR A SPECI.AT.~ COUNTY BO1~ID ELECTION ~'OI2 THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIEA ELECTORS OF SAID CO~JNTY THE PROPOSITIOI~ OF WHETHIIt OR NOT BONBED INDEBTEDNESS OF SAID COUN'I'Y SHOULD BE IIVCURftED FOR THE PURPOSES HIIZEIN SET FORTH; DECLARING THE AMOUNT OF BONDS PROPOSED TQ 3E ISSUED, 'THE MAX1MtJP~ RATE OF I.NTEREST TO BE PAID THEREON AND TFiE MAXIMLTM REDEMPTYON ~'ERIOD 'THEREFORE; FIXXI~TG THE DATE OF SATD ELECTION AND THE MANNER OF HOLDTNG THE SAME AND THE PROCEDURE FOR VOTING E'OR OR AGAINST SAID PROPOSITION; PROVZDING FOR NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION; AND CONSOLIDATING SAID SPECIAZ COUI3TY FOND EL~CTION WITH THE GINERAL ELEGTION TO BE HELD NOVEMBEI2 3, 1970 WHEREAS, in the ,judgment of the Board o~' Supervisors (the "board") of Butte County (the "county'~) i~ is necessary that the funds of the county shall be expended for the purposes herein- after set forth; and WHBREAS, there are not sufficient funds in the treasury; of the coun~.y available for said purposes, or any of ther:~, or in the amount required therefo~, and it is necessary that funds in additian to those on hand in the treasury of the county be raised by the issuance and sale of bonds of ~.he county and to that end that a special county bond election be held in accord.ance with law for the purpose of submitting to the quali~ied electors of the county the proposition of whether or not bonds of the county shall be issued for the purposes hereinafter set forth, so that the proposition of the issuance of said bonds may be submitted to the qualified electors of the county at said election as herein prova.ded, N4~nT, THEREFORE,. ~BE TT RESOLVED AND ORDER~D by the Board of Supervisors of Butte County, as ~ollows: Section l. A special county bond election be and the same is hereby called to be held throughout Butte County on Tuesday the 3rd day of Novembex, 1970, for ~he purpose of subm~tting to the qualified electors of the coun~y the proposition of incurring bonded indeb~edness of the county for ~ne purposes and in the amount set forth in the following measure, ~o wit: COUNTY BOND NIEASURES MEASi3RE (A) : Sha11 the County of B~.tte Superior Court incur a bonded indebted- Buildings) ness in the principal amount of $500,000 for the object and purpose of acquiring, BONDS- construc~ing and completing the following YES county improvements, to wit: New public cov.nty buildings and improvements and a.dditions to existing public county build- ings necessary to carry Qut the work of including new build- the Superior Courts , ing's or improvements or additions to existing buildings for courts; lands, easements, rights of way, off-street parlcing facilities, furniture, fixtures, egaipment, apparatus and site improvements BONDS- for said buildings; and other works, 1~F0 property or structures necessary or conven- ient for said county improvement; any bonds issued therefore to ". mature within a period not to exceed eight years? 2. Sec~ion:.2, ta) The Board does hereby submit to the qualified electors of the coun~y at the special county bond election said coun~y measure for the ~ssuance o~ said bonds, and hereby designa~es and refers to said measure in the : form herein- above set fo~th as the measure ~o be set fo~th on the ballots hereinafter prescribed for use at the speczal county bond election. (b) The special county bond election sha11 be held and cond~cted, and the votes thereat received and eanvassed, and the returns thereof made and the result thereof ascertained and determined as herein provided, and in al~ particulars not prescrzbed by this resolution and order said electxon shall be held as near~y as practicable in conformity with the election laws of the S~ate of California and only quali£ied voters of the county may vote thereat. (c) The special county bond election hereby called shall be and is hereby co~soiidated with the State of Califo~nia General Election to be held throughout the county on Tuesday, November 3, 1970, a11 as required by and pursuant to law; and ~he election precincts, polling places and voting booths shall in every case be the:same and there sha1l be only one set o~ election of~icers in each of sach precincts. The election precincts, polling places and officers of election for the special county bond elect~on shall be ~he same as those designa~ed for said General Electionin the notice of polling places and elec~ion officers for said General Election to be published by the County Clerk p~rsuant to law, to which no~ice reference is hereby specifically made for a designation of the precincts, polling places and election officers for the special county bond election. The polls for said General Election and ~or the,special county bond election hereby consolidated therewith shall 3. be opened at 7:00 A.M, on the date of said elections and sha11 be kept open until 8:00 P.Mo of said day, when the polls shall be c1o'sed, except as provided in Elections Code Section 14436, (d) Only one form of ballot shall be used at said ~eneral Election and the special county bond elect~an hereby consolidated therewi~h, which in addition to all other matters required by law to be prin~ed thereon, sha11 state the measure set for~h in section 1 hereof. Votomatic ballot cards are used at said elections, except that absent voter bal~o~s shall be paper bal~ots. Each voter to vote for ~he measure hereby submitted and ~or incurring the bonded indebtedness therein stated shall punch ~he ballot card in the hole after the words ''BONDS-YES" to the righ~ of said measure, and to vote against said measure and against ineurring said indebtedness shall punch ~he ballot card in the hole after the words "BONDS-NO"' to ~he right of said measure, except ~ha~ to vote in favor of the measure hereby submi~~ed and ta authorize the incurring of the indebtedness in saa.d measure set for.th, each absent voter shall stamp a cross (#) in the voting square after the words "BONDS-YES" on the ballot to the righr of said measure, and to vo~e against the measure hereby submi.tCed and against the incurring of the indebtedness in said measure set forth, each absen~ vo~er shall stamp a cross (+) in the vo~ing square after the words "BONDS-NO'~ on the ballot to tl~e right of said measure. (e) The County Clerlc of the County shall supply ballots and stationery and all other things necessary for the canduct of said elections to the proper officers of election. (f) The returns of said elect~.ons shall be made out and signed by the election officers and sl~all be by them deposited wi~h the County Clerk9 together with the bal].o~s cast at said elections, and the said returns shall be canvassed or caused to be canvassed by the board which shall declare the results o£ sai.d 4. elec~ion at the time and in the manner provided by law. Section 3. The amount of bonds proposed ~o be issued by the county, in the event that said County Bond Measure (A) shal~ carry at said election is $500,OOdo Said bonds sha11 beax znterest at a rate or rates not exceeding seven percent per annum, payable semiannually (except that infierest tor the first year af~er the date of said bonds may be made payable at the end of said year)o Any bonds issued under said Measure (A) shall mature ` within a period not to exceed eigh~ years. Sec~ion 4, Notxce of the special county bond election herein provzded for shall be given by publication of this resolution and order in the £ollowing named newspaper, to wi~: ~he orovi~ze 2~lercury (which the board hereby finds and declares to be a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county), once a week for at least four (4) weeks prior to the holding of the special county bond election, and the clerlc of the board is hereby ordered and directed to cause this resolution and o~der to be so published. No other notice of the election hereby called need be given. Section 5. This resolution and order shal]. take effect immediately. The foregoxn.g resolution and order was passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, on ehe 18eh day , August , 1970, by the following vote: AYES : Supervisor Howsden., Supervisor P?cRi.llop, Supervisor Reynolds, Supervisor Maxon and Chairman Dunnaway NOES: Npne Q.BSENT: None Attest: CZARK A. N~L50N, Gounty C1erk and ex-officio C1erk of the Board of Supervisors ~ ~/~ ~~ ~ -~- ) ,, -C• ~ 0. Eo D AWA , hairman of t e Butte County Board of Super~isors ~y~. ~ ~ ~ ~ 5. ~ ~ °~ ~ ~