Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1937 to August 4, 1942, lvc000004-88

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney be and he hereby is instructed to draw the necessary affidavit to be signed by Fred H. Callihan, superintendent of streets, showing that all gasoline so purchased was used only upon said city streets, alleys and highways, and the total amount of said fuel so purchased and the total amount of excise tax so paid: and that the said Fred Callihan be and he is hereby instructed to assemble all invoices of such motor vehicle fuel and attache said affidavit, when executed, to the same and then forward the same, through the said City Attorney, to the Tax Commission of the State of Nevada, in support of an application for a refund of the total amount of excise tax so paid, And BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney be and he is hereby instructed to apply to the said Tax Commission of the State of Nevada for such refund when such affidavit and in­voices are ready for delivery to said tax commission. The adoption of the foregoing Resolution was proposed by Commissioner Ronnow and seconded by Commissioner Marble, and upon being put to vote, said Resolution was adopted by the following vote: voting aye, Commissioners Krause, and Marble Ronnow and His Honor the Mayor L.L. Arnett; voting no, none. The Following Resolution was also adopted at this time: WHEREAS, it is provided by the laws of the State of Nevada that "To provide funds for pay­ing the expenses of such road work the several boards of county commissioners in the state shall from time to time, upon the request of the city council, apportion to each incorporated city within the respective counties such proportion of the general road fund of the county as the value of the whole property within the corporate limits of such city or cities, as shown by the last assessment roll, shall bear to the whole property in the county, inclusive of property within the incorporated cities, and all such moneys so apportioned shall be expended upon the streets, alleys and public highways of such city or cities under the direction and control of the council; provided, however, that the apportionment of moneys to cities as herein provided shall not exceed an amount greater than ten percent of the total amount levied and collected for general road purposes within the county, exclusive of the county-state high- way fund, and funds for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds for road and street purposes," AND WHEREAS, the assessed valuation of all taxable property within the County of Clark, State of Nevada for the year 1937, including the taxable property within the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was and is the sum of $15,028,995.00, AND WHEREAS, the assessed value of all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, for the year 1937, was and is the sum of $5,290,554; AND WHEREAS, the proportion of said taxable property within the said City to the total tax­able property within the said County of Clark, including the taxable property of said city, is greater than ten per cent, AND WHEREAS, the City of Las Vegas is desirous of obtaining for use upon its public streets alleys and public highways within said city, ten per cent of the total amount levied and collected for general road purposes within said county, exclusive of the county-state highway fund and funds for the payment of principal and interest of bonds for road and street purposes, NOW, THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, that the City of Las Vegas do and by the adoption of this Resolution does request the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, to apportion to the said City of Las Vegas ten per cent of the total amount levied and collected for general road purposes within said county, exclusive of the county-state highway fund and funds for the payment of principal and interest of bonds for road and street purposes, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the said City of Las Vegas be and she is hereby instructed to write a letter to the said Board of County Commissioners of the said County of Clark requesting the apportionment to the said City of Las Vegas of the said ten per cent of said amount above mentioned and that with such letter she deliver to said Board of County Commissioners of said Clark County, a certified copy of this Resolution. The adoption of the above and foregoing Resolution was proposed by Commissioner Ronnow and seconded by Commissioner Krause, and upon being put to vote, was adopted by the following vote: voting aye, Commissioners Krause and Marble and Ronnow, and His Honor the Mayor L.L. Arnett; voting no, none. At this time the Board took under consideration the signing of "Public Voucher-Payment of Advance and Intermediate Grants" and "Certificate of Purposes and Statement of Project Costs" as same had been prepared by Barry Dibble, Consulting Engineer on the Las Vegas Mun­icipal Power Project. After due consideration on this matter on motion of Commissioner Marble seconded by Commissioner Krause it was moved and carried that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign P.W.A. form No. 21-B entitled "Public Voucher- Payment of Advance and Intermediate Grants" and P.W.A. form No 168 entitled "Certificate of Purposes and Statement of Project Costs in regard to the as Vegas Municipal Power Project. hat the said forms be forwarded immediately to the proper authorities. Vote was Commissioners Krause, Marble, and Ronnow and His Honor the Mayor voting aye. Noes, none. No further business appearing before the Board at this time the meeting recessed and adjourned until Thursday the 30th day of December, 1937 at the hour of seven o'clock P.M.