40-69 ORDINANCE NO. 40-69.
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ORDERING
AND PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF A FREEHOLDERS
ELECTION IN THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, IN THE
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, ON THE QUESTION
OF THE ISSUANCE OF $4,150,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS OF SAID CITY FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. A special bond election of the qualified electors
who are freeholders residing in the City of Delray Beach, in the
County of Palm Beach, Florida, who are owners of freeholds therein
not wholly exempt from taxation, is hereby called to be held on the
2nd day of December, 1969, at the time and place hereinafter set
forth, to determine whether or not the issuance of $4,150,000 gen-
eral obligation bonds shall be approved by such qualified electors
who are owners of freeholds in said City not wholly exempt from
taxation for the purpose of financing the cost of the construction
and acquisition of the following:
(1) $440,000 bonds for the construction and acqui-
sition of new firehouses in the beach area, and in
the south area of the City, and the acquisition of
fire equipment, including an aerial platform fire
truck with snorkel and two pumper fire trucks; and
(2) $1,450,000 bonds for the construction and ac-
quisition of a storm drainage system for an area of
approximately 480 acres in the City bounded generally
by Atlantic Avenue, Southeast Fifth Avenue, South
Tenth Street and the Seaboard Coastline Railroad; and
(3) $2,260,000 bonds for the purpose of the construc-
tion and acquisition of a water filtration and treat-
ment plant for the City's water system;
and including in each case other purposes appurtenant or incidental
to the above purposes; and to levy ad valorem taxes without limit
as to rate or amount to pay such bonds on all taxable property in
said City; provided that no such bonds shall be issued for a longer
term than twenty-five (25) years and that no bond shall bear inter-
est at a rate or rates exceeding the maximum legal rate of interest
at the time of the sale of said bonds.
Section 2. The polls will be open at the voting place for said
bond election at seven o'clock A.M. until seven o'clock P.M. on the
same day. Only the duly qualified electors who are the owners of
freeholds in the City not wholly exempt from taxation will be per-
mitted to vote in said bond election.
Section 3. That the only place of voting in said bond election
and the Inspectors and Clerk for the polling place for said bond e-
lection, who are hereby appointed for such bond election, are as
follows:
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~Qllin~ Place Clerk Inspectors
Community Center Building C.C. Turner Grace Adams
50 N. W. 1st Avenue Lou Anderson
Delray Beach, Florida Vera Bone
Florence Cramp
Martha DeClercq
Helen B. Flatland
Gertrude Greene
Charlotte G. Kiel
Gladys Risker
Nina Sprott
Caroline E. Thomas
Mary B. Walker
Elsie Wharton
Frederika Woltering
Bertha P. Worthing
L. L. Youngblood
Section 4. Voting machines shall be used at said bond elec-
tion and the form of ballot to be used in said bond election shall
be in substantially the following form:
BALLOT
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
IN THE COUNTY OF PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
Bond Election - December 2, 1969
PROPOSAL NO. 1 - FIRE HOUSES & EQUIPMENT
Shall the City of Delray Beach, in Palm Beach County,
Florida, issue $440,000 principal amount of general
obligation bonds of said City bearing interest at not
exceeding the maximum legal rate of interest at the
time of the sale of said bonds, maturing not later
than twenty-five years from the date of issuance there-
of, payable from ad valorem taxes levied on all taxable
property in said City without limit as to rate or amount
for the purpose of financing the cost of the construc-
tion and acquisition of new firehouses in the beach area,
and in the south area of the City, and the acquisition
of fire equipment, including an aerial platform fire
truck with snorkel and two pumper fire trucks, together
with any other purposes appurtenant or incidental there-
to, as more specifically described and provided in the
ordinance of the City Council of said City adopted on
the 24th day of October, 19697
Instructions to Voters: Indicate by pulling down
lever over "FOR BONDS" if
you favor the issuance of
said Bonds.
Indicate by pulling down
lever over "AGAINST BONDS"
if you do not favor the
issuance of said Bonds.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2 - STORM DRAINAGE
Shall the City of Delray Beach, in Palm Beach County,
Florida, issue $1,450,000 principal amount of general
obligation bonds of said City bearing interest at not
exceeding the maximum legal rate of interest at the
time of the sale of said bonds, maturing not later than
twenty-five years from the date of issuance thereof,
payable from ad valorem taxes levied on all taxable
property in said City without limit as to rate or a-
mount for the purpose of financing the cost of the
construction and acquisition of a storm drainage sys-
tem for an area of approximately 480 acres in the
City bounded generally by Atlantic Avenue, Southeast
Fifth Avenue, South Tenth Street and the Seaboard
Coastline Railroad, together with any other purposes
appurtenant or incidental thereto, as more specifi-
cally described and provided in the ordinance of the
City Council of said City adopted on the 24th day of
October, 19697
Instructions to Voters: Indicate by pulling down
lever over "FOR BONDS" if
you favor the issuance of
said Bonds.
Indicate by pulling down
lever over "AGAINST BONDS"
if you do not favor the
issuance of said Bonds.
PROPOSAL NO. 3 - WATER TREATMENT PLANT
Shall the City of Delray Beach, in Palm Beach County,
Florida, issue $2,260,000 principal amount of general
obligation bonds of said City bearing interest at not
exceeding the maximum legal rate of interest at the
time of the sale of said bonds, maturing not later
than twenty-five years from the date of issuance there-
of, payable from ad valorem taxes levied on all taxable
property in said City without limit as to rate of amount
for the purpose of financing the cost of the construc-
tion and acquisition of a water filtration and treatment
plant for the City water system, together with any other
purposes appurtenant or incidental thereto, as more spe-
cifically described and provided in the ordinance of the
City Council of said City adopted on the 24th day of
October, 19697
Instructions to Voters: Indicate by pulling down
lever over "FOR BONDS" if
you favor the issuance of
said Bonds.
Indicate by pulling down
lever over "AGAINST BONDS"
if you do not favor the
issuance of said Bonds.
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Section 5. Paper ballots shall be used at said election for
absentee voting. The form of ballot to be used in said election
for absentee voters shall be in substantially the form provided in
Section 4 above, except that Instructions to Voters shall be as
follows:
Instructions to Voters: If you are in favor of the
issuance of said Bonds, place
an "x" in the space to the
left of the words "FOR
APPROVAL OF BONDS".
If you are not in favor of
the issuance of said'Bonds,
place an "x" in the space to
the left of the words
"AGAINST APPROVAL OF BONDS".
Section 6. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed
to have printed on plain white paper a sufficient number of the
aforesaid ballots and to deliver them to the appropriate officials
for absentee voters and shall also have printed sample ballots and
shall deliver them to the Inspectors and Clerk on or before the date
and time for the opening of the polls for such bond election for
said voting place at which voting machines are to be used, and is
further authorized and directed to make appropriate arrangements
with the proper officials of Palm Beach County for the use of such
voting machines at the polling place specified in Section 3 hereof
and to have printed on plain white paper and delivered in accord-
ance with law the official ballots for use in such voting machines.
Section 7. The Supervisor of Registration of the City of
Delray Beach is hereby authorized and directed to certify the num-
ber of all qualified electors who are the owners of freeholds in
said City not wholly exempt from taxation and eligible to vote in
said bond election.
Section 8. That this ordinance shall be published in full as
a part of the notice of said bond election, together with an appro-
priate caption in such form as the City Clerk shall determine, in
the Delray Beach News-Journal a newspaper published and of general
circulation in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, once each week
for five consecutive weeks, the first publication to be on October
30, 1969, which will be not less than thirty (30) days prior to the
date of said bond election.
Section 9o This ordinance shall take effect immediately.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an Emergency Ordinance this 24th day of
October, 1969.
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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DELRAY BEACH NEWS JOURNAL
Published Weekly
Delray Beach, Pslm Beach County, Florida
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