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Home My WebLink About496 ResolutionThere being no further business, meeting adjourned. 3 _}9 ~/0it y ~ecretary.~ Plainview, Texas, November 6, 19~$. The City Council met in regular E~eting with the following members present. Ma Jordan. Aldermen: E.M.0sborne, L.M.Frogge, W.C.Ma- lone and C. City tax collector, P.HoBryan,.attended the meet- ing. Minutes of the last meeting, read. and adopted. Motion by Alderman Osborne, seconded by Alderman Frogge, that the following resolution be passed and adc~ed. The motion was carried and the resolution follows. Resolution No. 496 WHEREAS, the City .of Plainview is the owner of Lots Nos. 22, 23, and 26, in Block No. 17, Original Town of Plainview, Hale Texas; and WHEREAS, Lillie-Ho£fman Cooling Towers,Inc., a corporation, has made an offer to the City Council of the City of Plainview to purchase the above described lots for a cash consideration of FIVE THOUSAND AND N0/100 ($5,000.00) DOLLARS, conditioned upon the City furnishing a com- plete abstract showing good and merchantable title vestSd in it; and W~REAS, the City Council ~s of the opinion that the offer nade is adequate and is-acceptable to said Council; BE IT RESOLVED BY T~ CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAIE~IEW,-in Regular Session, this 6th day of November, 1944, that the offer made by. Lillime-Hoffman Cooling Towers, Inc., of FIVE THOUS- AND AND N0/100 ($5,000.00) DOLLARS be and it is hereby accepted amd that the Mayor is hereby instructed to execute deed of general warranty conveying:the aboveddescribed p~operty to the said Lillie-Hoffman Cool- ing Towers, Inc., and the City Secretary to duly attest same, under cor- porate seal, and to deliver said deed upon the payment is cash of said FIVE THOUSAND AlfD N0/lO0 ($5,000.00) DOLLARB, when said abstract has been approved. MOTION made by E~M~.OSborne, seconded by L.M.Frogge and upon a vote being taken, it was unanimously adopted. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of November, 1944. J.L.Gallaway~ -J.L.Gallaway, City"seCretary. ~..N.~Jordan,. Mayor. RESOLUTt0N~OANVASSING RETUI~NS ~Ah~ DECLARING RESULT.OF ELECTf0N, T~IE STATE OF. TEXAS CITY OF PLAII~VIEW GN THIS the 6th day .of NoVember, 1944, ~he City Coun- cil of the City of Plainv e~, Texas, ~on~n~in regular session, at th~~ mee~iI~g place in the City ~il., with the following members , to wit: MAYOR, E.M.0SBORNE, ) W.C.MALONE, ) C.H.HANCOCK, ) L.M.FROGGE, ) ALDERMEN, present, and the following 'absent: Ben F.Smith , const~t~ti_ng a quo- rum, when, among other~proceedings Lad, w~re t~' following: - Alderman Fro~ offered the following'resolution to the City Council and.move~'adoption: VfHEREAS, under and by virtue of an order duly passed by the City Council of the ~Dty of Pla~nvieW, Texas,~:on the 16th day of October, 1944, a~ election was held in Said City o~2 the 3rd day of November, 19~4, on two propositions for the issuance of t~nds' of said City of Plainview, Texas, as follows: PROPOSITION NUMBER 1 "S~~he City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, be authorized ~o iBsu~ the ~eneral obligation bonds of said City in the amount of Fift~ ThoUsand DollarS ($50,000.00), for the purpose of acquiring and improving an airport for said City, under the Constitu- tion and laws of the State of Texas, particularly the Charter of the City of Plainview and Chapter 83 of the General Laws passed by the Forty-first Legislature at its First Called Session in. 1929, as amended, maturing serially over a period of years not to exceed fifteenJyears, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding TWO A~O 0NE~FOURTH PER CENTUM (2~%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and levy a tax on all taxable property situated within She said City,.'L'~sufficient to pay the annual interest and provide a sinking fund to pay the said bonds at maturity?." SIT_ION.. N .,.BE 2 "SHALL the City Council df the City of Plainview, Texas, be authorized to issue the genera$ obligation bonds of said City in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for the purpose of construction and improvement of the streets of said city, under au- thority of the Oonstitution and Laws of the State of Tsxas, particu- larly the Charter of the City of Plainview, maturing serially over a period of years no~ to exceed fifteen years, bearing interest at the rate not exceeding TWO AND ONE-FOURTH PER CEN~ (2~%) per annum, pay- able semi,annually, and levy a tax on all taxable property situated within the said City, sufgicient to pay the ann~al interest and p~o- vide a sinking fund to pay tSe said bonds at na~urity?" AND WHEREAS, on this the 6th day of November, 1944, the~ Council, there came on to same being a regular session ?f be considered bhe retL~rns of samd election; and WHE~AS, upon consideration of the returns, of the said e- lectio$, it appears that the same was in all respects Segally held, after due notice had been given, and that the said returns were duly and legally made; and WHEREAS, it further appears f~om said returns that there were c~st aD said election . 39: votes onthe p~oposition for the issu- ance of Airport Bonds, of which mumber 781 votes Were cast "FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AIRPORT BONDS AND TPIE LEVYIN--'~A TAX IN PAYMENT TPfl~REOF", and 49 votes were ca~t "AGAINST THE ISSUANCE .OF AIRPORT BONDS AND THE LEvYI~$ OF A TAX IN PAYMfl~NT THEREOF"; and~ WHEREAS, it further appears from said returns that there were cast at said election 830 votes, on the ~'~ODS~:i%ion for'the issu- ance of Street Improvement Bonds, of which number 771 votes Were cast "FOR THE ISSUANCE OF STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDSAND~EVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THE~OF" and 59 votes were cast ',AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF STREET IMPROVE~NT~BONDS--~TPIE LEVYING OF A~.TAXIN PAYMENT THEREOF". THEREFORE, BE IT 'RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINViEW, TEXAS: That the prOPosition to issue the Airport Bonds in the sum of $50,O00~00, and l~vy an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on 'said bonds and-to provide ~he required sinking fundto redeem themat maturity, was sustained~, by a majority of the qualified tax- paying voters of tmhe,City of Plain?Jew, Texas, who own taxable prop- ~ty in said City and who had duly rendered the same for taxation, vo~ing at said election, and that the City Council of the said City is autho~iz?d to issue said bonds and to l~vy and have assessed and collected said tax, ~f0r the p~yment o2 the principal and interes~ of said bonds at maturity thereof. ii. That the proposition to issue the Street Improvement Bonds in the sum.of $50,000.00, and levy an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on ~ai'd bonds and to provide the required sinking fund to~ redeem~them at~~$, was sustained by a majority of the qualified taxpaying voters of the City of Plainview, TeXas, who own taxable property in sai~ CitY and~ho h&d duly ~dered the same for taxation, voting at said elect~on, and~that~th~ City C~uncil of the said City is auth0ri~ed to issue sai~ bond's and to levy and have assessed and collected said tax, for the payment of the principal and interest of said bond~ at matu~i~ty thereof.. The above resolution having been read in full, the motion of Alderman Hancock was duly seconded by Atd~rman-~ Malone , that the same ~ and adopted. Thereupon~ ~h& Mayor of 'said City put the motion to a vo~e of the members of the City CounCil, with request that as many as favored the resolution to vo~e "AYE", and all who opposed to vote "NO"; the following members of the City Coun- cil, to wit: Mayor Jordan and Aldermen Osborne, Malone, Hancock and Erogge voted "AYE"; and none voted The Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution ~adopted. PASSED AND APPROVED. this the ~ATTEST) 6th day of November, 1944. ( ) J. L. Gallawa ~e~"ret'ary, City Plainview, Texas J.N.Jord~a~.~, MayPr,~i~UZS~UD~inview, Texas :ELECTION tt TURNS.- STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HALE CITY OF, PLAINVIEW TO THE CITY COUNC!L~..0F THE CITY OF POAINVTEW, TEXAS: ~E, THE~ERSIGNED OFFICERS, holdinE an election on the 3rd day of~ November, 19~, 'in the~ City of Plainview, Texas, to deter- mine if-.said City sha~%t~i'ssu~e $50,000.00 bonds for the purpose of ac- quiring and improving~u~ Airport for said City, and $50,000.00 bonds for the purpose of the construction and impmovement of the streets of said City, HEREBY CERTIFY that a~.~the said election there were cast: OF ?'FOR T~ ISSUANCE OF AIRPORT BONDS AND T~ LEVYING A TAX IN PAYMENT THEP~EOF" 781 votes; "AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF AIRPORT BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF A' TAX IN PAt~IENT. THEREOF" ~9~ votes; Majority "for-- ~HE ISSUANCE OF AIt{PORT BONDS AND THE LEVUING OF A