Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 7, 1949 to May 21, 1952, lvc000007-292

It was then moved by Commissioner Moore and seconded by Commissioner Bunker that all rules of this Board which might prevent, unless suspended, the final passage and adoption of the foregoing resolution at this meeting be and the same are hereby suspended for the purpose of permitting the final passage and adoption of said resolution at this meeting. The question being upon the adoption of said motion and the suspension of the rules, the roll was called with the following result: Those voting aye: Commissioner Bunker Commissioner Moore Commissioner Peccole Mayor Pro Tem Whipple Those voting nay: None Absent: Mayor Cragin All members of the Board of Commissioners having voted in favor of said motion, the Mayor Pro Tem declared said motion carried and the rules suspended. Commissioner Moore then moved that said resolution be now placed upon its final passage and adopted. The question being upon the passage and adoption of said resolution, the roll was called with the following result: Those voting aye: Commissioner Bunker Commissioner Moore Commissioner Peccole Mayor Pro Tem Whipple Those voting nay: None Absent: Mayor Cragin The Mayor Pro Tem thereupon declared that all the Commissioners present having voted in favor thereof, said motion was carried and the said resolution duly passed and .adopted. ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Commissioner Moore introduced and moved the adoption of the following resolution, NO. 200-1 which was thereupon read in full, and at length, and is as follows: Resolution R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the City of Las Vegas, in the County of Clark, and State of Nevada, and the officers thereof, have taken action to make certain public improvements by installing a sanitary sewer along certain streets, easements, alleys and portions thereof; and WHEREAS, said City has created Sanitary Sewer Improvement Assessment District No. 200-1 for the purpose of making said improvements; and WHEREAS, said City assessed the entire cost and expense of making said improve­ments, including all incidental expenses which may be legally included in the sums assessed, against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said District; and WHEREAS, said assessments aggregate the principal sum of $35,237.40; and WHEREAS, said City heretofore provided that said assessments were due and payable at the office of the County Treasurer of Clark County, Nevada, acting ex-officio City Treasurer and ex-officio Tax Collector of said City, without interest and without demand, within one week after the special assessment roll for said District was confirmed and approved; and WHEREAS, said roll was confirmed and approved on the 17th day of January, 1951; and WHEREAS, within said week there was paid the aggregate sum of $9,522.93, and there remains unpaid assessments in the aggregate principal amount of $25,714.47; and WHEREAS, said City heretofore provided that the failure to pay the whole of any assess­ment, or any part thereof, within said period of one week should be conclusively considered an election on the part of all persons interested to pay said assessment in ten substantially equal annual installments of principal, the first of which installments of principal shall be due and payable on or before the 1st day of December, 1951, and annually thereafter on the same day in each year until paid, at the same rate of interest as that provided for the special assessment bonds to be thereafter authorized, sold, issued and delivered, but not to exceed seven per cen­tum (7%) per annum; and WHEREAS, said City and the officers thereof have determined, and do hereby determine, that it is necessary and for the best interests of said City and the inhabitants thereof that it issue its Assessment District No. 200-1 Sanitary Sewer improvement Bonds, Series of January 1, 1951, in an aggregate principal amount of said unpaid assessments, to-wit; $25,714.47, to defray said entire cost and expense of making said improvements, except to the extent funds are'available therefor from the. assessments which have been heretofore paid; and WHEREAS, said City and the officers thereof desire to sell said bonds after public advertisement therefor, pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada and the City of Las Vegas. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA; That the special assessment, negotiable coupon, Assessment District No. 200-1 Sanitary Sewer Improvement Bonds, Series of January 1, 1951, of the City of Las Vegas, in the aggregate principal amount of $25,714.47 shall be sold at public sale to the person or persons offering the best and most advantageous terms to said City. The Mayor and the City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized and directed to give notice offering paid bonds for sale and calling for bids for the purchase of said bonds by publishing a notice once a week for four consecutive weeks by five insertions at weekly intervals in the Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal, the official