HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOARD OF CANVASSERS 1965-09-20 MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
PURSUANT TO ACT 65 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1963, SECOND EXECUTIVE
SESSION , THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF THE CITY OF
LIVONIA MET ON MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 20, 1965 AT APPROXIMATELY 7 :40
P.M. , AT THE CITY HALL , 33001 FIVE MILE ROAD , LIVONIA , MICHIGAN .
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT THE ABOVE TIME AND PLACE BY
THE CHAIRMAN . PRESENT: MILTON LEBENBOM , CHAIRMAN , LAWRENCE Co
NEWMAN , VICE—CHAIRMAN , LEONARD J . HIPPLER (ABSENT — ALLEN J .
KOVINSKY ) , WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS DULY
APPOINTED PURSUANT TO ACT 65 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1963; AND
ADDISON W. BACON , CITY CLERK , ACTING AS SECRETARY OF THE BOARD .
THE CHAIRMAN DETERMINED THAT A QUORUM WAS PRESENT AND MEMBERS OF
EACH OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
REPRESENTED . MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRESENT EXAMINED AND CAN—
VASSED THE CONTENTS OF CERTIFIED STATEMENTS OF RETURNS OF THE
SEVERAL PRECINCTS AS PREPARED AND CERTIFIED BY THE ELECTION
INSPECTORS OF EACH PRECINCT, FILED IN THE CITY CLERK 'S OFFICE.
BY MR . NEWMAN , SECONDED BY MR . HIPPLER , IT WAS
RESOLVED THAT, THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF VOTES CAST
IN THE SPECIAL CITY ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER
14, 1965
THE WHOLE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST WITHIN THE CITY OF LIVONIA
WAS SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY—ONE
6,731
THE WHOLE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR CHARTER AMENDMENT
NO. I , SALARY INCREASE FOR MAYOR, CLERK, AND TREASURER
WAS SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY NINE
6,459
YES 1 , 558
NO 4,901
THE WHOLE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR CHARTER AMENDMENT
NO. 2, TAX INCREASE OF ONE ( I ) MILL FOR LAW ENFORCE—
MENT WAS SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN
6,547
ime YES 3,791
NO 2 ,756
BE AND HEREBY IS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED IN EACH AND
EVERY RESPECT.
A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WITH
THE FOLLOWING RESULT;
AYES: HIPPLER , NEWMAN , AND LEBENBOM
NAYS: NONE
THE CHAIRMAN DECLARED THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION ADOPTED AND
DIRECTED THAT CERTIFIED COPIES OF THE SAME BE PREPARED AND BE
SIGNED BY EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD .
THE BOARD DETERMINED THAT CHARTER AMENDMENT No. I FAILED TO PASS
DUE TO INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VOTES FAVORING SAME , AND THAT CHARTER
LisAMENDMENT No. 2 WAS PASSED , SAME HAVING SUFFICIENT VOTES FAVORING.
BY MR . HIPPLER , SECONDED BY MR . NEWMAN , IT WAS
RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS MAKE AND SIGN
THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE :
CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION
STATE OF MICHIGAN )
) SS
COUNTY OF WAYNE )
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF THE
CITY OF LIVONIA , DO HEREBY MEET ON THIS 20TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
1965, THIS BEING WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS FOLLOWING THE SPECIAL
CITY ELECTION HELD ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1965, AND PUBLICLY CANVASS
THE RETURNS OF SUCH ELECTION , AND DO HEREBY DETERMINE THE
RESULTS OF SUCH CANVASS AND THE ATTACHED LIST, AS IDENTIFIED
BY THE SIGNATURE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , WE HAVE HEREUNTO ATTACHED OUR SIGNATURES
ON THIS TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER , 1965.
imMILTON LEBENBOM
LEONARD J . HIPPLER
LAWRENCE C . NEWMAN
A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WITH THE
FOLLOWING RESULT :
AYES : HIPPLER , NEWMAN , AND LEBENBOM
NAYS: NONE
THE CHAIRMAN DECLARED THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION ADOPTED AND
DIRECTED THAT SUCH A CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION BE PREPARED
AND SIGNED BY EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD .
MR. BACON CALLED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD THE FACT THAT
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS TERMS EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31 , 1965:
MR . ALLEN J . KOVINSKY AND MR. LAWRENCE C . NEWMAN
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGREEMENT MADE AT THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY
20 , 1964 , THAT THE CHAIRMAN BE ROTATED BETWEEN THE TWO POLITICAL
PARTIES ON A YEARLY BASIS , MR . HIPPLER NOMINATED MR . NEWMAN AS
CHAIRMAN , TO SERVE UNTIL HIS TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31 , 1965,
AND MR. LEBENBOM TO SERVE AS VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR THIS PEPIOD ,
AND SECONDED BY MR . NEWMAN . MOTION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED .
ON MOTION BY MR . LEBENBOM , SECONDED BY MR. HIPPLER , AND
UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED , THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA WAS DULY ADJOURNED AT APPROXIMATELY
8: 01 P.M. MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1965.
ADDISON W. BACONy IT CLERK
AND SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS