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City Council submitting to the Sandy Election Officer an argument in favor of a general obligation ballot proposition for the issuance of general obligation bonds for the construction and equipping of a fire station
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Presenter:
Jeff Bassett, Fire Chief
Dustin Fratto, Council Office Director
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Description/Background:
On July 25, 2023 the City Council adopted Resolution 23-38C, calling a special bond election to be held on November 21, 2023 for the purpose of submitting a proposition to the voters regarding the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the construction and equipping of a fire station.
UCA 59-1-1604 requires that the governing body (City Council) of the taxing entity calling a bond election submit to the Election Officer (Sandy City Recorder) an argument in favor of the ballot proposition (pro argument). Said argument must be submitted by September 22, 2023 and must be less than 500 words in length. Under Utah statute, the Election Officer is required to do the following with the argument in favor of the ballot proposition:
1. provide it to a voter who is the author of any argument against the ballot proposition (con argument) submitted to the Election Officer in accordance with applicable laws.
2. Publish the pro argument on the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website for 30 consecutive days prior to the bond election.
3. Publish the pro argument in a prominent place on the Sandy City Website for 30 consecutive days prior to the bond election.
4. Publish in the Sandy City Newsletter. This is required if the deadlines required by statute are in line with the deadlines required by the publisher of the newsletter, if they are not, the City may elect to send out the pro argument separately from the newsletter (staff's recommendation), but isn't required to.
Further action to be taken:
Tonight, the Council may make amendments to the attached pro argument prior to adopting Resolution 23-43C as is or ...
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