HomeMy WebLinkAboutA007 - Letter from Dorsey & Whitney dated November 26, 2013 November 26, 2013
Diane R. Voss
City Clerk/City Hall
P.O. Box 811
515 Clark Avenue
Ames, Iowa 50010-0811
Re: $19,000,000 General Obligation Bond Ballot Proposition
Our File No. 419370-53
Dear Diane:
In response to the request from Duane Pitcher and Steve Schainker, I have prepared and enclose
the following proceedings to be used at the City Council meeting on November 26 to set March 4, 2014
as the date for the election on issuing bonds for the proposed project with Iowa State University.
The proceedings enclosed include the following items:
✓1. Resolution setting the date for the election.
✓2. Certificate attesting the transcript.
v 3. County Auditor's Order Regarding Conduct of Election.
4. Certificate with respect to the publication of the Notice of Special Election by the
\�L County Auditor. After the County Auditor has arranged to have the Notice published, we would
appreciate it if you would help us complete our records by filling out this Certificate and obtaining an
affidavit of publication from the newspaper.
Section 47.6 of the Code of Iowa provides that a City shall by written notice inform the County
Commissioner of Elections of the proposed date of election no later than forty-six days before the date of
the proposed special election. Please submit a copy of the resolution to the County Auditor and request
that the Auditor sign the Order Regarding Conduct of Election that is part of these proceedings, in order
to ratify and confirm the details of the election as set out in the resolution.
Please return one fully executed copy of these proceedings as soon as they are available.
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Q,) 0 If you should have any questions,please contact me.
a� Very truly yours,
Robert E. Josten
cc by email: Duane Pitcher
Steve Schainker
Judy Parks
Ames 419370-53/Election Proc
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF STORY SS:
CITY OF AMES
1, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Ames do certify that the Notice of Special
Election, of which the printed slip attached to the publisher's affidavit hereto attached is a true
and complete copy, was published on the date and in the newspaper specified in such affidavit,
which newspaper has a general circulation in the City.
WITNESS MY HAND this day of , 2013.
City Clerk
(Attach here publisher's original affidavit with clipping of the notice of election as
published.)
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