1949
~
r~~
¡
/'0'-
""""'"
I ¡
¡
[]
,-'-
"("IV
.
J'.'" , ,.,.
Blair, Nebraska
, January 18, 1949
'"' . CPE1IIING ;
, ..
. ;
.J
The Mayor and Council of ,the City of :Blair, Washington County ø .Nebraska
met in regular session in the Council Chamber at 8 o'clock P. M. Mayor.
Scheffler presided. City Clerk L. W. Svendgaard recored the proceedings
of themeeting.' .
ROLL CALL
The Mayor instructed the Clerk to call the roll.. The Clerk called the
roll and the following Counòilmen were present: :J!!arnberg, Johnson, Kuhr, Pete1,"Sßn,
'R~ah'; .~Rounds and Vinton.' Councilman Sorensen was absent.
aRDER OF BUSINESS
Whereupon the Mayor announced that the introduction of Ordinances was
now in order.
Whereupon i t~as moved. by CouncUman "Ree\1 and se conded by. @,ounci linan
Vinton that the minutes of the proceeding of the Mayor and C~uncil in the
matter of :the passage, ~nd àpproval of Ordinance No. 631 preserved and
kept in a separate and distinct volume known as the Ordinance Record of the
City of Blair ø .Nebraska, and .that said separate and distinct volume be in-
corporated in and made a part of these proceedings the same as though sprea.
at larp;e herein." . .
The Mayor instructed the Clerk to . call- the roll. The Clark. called the
. 1
roll .and the following was the ,vote ,en this. motion: "
"
Yeas: Farnberg, Johnson~ Kuhr, Petersen, Reeh, Rounds and Vinton..
>~"Nays':.None:.f .-,'- " ;,. ,. 'r'"
Absent: Sorensen. " ,,' I "'" ~
Motion carriàd. ' . , . , "
ORDINAN CE NO. 631
Introduction of Ordinanca .No. 631 of the City of Blair"Nebraska, and
the matter now coming before. the Mayor and Council, was the passage and
approval of Ordi nà. nee 1110.,',631 of the City of 1iUair, Nebraska. This
ordinance was introduced by Councilman Reeh and is in words and figures as follows,
. ORDI:NANCß NO. 631
AN ORDINANCE.. Authorizing the' issuance of bonds of the City. of Blair,
Nebraska, in the principal sum of Twenty-eight Thousand Dollars, said bonds
being twenty-eight bonds, each of the denomination of One Thousand Dollars,
said bonds to be dated Fabru,ary I, 1949, to be numbered from one to twenty-
eight consecutively, to be known as "District Paving Bonds of Street
JImprovement Distriòts 1IIumbers 26, 27) 28 and 29. City of Blair; .Nebraska";
prescribñng the fo~, substance and terms of said. bonds; authorizing the
Ma'jror aJ;ld Clerk of said G:itytosign, èxe'cute and deliver said bonds; dir-
ecting the City Clerk to prep9:re and, file with the Auditor of the state of
Nebraska a certified copy of the acts and proceedings relative to the issurance
of said bonds and to oa~se said bonds to be properly registered.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THill' ~YOR AND COUNCIL OF TllI!; CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA:,
SECTION ,Ol'JE - That there be hereby authorized and it .is hereby di~ected that
the negotiable bonds of'said City of Blair, Nebraska, be issued in the p~inoipal
amount of 'œwanty~eight Thousand Dollars, said bonds to be of the denomination
of One Thousarid Dollars each, to be numbered from one to twenty-eight.
consecutively, ,and to be known and designated as .'lUstrict Pavi;p.g Bonds,
Street, Improvement Districts 1IIumbers 26, 27, 28 and 29, City of Blair, Nebråska";
said bonds to bà payable to bearer, to bear interest at the rate of two and
one-quarter per centum 'per annum, sa id interest :to be payable semi-annually
on,the first daýs of August and February in each year, uz:¡.til said bonds are
paidi said bonds to be dated FebrUary 1, 1949, and to become due and payable
February 1) 1959, but reserving the right to said City at its option to call
for paYD".e,Dt and pay not mora than three of said bonds on February 1 of any
year, all of said bonds to be callable and payable at the option of said City
on or after five years from their issuance date; interest payments"on' said
bondš,,'to be. represented by inte'restcoupons attached thereto and said bonds
arid interest coupons to be payable at the 'office of the County T'reasurer of
Washi:n!1;ton County; Nebraska. in Blair. Nebraska, said bonds to 'be signed on
behal{of said City by the Mayor and City Clerk thereof and the said City
Clerk to affix to each of said bonds the seal of said City.
771
,', ';, ..
, : 'SECTIÛIiiTWO - Sa,id bonds shall 'be in substantia.l1y the following form, to-wit:
" ",¡
,UNITED S'l'ATES OF AMERICA t STATE OF Nl5BBASKA,
WASijIlIIGTON COO NTY, CITY OF BlAIR.
, ,
", ' ¡'
" . c' ; 'j'"" \' (, < i .!'
!' "
No.
$l,OOO.OO
..,
. DISTRICT" PAVI:NG BOND
Qity of Blair, lIIebraska
Fabrua~ 1, 1949.
KNOW AL1'MÈN BY THESE PRESENTS: ' That the' City of Blair, Nebraska, t;t City of
thê'secdnd:"ölass~ in Washington'Coun'ty, State'!of 1IIeqraska, hereby,prom:i,ses
,~opà.y to ,bearer the sum' of One Thousand Dollars; in" lawful money of the
United States, together with interest'therèon, from the' fi'rst day of Febru~ry,
1949 until paid,. at the rate of two and one-quarter per centum p.)'r'li:i:1num,
payable semi-annually on the first day of August and the first day of February
in each year On presentation, and surrender of the interest coupons høreto
attached as they s/3verally become' due';, 'Both' 'pri:nc'ipal and interest on this
bond are payable at the office of the County Treasurer of Washington
, County ~ 1I!ebraska, itl 'Bla ir, Nebraska. "
, þ,i.., I ",
This bond is one of a series of'twenty;.,eight bonds each in the, principal,
sum öf Oftå Thbuf;,ånd: Dollarsi" I!!àid series' agþ;rege.ting the 'principal sum :of
Twenty":eight Tho1Ìsä::6.d Dollärs', 'du1y issued', by "virtue of> the acts' and proceed-
ings of the Mayor'a:fid Couné11of" theeaty of Blair,J heretofore ; had and done
pertaining thereto, for the purpose of paying the cost of improvement 'of
certain streets in said City by paving, curbing, guttering or grave ing the
same in Street Improvemeñt";D':i!strict,"1IIumbsî's;'26, 21, 28 ,and, 29 of said City.
TheCity\ of Blàir ,,'Nebraska, h$r-eby' reserVes: the right at ':irbs option to call,
for payment and to pay not more than three of this serieá of bonds on February
1,1950 and on February 1 of each year thereafter, said bond's if so paid to be
called and paid in the ir numerical order, commencing with Bond,' .N1.imber One of
sai,d serie s; the City of B.lair, Nebraska fU:rther reserves the right and option
to call for payment and pay all of this series of bonds five yåars from the
date hereof or at any time thereafter.
For the 'prompt payment of the pr5.ncipal and i:rrt:erest of this bond the full
'faith~'creð.it ana property' of the City 9f Bläir~ 1IIsbraska,is'hèz<eby
irrevocably pledged. It is hereby certified that aU of the acts, conditions
and things required to be dóne precedent to and in the issuance of this
series of bonds havé been done, have happened and have been performed in
re~Iar and 'due form and that all, of the provisions of the Statutës of the
State of ~ebraska and the Ordinances of said City applicable hereto have been
fully- complied' With. " " " , ",., ' ,"
:', ¡,
, "
In witness hwereÒf'the' City of Bia ir, Nebraska has cuased this bond to be
signed by its Mayor and attested by its It'ity C~lez<k under its Corporate Seal
and has caused thä'interes,t o()uþohshereto' attached to be executed ,by, the
facsimile sginatures of said officials this first day of February, 19~9.
" " , .. .., " ,;' " ..
:tð!i:;r.~b~.~~ '
Ilayor ~
,Atte.t :. L.' " ,.','"
a,'~~~"
C t~ lé't~ "_:-~'::'i'" ,'C7":',
(Sse¡l)
" , "i :
I
'(, '
: ,,", ,
¡ ,,',
,,',
"" i
, ,
The interest coupons attached to said bonds shall be in substantially the
folloWing form except that dates of payment shall be semi-annual from
February I, 1949,' and said coupons shall be numbered from one to twanty
I inöluSiv'ê, 'tó';'wit: ' l '
{,
-,,'"
", > ,-
,~"\
~
~
~-l
,
1 I
~
, i1
I I
-',
,r-~,
r¡
'I, J
r'-'"
'l
!
~
n
('--,
'rn
No..
B'lair. Nebraska. 111'ebruary 1,. 1949-'
¡
$1l~25
, ,
, .
On Ap.~ust I, 19 . the City of Blair, Nebraska, promises to pay to baarer
lÜeven Dollars Md Twe'nty-five cents at the office of.. the County Treasurer
of Washington County "Nebraska. at Blair, Nebraska, being the semi-:annual
interest:on'said date ,due' on Bond .Number' : i ! of' the~'District Pavins Bonds
Street ImprG>vement:Districts Numbers,26, 27, 28-and 29'.'Cityef BlaH,'
Nebraska." ,
:"W~\~k~~44f~,
(Seal)
SECTION THREE - Xhe City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed wh~n said
bonds are issued and executed as aforesaid, to ,forward the same to the Auditor
of the State of Nabraska for registration together with a certified' copy of
aU'the aots and proceedings of the Mayor and Council of said City pertaining
, r'
to the formation of and the work of improvement, in said Street' Improvement
Districts Numbers 26, 27.28 and 29 and also~pertaing to the issuanca of said
bonds and when said bonds have been registered by the said Auditor. to cuase
the same'to be re/!;istered in the office of the ,County Clerk of Washington
County, Nebraska, 'and therearter said Clerk isheraby authorized and directed
to OUSE;t said registered, bonds to be de,livered to Washington County Bank of
Ble:ir, Nebraska, the purchases thereof, upon their payment to the City
, Treasurer of the purch~se price therefor in full in accordance with their
contract to purchas;e said bonds heretfore intered into'. ;
SEOTION F,CUR - All special taxes. and assessments ,heretfore levied against"
the lots, parts of lots and parcels of ground within said se"1reral Street
improvement Districts shall constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the
bonds hElrein authorized, togethe~ with interest thereon.
SECTION FIVE - This Ordinance " shall take effecg and be in force from and
~fter its passage.. approval and publication as required by law.
Passed and approved this 18th day
of January.~,. -:"" "',,
~ J(f;J~
yor '
:::fØ!~~
(Seal) ,',c,.,
,'- "
'. ¡
FIRST READI~G
, I "
The Ma.yor instructed the Clørk to read by title Ordinance No. 631 of
the City of Blair. Nebraska. The Clerk thereupon read ~ aforesaid Ordinance
No. 631 by title upon its first reading.
Whereupon Councilman,Petersen moved that said Ordinance NO. 631 be
approved on its first reading and its title a,e;reed to. Councilman Yinton
seeoI1ded this motion. '" ,
Co-qncilman Vinton called for the question. The Mayor put the question
and instructed the Clerk to oall the roll for the vote thereon. The Clark
called the roll and the following was the vote on this motion.
, Yeas: Farnberg, Johnsòn, Kuhr, Petersen, Rash, Rounds and Vinton.
Ways:' :None.
Absent: Sorensen
'Motion carried.
,/""",
I:
n
I !
,"~'"
0
~"',
,776
Bì.lair, Nebraska
May 3 J 1949
OPENING
T,he Mayor and Côuncil of the City of ßJ,air, Washington County B Nebraska
met inr',egular session' in 'the Council Chamber 'at '8' 0' clock P.M. Mayor Scheffler
presidad. City Clerk L. W.,Svendgaardrecórdad tha proceedings of the meeting.
ROLL CALL
The Mayor instructed the (nerk to call the roll. The Q;1erk called the roll
and the follo1ïringCounóflman were present: ramberg, Johnson, 'Kuhr, Petersen,
Resh, Rounds, Sorensen and Vinton. '
ORDER OF BUSINESS
, I '
Whereuþon the Mayor announced that the introduction ó:f' Ordinarices was
now in order. ,
Whereupon it ilV'aS moved by Councilman Reeh apd seconded by Councilman
Vinton that the minutes of the procaeding of'the 'Mayor and Council in the
matter of the passa~e and approval of Ordinance No. 632~preserved and kept
in a separate and distinct volume known as the Ordinance Record of the City
of Blair. Nebraska. 'and that said separate and distinct volume be incorporated
in and made a part of these procaedingsthe s'ame as. though spread at large herein.
The ,Mayor instructad! the (¡lerk to call the roll. '!the Clerk called the
roll ,and the following was the vote on this motion:
Yeas: Farnberg, Johns;>n, Kuhr. Petersen, Reeh, Rounds, Soresen and Vinton.
Nays: None.
Absent: None. '
Motion carried.
ORDINANCB NO.
Introduction of Ordinance No. 632, of the City of ßlair, Nebraska, and the
matter now coming befora the Mayor and Council, was the passage and ,approval
of Grdinance No. 632 of the City of Blair, Nebraska. This Ordinance was
introduced by Councilman Kuhr and is in words and' figures as follows,
ORDINANCE NO. 632
'An Ordinance prescribing rules and regulations with reference to the
hauling of refuse. garbage, waste, rubbish and tree branches within the City
of Blair, Nebraska, and providing for the penalty for the violation thereof.
) ,
BE IT, ORDAINED BY:, THE MAYOR AND. COUNCIL OF. THE CITY' OF' BLAIR, NEBRASKA;
SECTION 1. It shall be unl~wful for any person, firm 'Or corporation to
transport re~use, garbage, wate and rubbish within the City of Blair, unless
said m~tter is transported in vehicles having closed bodies or invehiolòs
, with an adequate tarpaulin or cover SO that said m~tter will not spill from
said vehicles.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
haul large tree ,limbs or branches behind vehicles within the City of Blair.
, ,
SECTION 3. Any person Or parsons who shall violate, disobey, omit, neglect
or refuse tooomply with the foregoing regulations shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined in!a sum of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) or more than
Twenty-five Dollars ($25 .00) ~ . . .
SECTION 4. This Ordinance is to take efføctand be in force ,from and
after its passa~e, approval and pUblication, as required by law.
1949.
ATTEST:
r--,
[
~
n
\ I
/-'"
'.0
780
OPENING
The Mayor' and Council of the City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska
:mat in re¡¡;illar.sess,ion in the CouncE Chambår at 8:00 o'clock P.M. Mayor
Schl3f~ler presided. City Clerk L. W. Svendgaard recorded the proceedings
of the meeting. '
ROLLCj\.LL '
The Mayor instructed the Clerk to, call the roll. The Clerk called the
roll and th~. following C ounci1:man we're present: Johnson, Kuhr, Petersen, Raeh,
Rounds, Sorensen and Vinton. Councilman Farnberg was absent.
ORbER OF BUSINESS
V\'hereupon the ,Mayor announced that the' introduction of Ordinances was
nO'N in order.
Whereupon it was moved by C,ouncilman Reeh B,nd seconded by Councilman
Vinton that the minutes of the proceeding of the Mayor aI).d Council in the
matter of the passage and approval of Ordinance No. 633 be preserved and
kept in a separatee,nd distinct volume known as the Ordinance Record of the
City of Ilair, Nebraska, and that said separate and distinct volume be in-
corporated in and made a part of these proceedings the same as though spread
àt larp;e herein.' .
. The' Mayor instructed the Clerk t'o cal¡ the roll. The Clerk called the
roll and the following wás the vote on th is motion:
Yeas: Johnson, Kuhr, Petersen, Reeh, '¡(ounds,
Nays: None.
Absent: Famberg.
Motion carried.
"
Sorensen and
Vinton.
ORDINA.NCß NO. 633
Introduct ion of Ordinance No ." 633 of the City of Blair, Ne bràska, and
the matter now coming before the Mayor and CoÙDcil, was 'the passage and
approval of Ordinance No. 633 of the City of Blair, Nebraska. This Ordinance
was introduced by Councilman Vinton and is in words a.nd~igures as follows,
ORDINANCE NO. 633
AN ORDINA~CE. TO REGULATE. THE LCCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES
AND 'LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RßSIDENCE OR OTBßR PURPCSES; TOREGULl\.'rE THE
SrZEOF BUILD:I;NGS AND òrHER'STRUCTURES; TO ESTlI.BLISH,BUILDING LINES;
~STABLISmNG THE BOUNDARI~S OF DISTRICTS DEEMlim Bl!;ST SUITED TO CARRY OUT
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; REQUIRI1:JG THE ISSUANCE OF BUIlDING PERMITS
BEFORE THE ERECTION, CONSTRUC'!I ON, BE-C ONSTRUCTIO~ 9> ALTERATiDN, ENLARGlli~NT,
EXTENSION, RAZING OR MOVI NG OF ANY BU IWING OR STRUCTUR.J;j; PROV;WING FOR A
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINAHCßS IN
CONFLICT EEREWITH.
WHERE~S the City Council of Blair, Nebraska, deems it necessary in order
to' promote health and ¡r,enere.l welfe,re; to provide adequate light and air; to
avoid undue crowding of ;'population; to facilita.te the adequate provisions of
transportation, ,water, sewage, schoold and other pUblic requirements; to con-
serve, th$ value of property and encourage -the most appropriate use of land .1
throughout the City in accordance with a comprehensive plan;
NOW THJ:j;REFORE, BE IT ORDAlN.b.l) BY THl!; MAYOR AND COU1CIL OF Tlli CITY OF
BLAr R, NEBRASKA:
SECTIONl. DISTRICTS. For the purposes of this Ordinance the City of Blair,
Nebraska, is hereby divided into four classes of district-s as follows:
Residence ttA» District;
Residence' tlB" Dist riot;
"C.. Comerc ia1 Dis trict;
liD.. Industrial District.
The boundaries of the various districts within said City are hereby established
as shown an the' official zoning, map of the City of Blair which map with
all its desi~nations is hereby declared to be a part of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. DISTRICT BOUNDARIßS. The boUndaries of the various districts
astabl~shed by this Ordinance are strast lines, alley lines, p:r;operty lines,
lot lines or qt)1E1r lines shovm on the official zoning map. Where boUIidaries
are e.pproximatély indicated as property or lot lines, the true locations of
such lines shall be taken as the boundary lines.
'¡81
$ECTION 3. "A 'I RESIDENOE; DISTRICTS.
A. USE REGULATIONS. A build:lng or premises may be used only for:
(1): One.and two family dwellings, apartment h,ouses and rooming houses;
(2 )Chur'ches; , '
(3) Schools; .
(4) Libraries, pari,ks, playgrounds, fire station buildings aI1;d community
buildings, when such community buildings 'are owned and controlled by
, this City or. by, the County or State; ,or subdivisions thereof;
(5) ,Farming and truck gardeni:pg e;¡c~epting sorghums and field, corn, and
keeping of poultry but not livestock; ,
(6) Hospitals or institutions of an educational or philanthropical nature;
(7) Accéssory 1:?uild fugs including one private garaga per dwelling when
located not less than sixty feet from the front line of the dwelling lot
and covering not more than ona-third of the rear yeard ,area, or within or
attaÿhed to the dwelling, in which instance the location thereof shall be
subject to 'general ,set-back regula-tions hereinafter set forth;
(8) Uses customarily incident to any of the above, uses when located on the
sama lot, and not involving the conduct of a business on the premises, and the
offica of a physician, real estate dealer, surgeon. dentist, mUsician,
beauty operator or artist. when situated in the dwelling; Provided, no name
plate shall exceed ana square foot in area; no signs exceeding eight sqaure
feet in area. appertaining to t he lease. hire or sàle of a building or
premises', nor advertising sign of, any other character shall be permitted in
any "A" Residence Dist ri ct. "
(9) The use of auto trailers as p3rmanent livin~ quarters will not be per-
mitted' within said. di st~;ct.
B. HEIGHT REGULATIONS. No family dwellings shall hareafter be erected or altered
. structurally in sa id district to exceed thirty-five feet in height or two and one-
half storie s .
Oi. AREA RI1GULATIONS.
(1) SETBACK LINES. There shall be a såt back line for all buildings of not
less than twenty-five feet from the curb line. of the street on which the
building fronts provided ;thàt where forty percent or more of the lots in
the same block on. the sarì1.est11êet contain buildings. the majority of which
have an avera~e. setbaék line/with a variance of not mora than six feet, no
building hereãfte r erected or structurally alterl3d shall project beyond the
average setback line so establis~ed and provided ftt.rther that this
regulation shall not be so interpreted as to require a setback Hne of more
than, fifty feet. On, corner lots the front line of the building shall
comply V\rl th the .setback. re~gulations for the street upon which" tJ;¡,e front of
the buildin~ faces. Corner lot buildings shall be set back to conform to
not less' than one-half of the set-back requirements on side strG~ts except
where there are no buildings fronting on the. side street, side yard requirements
only as hereinafter set forth. shall apply. Aöcessory buildings on corner lots
re~ardless of which way ,said buildings face. shall be set back to conform to
'the full 'front' setback required on both streets 'except that where there are no
buildin~s fronting on the, side street the side yard requirements only shall
apply on that side. .
(2) SIDE YARD. There shall be a ~ide yard on e,ach side of ea,ch principal
building' of not Jess tha;n fi va feet in -width. . , '
(3) REA.R YARD. There shall be a re~r yara of not l~ss than brenty-five feet
for an interior lot and ~venty feet for a corner lot. .
(4) DENSITY OF POPULATION. No family dwelling shall hereafter be erected or
altared 'structurally to provide for a lot area of less than forty-eight
hundred square feat. ~ .
(5) BUILDING AREÀ. No buildings shall be so constructed or structurally
altered as to have a floor area exclusive of unenclosed porches, basements
and garages of less than six hundred sque;'J1e feèt. '
I
8E.CTION 4. "B" ',.RESIDENCE DISTij,ICTS. The use rGg~lations fôr the I'B" Residenoe
"';j".J>;i,~t,riots af-e the' same as those for the "All' Residenoe' Districts with the exception
. that' all types of agricu~ture and t,hekeeping of 13.'11 types of livestock are per-
',tni!tted in "13" Districts. The regurations contained in SECTIΠ3 as to "A"
Re'sidance Di;3tricts concerning height, setback, side yard. rear yard, density á'
population and area requirements shall apply alsO to "BII Residenoe Districts.
, . .
SEOT!ON 5. ltc"~ COMMERCIAL DISTRIOTS.
A. USE REGULATIONS. A building' or 'premises in said Districts may be used for
any purposes except the following: )
--,
1
n
f
~"
'n
I
,
r",
'(8Z
Blaoksmith or horse shoe ing works ¡' b~tt linK works; building material
stora~e yard; carting: ~ express~ hauìing or, storage yard;, coal ~ coke or
wood yard¡ contrß otars plant, or stòrage yard; cooperage works, livery'
stable,or ridin~ academy; dfsmantling'orwrecking òf åutomobiles or
machineryrmachfrie, shop;pouitry killing, dressing o,r storage; manu-
facturing, 0 reams ry; stone monument works; storage warehouse¡ tinsmith shop;
wholesalè warehouse or business or any UBr.¡t' nòt p3.rmittad in liD" Industrial
Districts.' ,'p ,
B. HßIGHT RlliGULATIONS. No bui¡ding shall hereafter be erected or structurally
altered to exceed si:x:ty feet or five stories.
,...,.[..."",:."C.'AR~ REGULATI.ONS. ;Buildings in Ite"
, I any area regulations.
i I
SECTION 6.. tlDtt INDUSTRIAL, DISTRICTS.
I
"..-...
,
n
r>"
rl
,~"
districts shall not be required to observe
A. USE REGULATIONS.' The buil~ing or premises in said
for, any purpos,es except -bhe following:
(1) Natural or artificial gas minufåcture or storage;
(2) Acidmanufaoture;
(3) Arsenal; "
(4) è}êl1uioisl nnanufacture ;\
(5) Crematory; i
(6) Creosote treatment or manufacture;
(7) Disinfectants manufacture;
(8.) Fireworks or explosive manufacture or storage thereof;
(9) GunpOtN'der manufactura or storåge;.
(10) Inoineration or reduction o~ garba~e; or of,dead animals or òffal~ or refuse;
(n) Re,finer::i:es of rßtroleum or petroleum prQd'.lcts;
(12) Rubber or gutta percha manufacture or treatment;
(13) Sme Iters ;
(14) Stock yards: ,
(IS) Or, simi'iar establishments Of such nature that 'the emission of odors, gas~
dust, smoke' ()r noise thare1'rom. shall or me,yconstitute a menace or dane;ar to
the public health" safety or. w,elfare.
B. HEIGH1' R&:GULATIONS. No bl:\ilding sha-ll
aHara? insa:td, d istri at to exceed, sixty
Districts may be used
hereafter be erected or structurallý
f,eet in h~ ight. '
,
C. AREA REGULATI eNS. Buildings in II D" JJistricts shall not be required, to observe
any araa ;reg~lations. '
SECTION 7. BOARD, OF ADJUSl'iI~NT. The City C'ouncil shall act as a Board .of
'Adjustment for the' enforcement and interpretation of this Ordinance. The
genèral powers of the Board are those contained in Sections' 19-907 to 19-912
inclusive, Revised Statutes of Nebraska fó:r: 1943~ and those Statutês together
with any 'amendments .thereto are made a part hereof by specific reference,
appeals from deci sions of the Board 'of Adjestment, to be had as provided by
Se,ction ,19-912 of sa id Statutes.
SECTION 8. BUILDING'PJ!.:RMITS.
A. It shail be unlawful to commence or to proceed with'the erection, con-
struction ~ re-construction, convarsion~ alteration, enlargement or extension
' . ' I ,
of the exterior of any building or any part thereof when the cost of said
'IJI'ork is Over $500.00 or to move or raze any building or structure without
fil'st hav:tnp:,applied inwriting"to the City Clerk for a building permit to
do so~ (
B. Application for a buildingp3rmit shall be in writing and shall be de-
livered to the Cit~r Clerk who shall rafer such applice.tions to the City I..:ouncil
for rajection or euthori zat ion for issuance of a' permit. Such applications
shall be accompanied by specifications showing the size of the proposed
buildinr., or structure and its location on the lot ~ in the case of naw construct-
ion, and in a-11 cases the proposed construction materie 113 and details and type'
of construction to be used.
C. ~lank fòrms shall be provided sáid City Clerk for the use of those applying
for' parmits as provi<ied for in this Ordinance. Any permits authorized by the
City Council shall be issua-d by the, City Clerk and shall be on stand~rd forms
~or such' purposes and fu,rnished by the City..
'D.. A c,areful record of all such appJ,ications. plans and permits shall be kept
in the office' of the City Cle rk.
E. The fees to be. charged for but Iding permits from and after the passE\p:,e of
this ordinance shall be as follows:
'(83 '
(1) For w9,rk costing over $500 but not over $1000 - $ ,.50
(2) Forw~rk costing ,over '$1000 but not over $2500 - 1.00
'(3) For work costing over $2500 but not over $5000 - 2.00
(4) For wôrk costing over $5000 but: not over $10000 - 3.00
(5) For work costin~ over $10000 but not over $15000 - 5.,00
(6) Forwork;::costingi overy$15000, but not over $~5000 - 7.00
(7) For 1¡\~rk cost ing over $25000 bu'!; not over $50000 - 9.00
(8) For work cost ing over #50000 12.00
F. Any buildtng permit under which noconstruotion work has been commenced
within six' months after the date of issue of said permit or under which the
proposed construction has not been completed within -cv.ro years of the date
of issue, ,shall expire by limit~tioni.and no ~!orkor operation sh.!ll,take
place under such permit after such expiration. Upon payment of te~ cents
per month on each one thousand dollars of the construction cost on "Thiah
the ori,ginal permit was is~ued, but not. less thap one dollar permonth in
any case. a building :r;:e M¡1.it 'may be extended -for a period not exceeding
six months by theC:i.ty Glerk.
---.,
1/;,'.
tt
SECTION 9. ANNEXATIO:N OF ADDITIONAL TERRITORY. ,
1fJhen any terrotory is hereafter amiexed to this city bY ¡1la.t'r:EJ':itt'ension
,'i'NgiHN[::Jof"tha èitylimits, Or otherwise, suc~ terrmtory shall automatically, when
V,?'),"annexed, become a Residence "At! Dis.tr~ct and be governed 'br, ,regulations
' ,,;",ancL restrictions relative to such district; unless a request is made at tha
. " .
'time of or previous to the time of annexation requesting that such property
become anothár type or class of district, in wh'ich event the Board of
Adjustment shall'determine the clássification of such property annexed.
These provisions shall fUlly apply to platting or re-platting of existing
tracts, which ~re now within the corporate limit s, but which are as yet
unplatted or which may, be ra-platted.
SECTION 10. SUPPLEMENT TO FIM LIMITS OitDINANCE. 'This Ordinance is
supplementary to, Chapte'r 10; Volume ;¡. of the Munici,pal Code of the' City of
Blair, setting certain fire limits within 'bhe City of Blair and providing
. for build inp;permits therein.
" ,
L.
.',
SECTION 11.. Ea.-ch section and subdiv,ision of e. section of this Ordinance is
hereby declared to be independant of every other section, of subdivision of
a section so far as inducement for the passage of this Ordinance is concerned;
and the ;..nvalidity of any section or subdivision of s. section of.' this.
ordinance sha,ll not invalidate any other section or subdivision ora section
thereof. '
r¡
, .
SECT'IÒN12. .Any Pe rson, firm or corporat ion who shall violate any, of the
prov,isions of this Ordinance shall for each and every violation be fined in
a,ny sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars and shall stand committed to the
. city jail until such fine Bnd costs of prosecution are 'paid.
SECTION 13. All, Ordinances or part¡s thereof in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed. This Ordinance shall be published as by law provided, and' shall
take effect .and be in force from and) after its passage and publication.
Dated June 7,1949
Approved:
1)~4ftlfßk ~
Orval Scheffler ayor
'----
FIRST IŒADING
n'
l'he Mhyor .instructed the Clerk to read by title Ordinance No. 633 of
the City of Blair, Nebraska. The C lark thereupon read ~afol'esaid Ordinance
No. 633 by title upon its first reading.
Vi'hareupon Councilman Kuhr moved that said Ordinance No. 633 be approved
an its first reading and its title agree~ to. Councilman Rash seconded this
motion. '
Councilman Kuhr' caUed for the question. ,The Mayor put the question
and instructed the Clerk to call the roll for the vote thereon. The Clerk
cellsdthe roll and the following wásthe vote on this motion.
'\
"n
~ I
~
r~1
'_J
. ,
n
,=
.u;.a.a1r. .N.þt~'
June 21 t 1949
781
OPENING
The Mayor arid Oounoil of the Oity of Blair, Washington ¡jounty, Nebraska
met in regular session irt the Council Chamber at 8:00 o'clock P.M. Mayor
Schafflor presided.. City Clerk L. W. Svendgaard recorded the proceedings
of the meétinf!;.
ROLL CALL
. The Mayor instructed the Clerk to ,call the rolL. The Clerk O9.11ad the
roll and the following Councilmenwara presErnt:Johnson, Petersen"Reeh,
Rounds. Sorensen and Vinton', Councilman Farnberg absent and Councilman Kuhr
reported a,fterroll call. .
ORDBR OF BUSINESS
Whereupon the Mayor announced that the introduction of Ordinances was
now in order.
, Whereupon it was moved~Counoilman Rounds and saoondedby Councilman
Vinton that the minutes. of the proceedings of the Mayor and Council in the
matter of the passage and approval of Ordinå.nce No. 634 be preserved and!
kept in a separate and distinct volume known as the Ordinánce Record of the
City of Blair, Nebraska, and that said separate and distinct volume' be
incorporatedîn and made a part of these proceedings the same as though
spread at large her{:j~. '
The Mayor instructed the Clerk to call the roll. The Clerk called
t1:e roll and th,e following was the vote on this motion:
Yeas: Jo!mson. Petersen, Reeh, Rounds, Sorensen'and Vinton.
Nays: None.
Absent: Farnbar~ and Kuhr..
'Motion carried.
~
, "
ORDINANCE NO. 634
Introduction of Ordinance No. 634 of the City of Blair, Nebraska, and
the matter now coming before the Mayor and Council, wa.s the passage and'
approval of Ordinance No. 634 of the City of Blair, Nebraska. This Ordinance
\\r&S introduced by 'Councilman Rounds and is in words and figures as follows,
ORDINANCE NO. 634
AN ORD!NANCE AUTHORIZING Till ISSUANCE ,AND SALE 'OF ElECTRIC SYSTJ:;M .Rl!;VßNUE
BONDS OF THE .CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA. OF THß PRINCIPAL .AMOUNT OF' ONE HUNDRED
FIFrY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) FOR THBJ PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING 1 EXTillNDING.
ENLARGING AND IMPROVING TBE EU:CTRIC LIGH'£ AND POWER PLANT. DIS'fRIBUTION
SYSTEM AND TRANSMIS,SION LINESOTllNED BY THE CITY' OF BLAIR: PRH:SC1UBING THlli FORM
OF SAID BONDS AND PLÉDGING AND HYPOTHillCATING THE RBVEI'IDE AND ßAmHNGS OF THe;
ENTIRE ELECTRIC, LIGHT AND POWßR ~UNTiDISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION
LINES AND ALL EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVillMill.NTS Tlfu;RiiOF, NOW OWNED OR TO BE OWNED BY
THE: CITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SA ID BONDS AND ENTERING INTO A CON1'RACT ON BBHALF
OF THill CITY WITH TEE HOLDßRS OF SAID BONDS AND ESTABLISHING CßRTAIN FUNDS AND
REGULATING THE ACCOUNTING FOR AND APPLICA1'ION OF THE GROSS EARNINGS OF TEE
CITY'S SAID ELECTRI C LIGHT AND pO1.rr~R PLAN1'. DISTRIBUTION SYSTl!J.M .AND TRANS'"
~ITS'S ION LINES. ' ,
BE ,IT ORDAINED BY Tl:!ill MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF TBE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA:
If'"
Section 1. Tha Mayor and Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska. hereby
find and determine: The City owns. maintains and operates its electric light
and power plant. distribution system'and transmission line~; to adequately
serve the 'city and its inhabitants it is, necessary that said electri,o light m d
power plant ~nd system be maintained. extended, enlarged and improved; plans,
specHicat,ionsand an estimate. of the cost thereof have been made by the
engineer appointad by the Çity and have been approved by the Qouncil; the cost
of such maintenanoe, extension. enlargement and Lmprovement of said property
is in axc~ss òf$150,OOO; all conditions. acts and ,things required by law to
exist or to be done ,precedent to and in the issuance of revenue bonds do exist
anci have been done indue form. e.nd' time as provided by law,.
.,.,
-ft5t5
Section 2. For the purpose of maintaining, extending, enlarging and
impr9ving the electric light and power plant'and distribution system and
transmission lines owned by the City 'of ~lair there shall be and there are.
hereby ordered issued negotiable coupon bonds of the City of Blair, Nebraska,
to be known as "Electric System Revenue, Bonds" of the aggregate principal
amount of One Hundred Fifty' Thousand Doll&rs ($150,000) consiSting of 150
bonds of $1000 each, numbered from 1 to 150 inclusive, d~ted Julyl, 1949,
bearing interest attha rate of two and one quarter per centum (2~%) par
annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of January and July of eaøh
year and the principal of said bonds shall become absolutely due and payable
as follows:
\
Seroial Number Amount Date
-"
Nos. 1 to 15 $15;000.00 July 1; 1950 1
16 to 30 15,000.00 July 1, 1951
31 to 45 l5,OOO~00 July 1,1952
46 to 60 15,000.00' July 1, 1953
61 to 75 15,000.00 July 1, 1954
76 to 90 15,000.00 July 1, 1955
91 to 105 ,15,000.00 July 1,1956
106 to 120 15,000.00 July 1,1957
l21 to 135 15,000.00 July 1, 1958
136 to 150 " 15,000.00 July 1,1959
,I
]!!rovided, however, the City reserves the right to redeem any or all of
said bonds in the inverse order of their serial numbers at any ti1'J1ß on or
after five years from ,the date of issuance' thereof.
Said Bonds are' ,not general obligations of the City but shall be payable
solely from the revenue and earnings of said property as provided in this
ordinance.
Section 3.' 8.aid bonds shall be executed on behalf of ,the City by
baing signed by the Mayor and City Clerk and shall have the City seal
impressed on each bond. The interest coupons shall be executed on behalf
of tl1e City by being signed by the Ma.yor and Clerk either by affixing
their own proper signatures to each coupon, or by causing their facsimile
signatures to be affixed thereto, and by executing a bond the Mayor and
Clerk shall be deemed to have adopt~d as and for their own proper
signatures their facsimile signatures affixed to the coupons pertaining to
sa id honds.
n
Seotion 4. For the pàyment of said bonds, both principal and in't;e'rest,
the City hereby pledges and hypothecates all the revenue and earnings of
said electr~c litr,ht and' pO1J\Ter plant, distribution system and transmission
lines now ~mad by the City; or hereafter acquired ,and owned by the City, ~
all the 'property, re~l and personal, o~med by the City and úsad in connection
therewith. .
Section 5.
follO1,nring form:
Said bonds andcoùpons shall be in substantially the
UNITED STATES OF AMi!JRICA
STATE OF NEBRÞ.SKA
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
ELECTRIC SYSTEM REV.!!;NUE BOND OF TIlli: CITY OF' BLAIR
NO. .
$1,000.00
.
\
,
KNOW ALL MEN BY TEES,!!; PRESÆNTS: That the City of Blair in the County
of ~~shington in the State of Nebraska for value raceived hereby promises
to pay to the bearer hereof Qut of the special fund hereinbelow designated,
but not otherwise, the sum of -one Thousand Dollars in lawful money of the
United States of 'America' on the first day of July, 1950 or at any earlier
date on which this bond has been called for redemption with interest thareon
fromthedate hereof, until maturity at the, rate of two and one 'quarter per
ce1'1tum (2~) per annum, 'payable sami-annually on the first day of January
and July of each year on presentation and surrender of ' the annexed interest
coupons as 'they severally become due. ,The principal and interest of this
bond is payable at the officeo.r' the County Treasurer of Washington County
in Blair, Nebraska.
:l
(INSERT IN BONDS 76 to 150 inclusi1re: "Provided,
however, this bond is redeamable at the option
of the City at any time on or after five ye~rs from
the date ,of issuance thereof but bonds ce.llad for
payment prior to their maturity sha11 be callad in
the invarse order of \their serial' numbers, the bond
or bonds bearing a higher serial number being redeemed
before th,e redemption of e.ny bond or bonds bearing a
lower serial number.")
-'\
r->
T"'"l
I \
r¡
_J
(ç< ,
rc'~ì
I I
/""',
789
This bond is one o'f a sedes of 160 bonds of $1,000 each, bearing
'serial numbers 1 to 150 'both. inclUsive, of evên date and like tenor here-
, with except as to date of ntaturity, issued by the City of Blair for the'
" purpose of maintainin?;. extending, enlarging and improving its electric
and power plant and distribution system and transmis sion lines. The issuance
of this bond and thà other bonds of said series have been lawfully authorized
by an ordinance duly passed; signed and published by the Mayor ânQ. Council
of said' City in strièt' complianoewith Sections 18-412 and '70...603 of the
Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943. '
The revenue and earñing$derived and to be darived from the operation
of the said plant and prop;:¡rty and all extensions and enlargements thereof,
owned or to be owned by the Oity, are pl,edged for the payment of the bonds
of this series equally and ratably and said bonds are a, first lien on all of
said revenue'and earnings and are payable, solely therefrom and are not
general obligations of the City- The ordinance under which these bonds are
issued constitutes an irrevocable contract between t he Oft;)' and the holders
of all of said bonds and said contract canriot be changed without the written
comwentof the; holde'rs of seventy-five per dentum (75%) in principal amount
of the bonds then outstanding; provided, however. the City reserves' the
right to issue and sell additional bonds payable selaly from the 'net revanues
of said property of equal priority as to lien on the earnings of said
property with the bonds issued under this ordinance for the purpose of
purchasing additional equipment necessary for the operation of said plant
and sy.stem upon the conditions set out in saidordina.noe and the City reserves
the right to refund any or all of the bonds of this issue which are due'
by their terms or 'p!!J.yable under an option, Put only on the conditions set
out in s aid ordinance. '
The Oity agrees that it will establish and collect 'rates e,ndcharges
for electric energy and power which will provide revanue sufficient in
amount to pay all the costs of maintaining and operating said property and to
pay the principel and 'interest of this bond and of all the other bonds of
said series as and when such interest and principal becoroa due and will
establish and ma~ntain, the Bond Account as provided in said ordinance e
, This bond is a negotiable ins~rumant and a holder hereof has all the
d~hts ofa holder in due course of ,a negotiable instrument pa~ble to
bearer.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFI1W AND WARRANTED that all conditions, acts and
things required by law to exist or to be done precedent to and in the
issuance of this bond did happen, were done and performed in regular and
due form and time as provided by law.
IN WITNESS ~lliEREOF, the Mayor and Council have caused this bònd to
be executed on beþalf of the City of Blair by be'ing signed by the Mayor and
,attested'by tha Clerk and by causing the official seal of the City to be
affixed hereto and have caused the. interest coupons .hereto attached to be
executed on behalf of the City by having affixed thereto the f~csimile
signatures of, its Mayor and Clerk and the Mayor and Clerk do by the
execution of this þond adopt as and for their own proper signatures their
respective facsimile signatures affixad to, said coupons.
DATED this first day of July, 1949.
AXS;rkM~
" C " Clerk
~~~ y rfh1 W,te.i-
(seal)
, (FORM OF COUPON)
No.
$
~ ,
On the first 'day of' January (July) ,19 (unless tht3 bond mcantioned
here1.n~h9.s been called for prior red,'?mption and paid or money for the
pa:nnønt off;,118sam3 provided). the City of Blair, Nebraska, will pay to
bearer . DOLLAP"S,at the officaof the
County, Treasurer of Washington CotUityat BHdr, Nebraska, but only ou'b of
funds specified inaaid bond for interest due on that date on its !lectric
System Revenue Bond, dated July 1, 1949, No. ./
, Mãyor
{"fbr ¡:lAr"Þ:
790
S'ection 6. As long as a.ny of the bonds authorized by this ordinance are
olltstanding and 'unpaid, the City agreøstM,t it will establish and maintain
a separa.te and special fund to be kriown as ttElectrlc Power Plant FUì1d" into
which there shall be paid all the gross revenùes of ,said electric light
and pòwer plant and distribution sye.tem and transmission lines and all additions
and improvements'and extensions, thereof owned or to be owned by the City and
no other money of -the City shill 1 be mingled thEu'ewith and no ,money' in såid
Fund shall be expanded otherWise than as authorized by this ordinance. All
the money in said Fwid shall be deposited in a bank orbanks designated by
the City Council and be secured as proveded by lawf~r public funds and the
ba.nk acòountsshall be properly ee.rmarJœd and identified ad .such FUl1d. For
the ad,minist rat ion , of said Fund the City shall esta.blish, and maintain the
following accounts:
.......
I
I. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT - Out of said Fund theN shall
be set aside Ð.S ail Operation ,and Maintenance Account such amounts as the
Board of' Public. Works and Council shall from time to time determine to
be necessary for the pro'per operation and ordinary maintenance of said
property. The money in this AccoQnt shall be used solely for the efficient
an.d economical operat-ion and maintenance 01.' said property.
:l
II. BOND ACCOUNT.. After. making provision for the Operation and
Maintenance Aocount there shall be set aside, and paid from said Fund into the
Bond Account such amounts from time to time as shall be sufficient to pay the
principal of and the interest accruing on the .bonds author:i,zed by this
ordinance promptly as and when' such interest and principal become due.
Beginning on the date the bonds bear there shall be paid inta the 1:!on4
Acoount mantJ:lly on the first day of each month an amount equal to one sixth
of the interest which will become due on all the bonds then outstanding on
the.ne~t interest payment date plus ,One twelfth of the principal of all of
the bonds which win become due within thé next ensuing tvieh-e months. ,
At least ten days before any principal' or interest becom<J.s ,il'" '1.r,e City
shall deposit 'with the County Treasurer of Washington County an amount
suf.fioient to pay the principal and in.t;erest .on the bonds which will become due
on saidpáj~~ntdate. The money in the Bond Account shall be used only to
pe,y the principal and interest of' the bonds.
"',
Ìn ò .BOND RESßRVE' ACe ocr.NT .. After providing for the Operation and "-'..,
Maintenanoe Aoc'Ount ,and the BQnd Account the Goun.cil may create a Bond
Reserve Account and credit to and pay in:to.. the ssme from said Fund an
amount equal to the aggregate of the highes~amount of interesta~d
principal which will bacome due an all the outstanding bonds dur:i.ng ¡:).ny one
year. After said Bond Reserve Acco'\lnt has been created and while it is
maintained at said amount and the>City has met all currant operating
expenses and has mainta1nedthe Operation and Maintenance Account and the
Bond Account a,s provided in this ordinance, the City shall have the right
to use five per centum (5%) of: the gross earni~gs of said property as a
payment 'in lieu of taxes ~ . ..
ïl
1__,1
IV. SURPLUS ACCOUNT - All the net earnings of the Plant and prcpsrty
remâining after ,making the, payments abov-e required into the three Accounts
above named shall be placed in the Surplus Account and moneys in this
Account may be used only to retire bonds priù¡' to. their maturity. Moneys
inthis Account shall be transferred to any of the other three Accounts above
named. to make, up deficiencies 'therein.
A ..:separate bankaccoUD,t shall be maintained fOl' each of said Aocounts,
properly designated and identified, and nO other funds of the City shall be
mingled therewith.
-\
¡
The gross income and revanue of said property shall be construed to
include all the revenue derived and to be d~rived by the City from the
operation of its electric light and power plant, distribution system and trans-
mission lines and all property constituting the same å.nd the net income and
revenue shall be c<mstrued to include all revenue income remaining after
paying the expense of' operation and ordinary maintenance of said property
and the bonds issued under this ordinance are a first lien on the net
revenues and earnings.
~
,I I
Section 1., Electric current from said plant and system, used by tlw
City in lighting thef?treets or for pumping water or. for any other purpose,
shall, \IIThile any of' said bonds are outstand1,ng., be paB for by the City at
thausual and regular rates therefor charged to other consumers. PaJ~nt
for such current and service shall be made monthly from the corporúte funds
of the City into the 'c'lectric Power Plant Fund in the same manner as other
revenues are required to, be depositsp,. The City will not permit the furnishing
or supplyinp; of electric energy or any other commodity, service or facility
free of chhrge to any parson. firm or corporation, public or private, so long
as ~ny of the bonds are outstanding and unpaid.
~\
n
I
~
:¡¡:~
f
n
,,'~<
I '¡j J.
Section-e. The City will establish, maintain and collect rfttes and
charges for electric øurrent, Fower ~nd service which shall be reasonable
and shall be,adequáte at all times to wroduce revenue and aarnings sufficient
to pay the èos't of o¡;eratingand maintaining said property inolu<iing .
insurance thereon and to pay for necessary and reasonable repairs and re-
placements'to said plant and to pay promptly the inter~st and principal of
the bonds issued hereunder when such 'interest and principal become due and
to establish, maintain and provide the other accounts as provided in this
ordinance. '
. .
Section 9 The City will not mortgage, pledge or othenrise encumber
said system and the p~op6rty .constituting the sams or'any part thereof
and it will not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of ány of the plant system
or propert3'. nor will it. consent t.o or permit thecl'eation of any charge or
lien of any kind on the revenues of said system having priority over the
lien of the bonds heraby authorized; provided, however,' the L:ity may sell .
and convey any real or personal property which is not needed for the operation
'of said electriòàl system and for the service of the City and its inhabitants
and may sell any property outside the City limits; but in every such ûò;!,se the
proceeds of the property shall be ¡::a~d into tt10 "'Bond Account" and used only
to pay the principal of outstanding Bonds' which shall be cal1~d for redemption
prior to the ir maturity. . Provided. further, that said pröperty sh9-11 not bl.:l
sold" unless a competent engineer employed by the City andsatisfact;ox-y to'
Kirkpatrick Pettis Company shall certify' that the sale price to be received
by the City is the fair market value of said prop3rty and that the earning '"
capacity of the other property retained by the City will not be impaired by
suéh ,-sale. . .
Section 10. The City will maintain insurance on said prop'ðrty for the
benefit of' tho ñolders of the bonds of the 'kinds and in the amounts which
would usually be carried by private companies engap:.ed in a simil8,'r type of business
including loss and damage by fire . lightning. wind and other risks included
in the all~co'ITerage poildcy and also against publ,ic liability and workmen's
compensation. All premiums or other charges in connection therewith shall be
paid as a par-!:; of the cost of opex-ation. Thè proceeds of any such insurance
l'eceived by the City by reason cf damage to OJ:' destruction of the property
shall be used to replace and restore that part"of the propart;y so damaged
or destroyed or if not so used 'sha~l be used to retire bonds prior to their
maturity" D,uring the p",riod ot emergency caused by any such loss or'damage
the City shall have the right to. make reasonable expenditures out of the
Electric Power flant Fund provided that the Bond Account is maintained as
he re in provided.
~ection 11. The City Treasurer and the City Cl~rk shall be bonded. in
adcJ.ition t.o their official bonds, Þy aI'. insurance company licel1sad to do
business in Nebraska in amounts sufficient to cover at all times all the
revenues and earnings of said electric plant and system placed in their hands"
A~y other person employed by the City in the collection or handling of moneys
derived from the operation of said property shall also be bonded in an
amour.ì,t sufficient to cover all, moneys which ,may at any time 'be placed in his
hands. 1he amount of such bonds shall be fixed by the Council..and the cost
thareof shall be páid from the earnings of said alectric plant. and they shall
secure the faithful accounting for all moneys.
Section 12. The City will cause all of said property and all additions
and bette,rments thereto and extensions thereof to be !J1aintai:t:).ed in good repair,
. workinl;ordoJ"'. s.n.d condition .and~ril1 froM time to time make all necessary
repairs.. replacements, renewals,: extensions, .9:ndbetterment~ and will operate.
.thepr()pert~r in' án efficient manner and at reasonable co'at"
Section 13. The City will Reep proper books, records and accolmts
separate from all other records and accounts in which complete and correct
entries will be made of !':I.ll transactions re lating to the said electric light
and power plant and distribution system and other property l~reinabove referred
to. ~H.id books of account shall be kept in accordance with the laws of the State
ocf Nebraska--~~-acCOrdance with the ~ Uniform System of Aocounts ~r, a system
presoribàd by the Federal pavrer .Commission or other federal authority having
jurisdiction òver public utilities opex-ating electric. light and power
properi;ies. On or before the 10th day of each month for twelve suocessiv~
months, after the date .01' the bònds and thereafter quarter-yoarly. ,the City
'will furrlish to Ki:t'kpe.trick Pettis Gottlpany. Omaha, Nebraska, a summary of the
receipts and disburaementsr:.;and cash balances of said 'property for the
preceding calendar month or quartter year and within sixty(SO) days after
the end of the fiscal year 1950 and of each year thereafter will furnish to
said Company a complete financial statement in reaGcnable detail prepared by
a certified public' accountant covering the operation of said property for
suchfisoal year ~ A copy of sa id yearly financial statemen:t and audit shall be
, filed with the City Clerk and shall be a public document. open to inspection.
/
T;J G
S~ction 14. ~he holder or holders of ten per centum or more ,of said
bonds or 'of the coupons l~presenting interest thereon may either at law
or in eq,uity by appropriate proceedings in any court of oompe"bent jurisdiction
enforce any right creatèd argranted by this ordinance or by the bonds issued
hereund.er, and if ~the court' finds that the appointment of a receiver is
necessary to protect the rights of the bondholdersþ the, court may appoint
such a receiver to take over and operate the property and ~ay fix the terms
and conditions on l'1Thich the name shall be operated until the default is made
p:ood..
Section 15.. The City reserves th'3 power to refund any or all of said
bonds which are due by their terms or payable under an option provided, , '
however, no bonds embracing .less than all of the unredeemed bonds herein
authorized shall be refunded unless all of the following conditions 'exist
and are complied 'Wi th: (1) The> principal amol.IDt of bonds outstanding shall
not be increased as a result of such ,refunding; (2) the refunding bonds. ,
shall be sold at not less than par or by exchange far the outstanding bonds':,
at the rate of not exceeding dollar for dollar, and (3) the net earnings of
the systôm. a,.,ð proparty for twelva consecutive tlonths out of the fifteen
~cnths'n~xt preceding the issuance of said additionál bonds shall have been
equal to eather four tiu13 s the maximum amount of interest for any succeeding
twelve-month periods 0:'1. a.ll of the iJar.ds outstanding and on the bonds then
to be is,sued e1' 011e and one half times the highe'stamount of principal and
interestì"l"hich will become due in any succeeding twelve-month ¡:e Tiad on
all bonds outstanding and bonds then to be issued, whichever amount is
greäter. ' '
Sections 16. Tt~vrovisions of this ordinance shall constitute an
irrevocable contract between the -Olt", of Blair and the holder or
holders of the bonds issued hereund~:r and a..f'te'r th~ issuanoeof any of
any of dad bonds no change or alteration of any kind in the provisions
of this ordinance shall be made without the written consent of the holders
of seventy-five pårcentum (75%) in principal amount of' the, bonds then out-
standing; provided, however, the City reserves the right to, issuá and sell
additional bonds payable solely from the revenues of said system and
property of equal priority as to lien on the earnings and profits of se.ld
property with the bonds issued under this ordinance for 'bhe purpose of
purchasing additional equipment necessary for the operation of said plant
and system when (1) there is sufficient money in the "Bond Account" to pay
the interest. which w:Ul become due on all of tho" outstanding bonds and
the bonds to be is sued during the next twe lve months followl"1g the issuance
of' additional, bonds and also pay the principal of all of ' the bonds then
out stand ing atl,d the bonds to be issued which will become due" during the
twelve mQnths next following the issu~mce of said additional bonds, and (2)
the net earnings of the system and property f<?r twe lve consecutj'Tð, months
out of the fifteen months next preceding the issuance of said additional
bonds shall have been equal to aither four times the 'maximum amount of
, i~terest for a~y ~ucceëding, twelve-month periods on all of'the bonds
out'standing, and on the bonds than to be issued or one and one helf tlmes
the highest amount of principal and interest which will become due in any
succeeding twelve-month period ona11 bonds outstanding and bonds then
to' be issUed; I'1hicheVèr amount is greater. The net earnings of the system
and property as used in this 'Section 16 and in Section 15 are hereby
defined to be the gross revenue and earnings óf the property less the
expense s of operat ion and maintenance.
Seétion 17.. If any saotionf paragraph, clause or provision of this
ordinarics shall for any reason behold to be invalid. or un'~nforceable ,the
invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph. clause or
provision shal¡ not affect any of the remaining provisions of this ordinance.
Section 18. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
after its passap;e as provided by law.
and
Passed
ond á~" d,t~iS 21st day of
<JJ ~i». .,'
, rval Schaffl, ,
June, 1949.
Attest:
i#h~j)-'
y r.
" .
,
"
"'\
1
';0..""
'\
:l
-,
,~', ,
~
n
,..,..
n
I ¡
,'~',
n
i '
OPENING'
li3\lair, Nebr.
June 21, 1949
791
The Mayor and Council of the City of Blair, Washington County, Nebraska
met in regular sesSion in the Council Chamber at 8 :00 0' cloGk P~M. Màyor
Scheffler presided. City Clerk L. W. Svendgaard recorded the prooeèdings
of the meetinge '
ROLL CAl.L,
, , '
Tha Mayor instructed the Clerk to call the 'roll. The Clerk called the
roll and the following Councilmen Widre present: Johns:on, Kuhr, Petersen,
Rash, Rounds, S<;>rénsen and Vinton, Councilman Farnberg absent.
ORDER OF BUSI~ESS
Whe,reupon the Mayor announced that the introduction of Ordinances
was now in ordere
Whereupon, it W8;S moved by Councilman Petersen and seconded by ~
Councilman Rounds that the minutes of the procaed.ings of the Mayor and
CoUÍJcil in the matter of thapassage and approval of Ordina:1ùe No.; 635 be
preserved and kept in a separate and distinct volume known as the Ordinance
Reoord of the City of Blair, Nebraska, and that said separate .and distinct
volume be incorþorated i.n and made a part of .these proceedings the same
as though spread at 'lár~e.herein.
The Mayor instructed the Cle rk to call the roll. The Clerk oalled'
the ròll and the following was the vote on this motion:
Yae.s: Johnson. Kuhr, petlersen, Raeh, Rounds, Sorensen and Vinton.
Nays: None.
Absent: Farnberg.
Mo"tion oarried. .
ORDINANCE NO. 635
Introduction of Ordinance No. 635 of .the City of Blair, Nebraska...
and the matter now coming before the M~or and Council. was the passage
and approval of Ordi~ance No. 635 of the City of Blair, Nebraska. This
Ordinance wà.s introdueJ:~d by Councilman Petersen and is in words and
figures as follows, .
I
, I
I
ORDINANCE NO. 635
An Ordinance to be tl;irmed the IIAnnual Appropriation Bill" appropriating
such .sum or sums of money necessary to defray all n.edessary axpe.nses end
liabili~ies of the City of. Blair, Nebraska, for the fidcai year con~encing
on the first Tuesday in May, 1949, and specifying the object and purpose
of each appropriation and the amcunt for each object and purpose.
BE. IT ORDA INED BY Till MAYOR AND COU1'V:CIL OF THß CITY OF BLAIi¡NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. :L'hat there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the money
deri1red from the taxes levied for general revenue. purposes for the present
fisoal year, oomm'encing; on the first f'ue sday in May. 1949. and out of' all
other available money and funds tharefora belonging to said City, the
a.mounts for each object and purpose as ¡'allows:
For sa la:rie s of e ity officia Is .
For streets, culverts, alleys a~d bridges. and
purchase of maintananoe equipm~nt .
For printing and publication
For miscellaneous and incidental expenditures
For expense of criminal and civil suits
For road funds ' .
For purchase price and future taxes on property
. purchased .
For improvtd'TIent, operation and maintenance of air-
portcand for pa:ßnent or interest and principal
on airport bonds
$20,000.00
30,000.00
1,500.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
2,000.00
20,000.00
Any balan:ce of said funds remaining ovex:' al1d unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the General Fund.
SECTION 2. That there. be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the money
derived from the l'3VY of taxes for Publi c Library purposes for the px'esent
fiscal year and out of' all other money and funds available therefor, the
~mounts for each object and purpose. as follows:
Forsalaries of' employees, maintenance 'and operation
of 'public lib~ary
$ 4,000.00
1:.10
.Anybalanca of. said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end of the
fiscal year shall be transferred to the Public Library Fund~
SECTION 3. That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the
money derived from the levy ,of taxes for street lighting purposes for said
fiscal year and otl't of all other money and funds ava.H.able therefore, the
amounts for each object and purpose as follows:
For stre,et Ih;hting purposes
$ 5,000.00
, Any balance of said fund remainin~ over and unexpended at the end of
of the fiscal year sha 11 be transferred to the Street Lighting Fund.
SECTION 4. That there be, and hereby is, ap'propriated out of the money
derived from the water lI'Torks system and out of th'J vrater fund and a11 bthdr
money and funds.avàilable th~refor, the amOtmts for each object ~nd purpose
as follows:
n
For improvement, extension, operation and maint..:7nance of 1nrater
works system and salary of employees and hydrant renta.1s
For extension of distribution system, water department, ,
hydrant rentals and seririces'
$2'l,ooo.æ.
30,000.00
Any balance of said funds remaining over and unexpended at the
end of the fiscal year.shlÙl be. tra.nsferrred, to .the Water Fund.
SECTION 5. That there be, and he reby 1s, a'ppropriate.d out of the
mòney derived frám t,u,asfor parks and park pu,rþoses for said fiscal year
and out of all other funds and moneys available therefor, the amounts
for each object and purpose- as follows f
For park and park purposes, salarias of employees, maintenance,'
improvement and operation of swimming pool
$ 6,000.00
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end of
the fi~cal year . shall be transferred to the. par~s and park purposes fund.
SECTION 6~That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the moneys
derived from the operation of the municipal electric light system and the
sale of electrioàl cun~ent and supplies and all other funds and moneys
available therefor, the amounts for each object and purpose as follows:
~
, ,
For salary of light commissioner and wages of department employeas ¡,
opem+"ion Ð.n.d !naint'enance of municipal power distribution system
. $85,000.00
For ext,ension of IDunicipallight power system, generating and
plant improvement
2l5,OOO~00
Any balance of said 'fund remaining over and unexpended at the end of
the fiscal year shall be transferred to the liJlectric Light System Fund.
SECTION 7. That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the
money derived from taxes .for sewer maintenance. for said fiscal year and out
of all ~ther funds and money available therefor, the amounts for each object
and purpose as follows:
For salaries of employeesg operation and maintenance of sewer system
$ lt500.00
~\
Any balance Of said fund rertlain:l.ng over and unexpended at the end of
the fiscal year shall be transferred to tne Sew'6r Maintenance Fund.
SECTION 8. That there be and hereby is ø appropriated Otlt of the monf;Jy
derived from the levy of taxes for the operation, maintf;Jnance and care
of the Blair Cemetery $ 3,000.00
:l
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end of
the fiscal year s he.ll be transferred to the Cemet$ry Fund..
,.:;¡-
'SECTION 9.' That there be. and hereby is, appropriated out of the money
derived from the levy of taxes for the payment of refunding bonds tlnd
interest thereon for said fiscal year and out of money derived from taxes
levied for payment of intersection and for district paving bonds and intere$
and out of' any and a 11 other funds and mopey available thsx.efor,tha amounts
for each object and purpose as follows;
"\
r~
n
,r=-.
r-,
! !
r~l
r \ ,
79~
:For payrr¡ent of principal and. interest on bonded indebtedness
due or to beconw due on refunding bonds' $20,000.00
Any balancé of said I:und r¡;¡maining ever and unexpended at the end of
the fiscal y~ar shall be transfe,rred to the Sinking Fund for the payment
of refunding ~onds~ -
, SEOTION 10. That there be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the money
derived from the - operation of the municipal ice 'plant and the sale of'
products therefrom and out of all-other funds available therefor, the
amounts for each object and purpose as follows:
/
For sàlarias and wages of employees. operation,:maintenance ø repair
and extension of said Ioe'Plant $12,000.00
the
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended 'at the el1d of
fiscal year shall be transferred to the Ioe Plant Fund.
SECTION 11. That there be and hereby fa, 'appropriated out of the money
derived from the levy of taxes fpr the maintenance and operation of the fire
depart'itsnt f9r the present fiscal year and out of all other money and funds
available therefor, belonging to said City, the åmounts for each object and
purpose as follows:
For mainter>,ance and operation of the' City Fire Departmmwb:t
$ l~OOO.,o.O
\
Any balance of said fund re~aining over and unexpended at the e~d of
the fiscal 'Y"ar shall be transferred to the fund .for the maintenance and
op9ration of the Cit;5r Fire Department.
~ECTION 12. That there be and,hereby is~ appropriatvd out of the money
derived from the levy of' taiXes~~for the purpose of' purchase of Fire DepÐ.rtment
apparatus for the present fiscal year and out of all oth~r money arid funds
available therefor belonging to said City the amounts for each object
and purpose as f 0 llo'Ws : -
For purchase
of Fire Departn1ent apparatus
$ 2,0.0.0.00
Any b~lance of' said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end of
the fiscal year ~hal1 be transferred to the F.ire Department Apparatus Fund.
SECTION 13. That there be and hereby is appropriated out of the Music
and Pub1ió Amusements ruñd and out öf all other funds and money available
therefor, the amounts for each object and purpose as follo}"fs:
For mUsic and public amusements
$ 2,0.00..00
Any balance of said fund remaining over and unexpended at the end
of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Music and Public'Amusements Fund.
SECTION 14. That there be and hereby is, appropriated out of the money
now on hand for the Special Ga~oline Road Fund and from the moneys darived
from special gasoline tax, the amounts for each objec,t and purpose as follows:
For constructing street improvements
$15,000.00.
Any balance in said fund remaining ovel> and unexpended at the end
the fiscal year ,shall be transferred to the Special Gasolina Tax FUnd.
SECTION 15. This ordinarice shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage, approval arid publication as required by law.
of
day of June, 1949.
Attest:
I i: L I~ -fJ,#.J2
. :tty Clerk
(Seal)
,"
, .-,
n
r=-
-,'
j"í
[_~I
,-
I
,-~-
Blø.ir ~ Ie bta.ska
June 2+', 1949
,804
OPENtNG '
....' "Theil Mayor and Council' of ~hé. 9fty o,tBlafr, WashingtOn County, Nebraska
mat,ln regular session in the Council Œha:niber at 8:00 o'cloo]ç P.M. .,.or
Schettler predded. City Clerk L. \If. 'Svendgaard, recorded the proceedings
'Of the meeting.
ROLL CALL
, ~
The Mayor instructed theOlerk to call the roll., The Clerk called
the roll and the follOWingCo'l.U1cllmen wére present: Johnson, Kuhr, Petersen,
Reeh, Roundsj> Sorensen and Vinton,Oouncilman Farnberg was absent.
,ORDER OF BUSINESS
Whereupon the Mayor annOunced that the introduction of' Ordinances
, was,now in order.
W11ereupon it was moV$d by Councilman Reeh and seconded by Councilman
Round I that the minutes 'of' the proceedings 'of' the Mayor and Council in the
matter of the passage and approval ,of Ordiî1âbce No. 636 be preserved and
kept in a separate $.nd distinct volume known as the Ordinance ~cord of' the
City of' Blair,~ Nebraska, and that said separate and distinct volume 'be
incorpO~ted in and made a part of these proceedings the same as though
spread at large herem. ,
The Mayor instructed the 'Clerk to call the roll. The Clerk called
thé roll and the following was the 'vote on this motiOn:
Yeas: Johnson, Kuht", Petersen, Reeh, Rounds, Sorensen end Vinton.
Nays: NÓIl.e.
,Absent: Fal1lberg..
Mot ion carried.,
ORDINilNCE NO., 636
Introductionot Ordinance No. 636 of the City of Blair, Nebraska,
end the matter nòwcoming be f'ore " thè' Mayor and Council, was the passage,
and apprO'li'al of Ordinance No. 636 of the City ot Blair, Nebraska. this
01"din~nce was mtro<i\uoed by' OoUnc'Uman Rounds 8.Jld is in words and figu"s
as tollows~ .
.. .
ORDINANCE NO. 636
An 01"dinance to providê. tor the levy of' taxes and levyUg the sa-
upon all the táxabl$ property !nthe City of .Blair, Nebraska, for, all
purposes necessary to maintain the City. Government for the City of Blair,
Nèbraska,for the fisoàl year cOIDDlØncing o.n the first TUesday in May..
1949, and also levying a poll tax on certain inhabitants 'Qf said City
for th$fiscal year.,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBR6.SK'A*
, ", " .. ,.. ,. .'... - .. '
SECTiON 1. T11.at thårë be, and hèreby Is, le..,ied and assessed 'uppn' .
all the ta~able properly within the corporate limits of the"'Oity of -Bl,aif'~ ..
Nebraska, f'or the fiscal year' commencing, on' 'the first Tüesday' in 'Mäy~ 1949 ~
and ending on the first Tuesday :in May, 1950,' the following swns, taxes
and number of mills on. the d.ollar of tax" to"'wit:' "
PURPœE
AMOUWT
For general revenue purposes
For pai"~$ and park purposes
For st'reets, alleys oulvertsa~d bridges
For public lib~~ purposes
For street lighting purposes
For pûrchasè of' tire 8;ppa,re,tus ,
For maintenance and. operation of fite dep~rtment
For musio, and amusements
For sewer maintenance and repairs
For enlargement. improverœ~t t- mainténmce and ope,ration
of' avlationL'field
For payment of aviation field: b~ds. and interest
For òperation, maintønlÙlce and care of' Bla.ir Cemetery
Fó1"Hydxoant rentals. .
8.00 mills
l~OOmill
3.00 mills
1.00 mill
1.50 mills
.50 mill
.40 mill
.30 mill
.30 mill
.50 mill
1.00 mill "
1.00 mill
;,50 mill
That ,the san» be levied!and.assessed against all, the.' täxable property
within .thecorpo.re.te limits of' the limits of the City of Blair. Nebraska,
and collected as. other taxes. as shown by the assessment rolls for the, year 1949.,
QUO
SECTION 2.. That there bè, and hereby is, levied upon each and eve'ry
mle inhê.bitant of' the crt;' ot BIdr, Nebra$ka, between the ages of 21 and
ôO'ýears;'rìot- eix~mpted therefrom bY' thè Statute of Nebraska, or Ordinance ot
this'C!ty, a poll tax in th~ 'IS11m,i))f' 'TWo'Dollårs'($2.o0}. That said poll
tax shall bJt, collected as, provided by law:, tor said. tiscal yEla.r commencing
on the ,'tint' Xue sday, ot May.. 1949.. " ,
SEOTION 3.. Thåt this
from and after its passage,
Ordinance shall take effect and be in toroe
approval and publication, as provide~ by law.
f)~ø~~/
~l
(Seal)
t~:t,R&ADING
Th.Mayor instructed the 'Clerk to ,read by title Ordjnan,ce ,NÐ. 636 of
'the' City of Blair, Nebraska., Tle Clerlçthe'reupon read -ëtae aforesaid
Ordinance No. 636 by title UPQl1 its fU.st reacU.ng.
WheX'euponCouncilmtm Rounds moved that said ordiuanoe No. 636 be
approved on its first reading, and it.s title agreed to. Councilman Vintou
seconded this motion.'
~ouncllman Reeh called tOr the question. The Mayor ,put the question
and instructed the Clerk to call 'bhe roll tor 'bhe vote thereon. The
Clerk called :the r~ll and the following was the vote on this motion.
Yeas: Johtlson', Kuhr, Petersen, Ree.~ 1 ROUnds, Sorensen and Vinton.
, lâ1S: None. - ,
J:bsent:' Farnberg.
Motion'carried ..
;]
Whe:reupon the Mayor decle.red'said Ordinance No. 636, approved on its
first reading and its title ag~.d, to.
SUS:PENSIOliOF RULES
+ - ... ,---.
. - , - -. '
-----"""-'"
,- ,
, Where,upon it hB moVed-by aô\U1cilinan Been ànd"šèòõndëa bÿ'Cö~ëilJÎ1â.n
Vinton thel'b 'bhe sts.vutory: rules in. regard to thèï*ssage'ànd adoption of'
~rdinancès be' 8't1spenaed 80, that add Oi-dinanéè' 1Ï1ig1it be ii1troduced, rèad,
approved end passed åt 1me .same meeting. Öo\U1oi]j¡añVinton c;:..lled'tor~
the qu.sti()n.;t;hè' Mayor put'the ~uestionand-instricted the Clerk to call
the rèl1and tnè tollow1ngWåB the' vote on this motion: '
Yeas: JoJmson, Kuhr, PeterÍJen. Rc;.eh, I\ounds l Sorensen and VintOn.
Nays: None.
Absent: Farnbe rg .
Motion carried.
~,
, Whe,reupon' t,he Mayor 'dec~red 'bhe statutory rules in regard to' the
passage and approval of ordinances suspended so that Ordinance No. 636
uiight be read by title the first and second times and at large the third
time If, \'lith the ttyèaswand " naýs " , each tiine called and recorded, approved
and passed at the' same meèti13g. '
SECOND RiADING
:l
."
Ordinance No. 636 now comes on for the second reading. rhe Mayor
instructed the'Olerk 'bo read utd Órtiinance No.. 636 by title upon its
,second reti.ding 10
Whereupon Councilman Reeh moved thåt Ordinan'oe No. 636 be approved
upon its second reading and its title agreed to" Councilman Vinton;.,
seconded this motion.
Councilmän Petersen called tor the question. The Mayor put the question
änd instructed the Clerk to call therQll for the vote thereon. :rhe Clerk
called the roll and the following was thè vote on this motion:
~