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MINUTES OF THE TIE TY-THIRD REGULAR ,,SETING
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On March 12, 1951, above meeting was held at 33110 Ave Mile
Road, Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order at approximately 8 :04 P M
by the President. Roll was called with the following result. Present--
Harry S Wolfe, Wilson W Edgar, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, Harvey Jahn,
William Taylor and John Whitehead Absent -- None.
The minutes of the thirty-second regular meeting of the Council, held
February 26, 1951, were read and approved.
The Clerk read the minutes o' the meeting of the Committee of the •
Whole held March 5, 1951 By Councilman Jahn, seconded by Councilman Taylor
and unanimously adopted as follows, it was .
/9-390 RESOLVED, that the report and recommendations of the
Committee of the Whole, as contained in the minutes of the meeting
held March 5, 1951, be and hereby are approved
The minutes of the third special meeting o' the Council held March 5,
1951, were read and approved
Communication from S 0 August dated march 9, 1951, was received and
placed on file By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman Whitehead and
unanimously adopted as follows, it was .
19- '39/ RESOLVED, that the written request, dated March 9, 1951,
of S 0 August, acting for an undisclosed principal, for the
following public service lines
1 :or a 60 inch storm sewer extending to and providing
an outlet at the intersection of Levan and Plymouth Roads
or at such other point along Plymouth Road as will be
conventiently located for connection of a storm sewer serving
the site as hereinbefore bounded
2.For a sanitary sewer with a sewage flow capacity of
111 260 gallons per minute and extending to a point on Plymouth
Road in front of the bounded site •h,hach will be conveniently
located for an outlet of a sanitary sewer serving a pro-
posed plant to be erected on said site.
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3 For a water l,ne with a capacity for providing a
111 minimum flow of 1000 gallons per minute for a proposed
plant on said site, which line shall extend to some point
on Plymouth Road abutting said site and be so located as
to provide for convenient connection of a water line serving
said proposed plant
to be supplied and made afailable to a site bounded on the ,West by
Levan Road, on the North by the C & 0 Railroad right-of way, on the
East by the east line of Section 29 and on the South by Plymouth Road,
coxprising approximately 156 83 acres of land, is hereby granted, that
the City Engineer is hereby directed to cause to be prepared and
submitted to the Council as soon as possible plans, specifications
and estimates of cost for a sewer and water project of sufficient
capacity to provide the above requested services, in order that such
project may be completed within six months from the date of such
request, that said project be completed without any direct expense to
said S 0 August or his undisclosed principal, but financed pursuant
to the provisions of the Revenue Bond Act of 1933, as amended, under
which said S 0 August or his undisclosed principal as well as all
others benefited by the project will pay for the services provided
at the properly established and approved municipal rates; and that
performance of this resolution is subject to the full co-operation of
said S C August and his undisclosed principal in procurring Federal
certificates of necessity for any critical materials or supplies
needed in completing said project
The result of she roil call vote in the foregoing resolution was as follows
AYES.. Edgar, Whitehead, Jahn, Carey, Taylor & Golfe
NAYS: None
:.ouncilman Grimm did not vote
Report from the Police Department dated I:larch 12, 1951, was received
and placed on file
The Insurance Committee through Edgar, Chairman, made a report on
insurance policies procured for three election booths By Councilman Carey,
seconded by Councilman Whitehead and unanimously adopted as follows, it was .
g--.37.z. RESOLVED, that the action o' the Insurance Committee in
procuring insurance on three election booths under Policy #7814230 in
the amount of $93.00 is hereby approved and the City 'Measurer is
directed to pay the amount of said premium
The result o' the roll call vote in the foregoing resolutior was as follows:
AYES: Edgar, Whitehead, Jahn, Carey, Taylor, Grimm & Wolfe.
NAYS• None.
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Report of Justice of the Peace, Leo 0 Nye, dated March I, /951, .vas
received and placed on Ale
Letter of Murray G O'Neil dated F=ebruary 2, 1951, was referred to the
Civil Service Commission
devised estimate of Sewer 'roject #1 dated 4,iarch 12, 1951, was read
and considered The fcllowing Ordinance .;as introduced by Councilman Edgar
NO �Q
AN ORDIIJANCE TO ALEND SECTIO: 3 3, 4, 5, 1C, 14, 20 and 21 OF
OPDI.•IANCE NO 26, EN'T'ITLED: "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING T:
ACQUISITION AND CONSTR.UCT1011 OF SA 1mAJY SEVERS < r
OF Tim SE'1'tAc:E OF A PART 0',-7 TIE CITY OF O ; �T TRE AUTHORIZING
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1SSUA,NCL OF `EL7-LIQL'Ii�ATI1�Irr REVENUE O`IDS70PTI-T. P.iRPOSErOr
DT''RAYING THE COST THEREOF ,::!':DER TPE PROVISIONS OF ACT 94, PJBLIC
ACTS OF :I C''1 c:AN 1033, AS !:'.:ENDED, PROVTM NG FOP T_h ESTABLISiT;ir;NT
OF S-.11A u= DISPOSAL SYSTE1, 7.0 1 IN SAID CITY; PROVIDING TOR THE
P 'mIR ANT 07 SAID DO7DS T?':' THE 7,I•z'E.'t>2S DERIVED 7R01.1 SAID SE;7A"_-.E
DISPOSAI SvSTL.. I.O. 1 C RATIN G A STATUTORY LIEN ON SUCH R::;VENUES
-VD P ROTJID1i1G FOP OTT-ER 3.,:t T`' RELP TI Jr, TO SAID BONDS, TLS' SAID '
PI BLrC II.iPROVEEENTS, AND THE REVENJES T! R2.-Pwn, ;"' fCu ORDIrwrCE
111 +AS .APPOP'7D ON JANUARY 29, 1951
THE CITY OF LIVONIA O!?' INS.
Section I That Sections 3, 4, 5, 10, 1)4 20 and 21 of Ordinance No
26, entitled <Ar Ordinance Authorizing the Acquisition and Construction of
Sanitary Sewers for the Disposal of the Sewage of a Part of the City of Livonia,
Authorizing the Issuance of Self-Liquidating Revenue Bonds for the Purpose of
Defraying the Cost thereof under the Provisions of Act
of
1933, as Amended; Providing 'or the Establishment of Sewage DiisPu' pposActs st miNoi.;an,
1 in said City; Providing for the Retirement of said Bonds from the nev nue iuo.
ied
frau said Sey�va .e Disposal System No 1, Creating a Statutory Lien on such Revenues,
and Providing for Other i,utters Relative to said Bonds, the said Public Improve-
ments, and the Revenues There 'rom«, are hereby amended to read as follows:
Secticn 3. The cost of said sanitary sewers has been estimated by
Hubbell, Roth and Clark, Inc , consulti IL engineers, to be Seven Hundred and
Seventy Thousand ($770,000 00) Dollars, including the pa,y ent of incidental
expenses as specified in Section I, hereof ':;h_:c h estimate of cost is hereby approved
and confirmed, and the reriod of usefulness of said eytensicns and improvements
is estimated to be not less than forty (40) years
Section.L !i To pa:, the cost of acquiring, said sanitary sewers and
appurtenances, inc uding uhe payment o' engineering,
Tal
incident thereto, and interest Por a -period of one (1)
year,
itd is other re :,expenses
determined that the City of Livonia shat 1 borrow the sumof Seven and
Seventy Thousand (?770,000 00) Dolla's, and that revenue bonds be issued therefor
under the provisions of Act 9)4, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended, which
Ilibonds are sometimes referred to in this Ordinance as "the bonds " Page 343
t?herever the words "the Systeme or "System" ar
Ordinancee used in this
, they shall be understood to mean City of Livonia Sewage Disposal
System No 1, as hereinbefore defined.
Whe-ever the words "revenuessi and "net revenues" are used in this
Ordinance, they shall be understood to have the meaning defined in Section
3 of Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended
The term "project" shall be construed to mean the sanitary sewers
and appurtenances authorized to be acquired and constructed under the terms
of this Ordinance
The terms "acquire" or "acquiring" as used in this Ordinance shall
include acquisition by purchase, construction, or any other method
Section 5 Said bonds shall be designated Sewage Disposal
No. 1 Revenue o Series 1, and shall oe not l igaSystem
the
of Livonia, but revenue bonds, payable out of the net rrevenuesofothensof SystemC1tJ
after provision has been made for the payment of expenses of
consist of 770 bonds of X1,000 00 each, dated as o' March 1, 951,tionnumbe ed and and hall
maturing as follows:
Bond Nos Inclusive
1/15
Amount Maturityrity
-~�
16/330
15,000 March 1, 1953
31/550 15,000 March 1, 1954
56/30 25,000 March 1, 1955
81/110 25,000 March 1, 1956
111/14O 3C,000 March 1, 1957
141/180 30,000 March 1, 1958
181/220 40,000 ;arch 1, 1959
221/260 40,000 March 1, 1960
261/290 40000 .larch 1, 1961
291/320 30,000 March 1, 1962
321/350 30,000 March 1, 1963
351/330 30,000 March 1, 1964
381/330 30,000 March 1, 1965
411/435 30,000 March 1, 1966
25 000
436/46o r' March 1, 1967
461/ 85 25,000 March 1, 1968
186/510 25,000 March 1, 1969
511/533 25,000 March 1, 1970
5361560 25,000 March 1, 1971
561/585 25,000 March 1, 1972
586/610 25,000 .:larch 1, 1973
611/635
25,000 March 1
25,00O , 1974
III63.6/660 March 1, 1975
661/665 25,000 March 1, 1976
636/710 25,000 March 1, 1977
711/730 25,000 March 1, 1978
731/750 20 ,o0o March 1, 1979
751/770 March 1, 1980
20,000 March 1, 1981
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Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding four
per cert (L%) per annum, payable on September 1, 1951, and semi-annually
thereafter on March 1st and September 1st of each year, both principal and
interest to be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at
DETROIT TRUST CO1PAiNY, Detroit, Michigan
Bonds of this issue may be called far redemption as a whole, at the
option of the City, on any interest payment date on or after Larch 1, 1953
Bonds numbered 586 to 770, inclusive, maturing in the years 1974
to 1931, inclusive, shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity, at the
option of the City, in inverse numerical order on any interest payment date
on or after March 1, 1965
The redemption price of all bonds called for redemption prior to
maturity, whether as a whole or in part, shall be par and accrued interest
plus a premium as follows
$40 00 on each bond called for redemption prior to March 1, 1965.
$20 00 on each bond called for redemption on or after March 1, 1965, but prior
to March 1, 1971
$10 00 on each bond called for redemption on or after :::arch 1, 1971, but prior
to March 1, 1977.
No premiums shall be paid on bonds called for redemption on or after March 1,
1977
Notice of redemption shall be given thirty (30) days in advance of
the redemption date by publication in a financial paper published in the State
of Michigan, and in case of registered bonds, thirty (30) days' notice shall
be given by mail to the registered address Bonds so called "or redemption
shall not bear interest after the date -'ixed for redemption, provided funds
are on hand with the paying agent to redeem said bonds
Said bonds may be registered as to principal only in the manner and
with the effect set forth on the face thereof, as hereinafter provided.
Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the
City Clerk, and shall have interest coupons attached bearing the facsimile
signatures of said Mayor and City Clerk, and said official, by the execution
of said bonds, shall adopt as and for their own proper signatures their respec-
tive facsimile signatures on said coupons
Section 10 The following rates are hereby established for services
furnished by the System:
SEWAGE DISPOSAL RATES
Such rates shall be levied on each lot or parcel of land, building
or premises having any sewer connection with the System, on the basis of
quantity of water used therein or thereon, as the same in measured by the
water meter installed therein
Such consumption rate shall be as follows, to-wit.
I
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rrom o to 10,000 cubic feet per month - $0 80 per 1000 cubic feet
111 10,000 to 100,000 cuoic feet per month - $0 70 per 1000 cubic feet
In excess of 100,000 cubic feet per mo - $0.60 per 1000 cubic feet
The above consumption charges shall apply to all users connected
to sanitary sewers constructed under the provisions of this ordinance, or
connected to any existing laterals or any extensions of the System constructed
in the future.
The n nimum quarterly charge for sewage disposal shall be $2 00 per
quarter
Where sewage disposal service is furnished to users not connected
to the water system or if connected to the water system, no meter is used to
measure the quantity of water used, or in cases where users make use o' large quan-
tities of water which may be discharged into storm sewers, or for other
miscellaneous users of water for which special consideration should be given,
special rates may be 'ixed by the City Council
A debt service charge shall be billed quarterly to each user con-
nected to the Project in accordance with the following:
1 Each residential connection shall pay $3 50 per quarter, or at
the rate of $l! 00 per year, until a total of $210 00 has been paid
2. Each commerical connection shall bay on the basis of $0 68 per
front foot per year, payable in quarterly installments, for a period of fifteen
IL
(15) years
3. Each industrial connection shall pay on the basis of $60.00
per acre per year, payable in quarterly installments, for a period of ten
(10) years.
The debt service charges above itemized shall only apply to those users who
abut on and are connected to an'r of the sanitary sewers constructed under the
provision of this Ordinance
The properties of the rnichigan Racing Association located within
the City of Livonia shall pay a debt service charge at the rate set up for
industrial connections.
;or the reasonable cost and valuable services rendered to the City
and its various departments by the System, and the general benefits to the
public health in said City derived from the installation of said sanitary
sewers, the City of Livonia shall pay out of its appropriate general funds,
the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars per year, payable in equal quarterly
installments
SEWER C0i,'NECTIONS
Ili Sewer connections shall be made by and at the expense of the
a property owner so connecting, subject to any rules and regulations therefor
now or hereafter established by the City, and subject to inspection and ap-
proval prior to use Permit for such connection shall be obtained in advance
from the City, and the property owner making such connection shall pay all
inspection charges now or hereafter established by the City prior to the use
thereof
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BIT.LTNG
The Water Department of the City of Livonia shall have charge of
all billing for sewage disposal rates, and such bills shall be collected
quarterly, at the sante time and in the same manner as provided for water bills.
On all bills not paid within ten (10) days after the date of the bill, a 10%
penalty will be added
ENF. RCE';INT
The charges for sewage disposal services which are under the
provisions of Section 21 of Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as
amended, made a lien on all premises served thereby, unless notice is
given that a tenant is responsible, are hereby recognized to constitute
such lien and whenever any such charge against any piece of property shall
be delinquent for six (6) months, the City officials in charge of the col-
lection thereof shall certify to the City Assessor of the City the fact of
such delinquency whereupon such charge shall on or before i;:arch 1st, each
year, be entered upon the next tax roll as a charge against such premises
and shall be collected and the lien thereof enforced in the same manner as
general city taxes against such premises are collected, and the lien thereof
enforced• Provided, However, where notice is given that a tenant is re-
sponsible for such charges and service as provided by said Section 21 no
further service shall be rendered any piece of property until a cash deposit
of not less than `_ren ($10 00) Dollars shall have been made as security for
payment of such charges and service
In addition to other remedies provided, the City shall have the
right to shut off and discontinue the supply of water to any premises for
the nonpayment of sewage disposal rates, when due
Section 14 The revenues of the System are hereby ordered to be
set aside, as collected, and deposited in the First National Bank in Plymouth,
Michigan, a bank duly qualified to do business in Michigan, in an account to be
designated Sewage Disposal ReceivingFund (hereinafter referred to as the
Receiving Fund) and said revenues so deposited are pledged for the purposes
of the following funds, and shall be transferred from the Receiving Fund
periodically in the manner and at the times hereinafter specified:
(A) OPLRATION AND MAINTENANCE FUND
Out of revenues in the Receiving Fund there shall be first set
aside, quarterly, into a separate depository account designated Operation and
Maintenance Fund, a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the next
quarterts current expenses of administration and operation of the System and
such current expenses for the maintenance thereof as may be necessary to
preserve the same in Food repair and working order
A budget, showing in detail the estimated costs of administration,
operation and maintenance of the System for the neat ensuing operating year
shall be prepared, submitted and approved at the same time required bar law
for the submission and approval of the annual City budget by the City Council
Page 347
The amounts transferred into the operation and maintenance fund during each
operating year shall not exceed said budget unless approved by a two-thirds
(2/3) vote of the City Councilmen elect
(B) BOND AND III TEPEST REDEMPTION a IUND.
There shall next be established and maintained a separate depository
account designated the Bond and Interest `Zedemption Fund, which shall be
used solely and only for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest
on the bonds hereby authorized The moneys in the Bond and Interest Redemp-
tion Fund (including the Reserve Account hereinafter established) shall be
kept on hand with the bank or trust company where the principal and interest
on the bonds herein authorized are currently payable
Out of the revenues remaining in the Receiving Fund after provision
has been made for expenses of operation and maintenance of the System, there •
shall next be set aside, quarterly, in the Bond and Interest Redemption Fund,
a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest
upon all outstanding bonds payable from the revenues of the System, as and
when the same become due and payable The amount so set aside for interest
each quarter shall be not less than one-half (1/2) of the total amount of in-
terest next maturing on the bonds herein authorized The amount set aside
for principal each quarter commencing :.:arch I, 1952, shall be not less than
one- quarter (l/4) of the amount of principal of the bonds next maturing. If
there be any deficiency in the amounts previously required to be set aside,
then the amount of such deficiency shall be added to the current requirement •
There is hereby established in the Bond and Interest Redemption
Nand, a separate accourt, to be known as the Bond Reserve Account, into which
account there shall be set aside, quarterly, all of the revenues of the System
after the required quarterly payments have been made for the Operation and
Maintenance Fund and the Bond and Interest Redemption Auld, until such
time as there has been accumulated in said Bond Reserve Account the sum of
$60,000 00, which account shall be established in the full amount herein re-
quired not later than the end of the operating year commencing march 1, 1955
Said Bond Reserve Account shall be used solely for the payment of the principal
and interest on the bonds as to which there would otherwise be default.
If at any time it shall be necessary to use moneys in the Reserve
Account for such payment, then the moneys so used shall be replaced from the
net revenues first received thereafter which are not required by this Ordinance
to be used for operation and maintenance or for current principal and interest
requirements: Provided, However, that such Reserve Account shall not be
regarded as moneys otherwise appropriated or pledged for the purpose of
determining the sufficiency or funs available for redemption of callable
bonds
No further payments need be made into the Band and Interest Redemp-
tion Fund after enough of the bonds have been retired so that the amount then
held in said fund (including the Bond Reserve Account) is equal to the entire
amount of principal and interest which will be payable at the time of maturity
of all the bonds then remaining outstanding
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(C) REPLACEMENT FUND.
There shall next be established and maintained a separate depositary
account designated the Replacement Fund, which shall be used solely and
only for the purpose of making major repairs and replacements to the System
for which funds in the Operation and Maintenance Fund are not available or
sufficient There shall be set aside into said account quarterly out of the
revenues remaining in the Receiving Fund, after provision has been made for
the Operation and Mairtenance �l�nd, and the Bond and Interest Redemptior Fund
(including the Reserve Account) all of the revenues so remaining until such
time as there has been accumulated in said Replacement Fund the sum of
$10,000.00 whenever money shall be used from said fund for making such
major repairs and replacements, the moneys so used shall be replaced from the
net revenues in the Receiving Fund which are not required by this Ordinance
to be used for the Operation and Maintenance Fund or the Bond and Interest
Redemption Fund (including the 7=teserve Account)
(D) IMPROVEMENT ='UND:
Out of the remaining revenues in the Receiving 'nand, there may be
set aside in any quarter, after meeting the requirements for the foregoing
funds, in a separate depositary account to be designated Improvement Fund,
such sum ,s the City Council may deem advisable, to be used for improvements,
enlargements, extensions and repairs to the System
(E) SURPLUS TUND.
Moneys remaining in the Receiving Fund at the end of any operating
year, after full satisfaction of uhe foregoing requirements may be transferred
to a separate depositary account to be designated Surplus Fund Moneys in the
Surplus Fund may be transferred from time to time, in the discretion of the
City Council, to either the Bond and Interest Redemption Fund to be used for
the purpose of calling bonds, or to the Improvement Fund. Provided, that if
there by any deficit in the Operation and Maintenance Fund, Bond and Interest
Redemption Fund (including the Reserve Account) or the Replacement Fund by
reason of defaults in setting aside therein the amounts hereinbefore required,
then transfers shall be made from the Surplus Fand to such funds in the order
named to the extent of such deficit
Section 20 The right is reserved, in accordance with the provisions
of Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended to issue additional bonds
payable from the revenues of the System which shall be of equal standing with the
bonds herein authorized for the following purposes and on the following
conditions and limitations
(a) For completion of the project in accordance with the plans and •
specifications therefor; and such bonds shall not be authorized unless the
consulting engineers, IIubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc , or their successor engineers •
in charge of construction, shall execute a certificate evidencing the fact that
additional funds are needed to complete the project in accordance with the plans
and specifications therefor. If such certificate shall be so executed and filed
with the Cita Clerk it shall be the duty of the City Council to provide for and
issue additional Revenue Bonds in the amount stated in said certificate to be
necessary to complete the project in accordance with the plans and specifications.
Page 349
Co) yor subsequent extensions and improvements to the System:
111 Provided, that no such additional bonds shall be issued unless the net re-
venues for each of the two (2) completed operating years next preceding the
issuance of the additional bonds, when supplemented by the net revenues
estimated to accrue from the making of the proposed extensions and improvements,
are equal to not less than one and one-half (1-1/2) times the largest amount
of combined principal and interest to fall due in any future operating year
on any bonds then outstanding payable from the revenues of the System and on
the additional bonds so to be issued As a condition precedent to the issuance
of said bonds, a written estimate of the net revenues estimated to accrue from
the acquisition or construction of the proposed extensions and improvements,
concurred in and executed by an engineer designated by the City Council, and
the engineer of the Municipal Finance Commission (or in the event no such state
officer or agent exists, an engineer selected by the Municipal Finance Commission
or successor state agency having jurisdiction over the issuance of municipal
bonds), shall be filed with the City Clerk and the Municipal Finance Commission
Permission of the Municipal Finance Commission (or such other Commission as shall
have jurisdiction over the issuance of municipal bonds) to issue such additional
bonds shall constitute a conclusive presumption of the existence of conditions
permitting the issuance thereof
Except as herein authorized, no additional bonds having equal
standing with the bonds of this issue shall be authorized or issued
Section 21 Said bonds and coupons shall be in substantially the
111 following; form.
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF LAYNE
CITY OF LIVONIA
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM NO 1
REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1
No $1,000 00
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the CITY OF LIVONIA, County of
Wayne, State of Michigan, for value received, hereby promises to pay to the
bearer, or if registered, to the registered holder hereof, but only out of
the revenues of Sewage Disposal System No 1 of the City of Livonia, including
all appurtenances, extensions and improvements thereto, the sum of
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
on the first day of March, A D 19 , with interest thereon from the date
hereof until paid at the rate of per cent per annum, payable September
1, 1951, and semi-annually thereafter on the first day of March and September
of each year, on presentation and surrender of the proper interest coupons
hereto annexed as they severally become due Both principal of and interest
Page 350
on this bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America at
DETROIT TRUST COMPANY, Detroit, Michigan, and for the prompt payment thereof,
the gross revenues of said Sewage Disposal System No 1 including all appur-
tenances, extensions and improvements thereto, after provision has been made
for reasonable and necessary expenses of operation, administration and main-
tenance are hereby irrevocably pledged, and a statutory first lien on said
revenues is hereby recognized and created
This bond is one of a series of seven hundred and seventy (770)
bonds of even date and like tenor except as to date of maturity
aggrec;atinf, the sum of $770,000.00, issued
pursuant to Ordinance No 26, duly adopted h the City Council of the City
of Livonia on January 20, 1951, as amended, by Ordinance No 30 adopted by
the City Council of the City of Livonia on March 12, 1951, and under and in
full compliance with the Constitution and Suatutes of the State of Michigan,
including specifically Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended, for
the purpose of acquiring the constructing sanitary sewers for Sewage Disposal
System No 1 of the City of Livonia
For a complete statement of the revenues fro:r which and the con-
ditions under which this bond is payable, a statement of the conditions under
which additional bonds of equal standing may hereafter be issued, and the
general covenants and provisions pursuant to which this bond is issued re-
ference is made to the above-described Ordinance
Bonds of this issue may be called for redemption as a whole, at the
111 option of the City, on any interest payment date on or after March 1, 1953
The right is reserved of redeeming bonds numbered 586 to 770, in-
clusive, maturing in the years 1974 to 1981, inclusive, at the option of the
City, in inverse numerical order, on any interest payment date on or after
March 1, 1965
The redemption price of all bonds called for redemption prior to
maturity, whether as a whole or in part, shall be par and accrued interest
to the date fixed for redemptyon plus a premium as follows -
$40
ollows •4 0 00 on each bond called 'or redemption prior to March 1, 1965
$20 00 on each bond called 'or redemption on or after March 1,
1965, but prior to March 1, 1971
$10 00 on each bond called for redempt.Lon on or after idarch 1,
1971, but prior to March 1, 1977
No premium will be paid on bonds called for redemption on or after
Larch 1, 1977
Notice of redemption shall be given thirty (30) days in advance of the re-
demption date by publycat_Lon in a financial paper published in the State of
Michigan, and in the case of registered oonas, thirty (30) days' notice shall
be given by mail to the registered address Bonds so called for redemption
shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption, provided funds
are on hand with the paying agent to redeem said bonds
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This bond is a self-liquidating bonds, and is not a general ob-
1 IIIligation of the City of Livonia, and does not constitute an indebtedness
of the City of Livonia within any Constitutional or statutory limitation,
and is payable, both as to principal and interest, solely "rom the revenues
of said Sewage Disposal System No 1 of the City of IL vonia The principal
and interest or this bond are secured by the statutory lien hereinbefore
mentioned
The City of Livonia has covenanted and agreed, and does hereby
covenant and agree, to maintain at all times while any of said bonds are
outstanding, such rates for service furnished by said Sewage Disposal System
No 1 as shall be sufficient to provide for the payment o' expenses of ad-
ministration and operation and such expenses for maintenance of said System
as may be necessary to preserve the same in good repair and working order,
to provide for the payment of interest upon and the principal of all bonds
payable therefrom as and when the same become due and payable and for the
creation of a reserve therefor, and to provide for such other expenditures
and funds for said facilities as are required by said Ordinance.
This bond and the interest thereon are exempt from any and all
taxation whatsoever by the State of Michigan or by any taxing authority
within said State
This bond may be registered as to principal only on the books o"
the City Treasurer in the name of the holder, and such registration noted
on the back hereof by the City Treasarer, after which no transfer shall be
valid unless made on the books and noted or the back hereof in like manner
but transferability by delivery may be restored b-, registration to bearer
Such registration shall not affect the negotiability o' the interest coupons
It is hereby certified and recited that all acts, conditions and
things required by law precedent to and in the issuance of this bond and the
series of which this is one have been done and performed in regular and due
time and form as required by law
TIN WITNESS y HEREOF, the Cit, Council of the City of Livonia,
County of Wayne, State of Michigan, has caused this bond to be signed in
the name of said City by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Clerk, and
the corporate seal of the City to be affixed hereto,
and the coupons hereto attached to be signed by the facsimile signatures
of said mayor and City Clerk, as of the first day of March, A. D 1951
CITY 0:' LIVONIA
BY
(Seal) Mayor
Countersigned
City Clerk
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(„0Pi 1 0F C OUPON)
No
On the first day of A.D 19
unless the bond to which this coupon pertains shall have been called for re-
demption, the CITY OF LIVONIA, Wayne County, :.Iichigan, will pay to the bearer
the sum of :dollars, in the manner and out of the revenues
described in said bond, at Detroit 'Frust Company, Detroit, Michigan,
the semi-annual interest due that dayon itsSe Sewage 11 cIu„em,No being
�,e Disposal System 1
Revenue :fond, Series 1, dated 1,arch 1, 1951, No
This coupon is not a general obligation of the City of Livonia but
is payable from certain revenues as set =orth in the bond to which it per-
tains.
Layor
City Clerk
SECTION II This Ordinance shall be published in full in The
Livonian, a newspaper of general circulation it the City of Livonia, qualified
under State law top:_blish legal notices, within one week of its adaption
SEC'T'IOY III This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
its adoption, to wit . ...ar^h 12 1251
The above ordinance was passed at L,he regular meeting of the
Council of the City of Livonia, held Londay, i,1arch 12, 1951, at 8.00 P M
Li.arie T Clark, City Clerk
The above ordinance ;eras approved by me this 12th day of March, 1951
Jesse Ziegler, Mayor
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IIIThe result of the roll call vote on the foregoing Ordinance was as follows •
AYES: Edgar, Whitehead, Jahn, Carey, Taylor, Grimm & Wolfe.
NAYS None
The Mayor, Jesse Ziegler, then approved said ordinance and affixed his signature
thereto as evidence of such approval The President declared said ordinance
shall become affective immediately under the provisions of Section 6, Act 94,
Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended and ordered that said ordinance be
published in full in the Livonian on Friday, Larch 16, 1951
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman yhitehead and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was .
9-39` (a)',7HER.EAS by Ordinance No 26 adopted by the City Council on
January 29, 1951, as amended by Ordinance No 30 adopted by the City
Council on March 12, 1951, the City of Livonia has authorized the issue
III
of $770,000 00 Sewage Disposal System No I pevenue Bonds, Series I,
dated March 1, 1951
IT IS HEREBY n,ESOLVED that the City Clerk cause notice of sale
of said bonds to oe published in the Bond Buyer as soon as the form of
said notice is approved by the Municipal Finance Commission, setting the
date of sale for a regular or special meeting of the City Council
occurring more than fourteen (lig) days after such publication
RESOLJED, FURTHER, that said notice be in substantially the
following form, subject to any changes which may be required by the
Municipal Finance Commission:
NOTICE OF SALE
$770,000.00
CITY OF LIVONIA, MICHIGAN
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM NO I REVENUE BONDS
SERIES I
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SEALED BIDS for the purchase of Sewage Disposal System No 1 Revenue
111 Bonds, Series I, of the City of Livonia, Nayne County, Michigan, of the par
value of $770,000 00, will be received by the undersigned at his office, 33110
Five Mile Road in the City of Livonia, Michigan, until 'Nednesday the 4th day of
April, 1951, at 7.30 o'clock p m , Eastern Standard Time, at which time and place
they will be publicly. opened and read
The bonds will be dated as of March 1, 1951, and shall mature serially
as follows •
$15,000 March 1st of each of the years 193 and 1954;
$25,000 March 1st of each of the years 1957 and 1956;
$30,000 march 1st of each of the years 1957 and 1958,
$40,000 March 1st of each of the years 1979 to 1961, inclusive;
$30,000 March 1st of each of the years 1962 to 1966, inclusive,
$25,000 March 1st of each of the years 1967 to 1978, inclusive,
$20,000 ;March 1st of each of the years 1979 to 1981, inclusive.
Said bonds shall be coupon bonds, registerable as to principal only,
of the denomination of $1,000 each, numbered consecutively in direct order of
maturity from 1 to 770, inclusive, and shall bear interest from their aate at
a rate or rates not exceeding four per cent (4%) per annum, expressed in mul-
tiples of 1/4 of 1%, and said interest shall be payable on September 1, 1951,
and semi-annually thereafter on March 1st and September 1st of each year,
both principal and interest being payable at DETROIT TRUST C 'ANY, Detroit,
Michigan Accrued interest to the date of delivery of said bonds must be
paid by the purchaser at the time of delivery The interest rate for each
coupon period on any one bond shall be at one rate only
Bonds of this issue may be called ''or redemption as a whole, at the
option of the City, on any interest payment date on or after larch 1, 1953.
Bonds numbered 536 to 770, inclusive, maturing in the years 197)4 to
1981, inclusive, shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity, at the
option of the ''ity, in inverse numerical order, on any interest payment date
on or after March 1, 1965
The redemption price of all bonds called for redemption prior to
maturity, whether as a whole or in part, shall be par and accrued interest to
the date fixed for redemption, plus a premium as follows :
$40 00 on each bond called for redemption prior to March 1, 1965
$20 00 on each bond called for redemption on or a{'ter March 1, 1965, but prior
to March 1, 1971.
$10.00 on each bond called for redemption on or after March 1, 1971, but prior
to March 1, 1977
No premium will be paid on bonds called for redemption on or after
March 1, 1977
Notice of redemption shall be given thirty (30) days in advance of redemp-
tion
date by publication in a financial paper published in the State of
Michigan, and in case of registered uonds, thirty (30) dayst notice shall be
given by mail to 'che registered address Bonds so called for redemption
shall not bear interest after the date fixed ''or redemption, provided funds
are on hand with the paying agent to redeem said bonds
1
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No proposal for the purchase of less than all of the bonds, nor
for less than their par value will be considered
111 Said bonds are to be issued under Act 94, public Acts of Mic'Zigan,
1933, as amended, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring and i
constructing sanitary sewers as a part of Sewage Disposal System No I of
the City of Livonia Said bonds are not general obligations of the City but
are payable solely from the revenues of said System, and are a first and
prior lien on all such revenues, subject only to payment of expenses of ad-
ministration, operatior and maintenance
For the purpose of awarding the oonds, the interest cost of each
bid will be computed by determining, at the rate or rates specified therein,
the total dollar value of all interest on the bonds from May 1st, 1951 to
their maturity and deducting therefrom any premium The bonds will be awarded
to the bidder whose bid on the aoove computation produces the lowest interest
cost to the City of Livonia
A certified or cashier's check in the amount of $15,400 drawn upon
an incorporated bank or trust company and payable to the order of the Treasurer
of the City of Livonia must accompany each bid as a guaranty of good faith
on the part of the bidder, to be forfeited as liquidated damages if such bid
is accepted and the bidder fails to take up and pay for the bonds No interest
will be allowed on the good faith checks, and checks of unsuccessful bidders
will be promptly returned to each bidder's representative or by registered
mail
III
Bids shall be conditioned upon the unqualified opinion of Miller,
Canfield, Paddock and Stone, attorneys of Detroit, Michigan, which opinion
will be furnished without expense to the purchaser of the bonds prior to the
delivery thereof, approving their legality The City shall furnish bonds
ready for execution at its expense Bonds will be delivered at the City of
Detroit, or at such other place as may be agreed upon with the purchaser
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
Envelopes containing the bids should be plainly marked "Proposal
for Bonds."
MARIE Vi CLARK,
Dated City Clerk
1, Marie W Clark do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
copy of a Resolution duly adopted by the Council of the City of
Livonia at its 29th regular meeting, held January 29, 1951, at which
meeting all of the members of the Council were present as follows :
Harry S Wolfe, Wilson i Edgar, Raymond E. Grimm, Harvey Jahn,
Nettie Carey, William Taylor and John Whitehead, and at which meeting
a roll call vote was taken on said Resolution with the following result:
IIIYeas • Seven
Nays . None s
(Sgd) Marie W Clark
Marie W. Clark, City Clerk
City of Livonia, Wayne County
State of Michigan
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Attested
(Sgd) Harry S Wolfe
Karry S Wolfe, President of the
Council, City of Livonia, Michigan.
The result of the roll call vote on the ''oregoinr resolution was as follows
AYES- Edgar, Whitehead, Jahn, Carey, Taylor, Grimm & Wolfe.
NAYS. i'one
By unanimous consent of all members present, Joseph Fabiano of
Greenmoor Subdivision, Robert Wilson of 15110 Alexander, J Gardinier of
1511 Harrison, T W Keever of 15026 Sunbury and John Daugherty were permitted
to speak on special order of business, in connection with the need in their
neighborhood for drainage and improved roads The communication from John
Daugherty dated March 5, 1951, was received and placed on file This matter
was referred to the City Engineer, Herald Hamill
Leonard Broquet of Redford Township made a verbal recommendation to
the Council in support to the written application of 'edford Cab and Meter
Company (Livonia-Redford Transportation Company) for permission to operate a
Limousine Service The Council also considered letter from Deluxe Motor Stages
dated March 7, 1951 By Councilman Jahn, seconded by Councilman Taylor and
unanimously adopted as follows, it was .
/ 3Vg.) RESOLVED, that pursuant to Sectior 5, Chapter IX of the
Charter, the City of Livonia does hereby grant unto Livonia-Redford
Transportation Company a temporary permit to operate a Limousine Service
On Five Mile Road between Farmington Road and Inkster Road on the
following terms and conditions .
SCHEDULE OF OPERATION
The schedule of operation as set forth in letter from
Redford Cab and Neter Company dated ILarch 9, 1951, and shall
include the following services .
111 Commencing 5.15 a m. to Middlebelt Road every 15 min - ip to 10:00 a m
Commencing 5 30 a m to Farmington Road every 30 min -up to 10.00 a.m.
Commencing 1 0:C0 a m to Niddlebelt Road every 30 min up to 3.00 p m
Commencing 10:00 a :n to Farmington Road every 60 min up to 3:00 p m
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Commencing 3.00 p m to Middlebelt Road every 15 min - up to 7.30 p m
Commencing 3 00 p m to Farmington Road every 30 min - up to 7 30 p m
III
Commencing 7:30 p m to Liddlebelt Road every 30 min - up to 1:30 a.m.
Commencing 7:30 p m to Farminrtor Road every 60 min - up to 1.30 a m
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
Commencing 8 00 a m to Middlebelt Road every 30 min - up to 10.00 p m
Commencing 8 00 a m to Farmington Road every 60 min - up to 10.00 p m
RATES
The rates as charged for such transportation shall be as
follows, as set forth in said letter dated March 9, 1951, provided,
that a 25 charge shall be made for service between Farmington Road
and Detroit City limits, a 200 charge for service between Middlebelt
to the Detroit City limits and 1/2 fares shall be charged to all
school children during a period commencing one hour before school
and ending one hour after school closes
INSURANCE
Insurance shall be carried in the form to be approved by
the City Attorney with a coverage for each vehicle of $5,000 00 and
$10,000.00
III The result of the roll call vote on the foregoing resolution was as follows .
AYES Edgar, Whitehead, Jahn, Carey, Taylor, Grimm & Wolfe
NAYS: None
A ten minute recess was called following which the meeting was continued
with all members of the Council present
By Councilman Whitehead, seconded by Councilman Jahn and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was
A 3 ('G) RESOLVED, that an additional appropriation of $4806 21 be
and hereby is granted to the Department of Public Works for the
Completion of electrical wiring and fixtures, concrete flooring
and plumbing in the Municipal Garage Building situated on Farmington
Road, pursuant to bids accepted by the Council at its 30th regular
meeting; and that said sum of $4806.21 be charged against the
continency fund
The result of the roll call vote on the foregoing resolution .:as as follows .
AYES. Edgar, Whitehead, Jahn, Carey, Taylor, Grimm & Wolfe.
III NAYS- None.
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By Councilman Jahn, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously
111 adopted as follows, it was
093.(d) RESOLVED, that communication from Michigan liquor Control
Commission dated March 1, 1951, be and hereby is referred to the
Police Department for investigation and report
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman maylor and unanimously
adopted as Follows, it was .
393 -e- RESOLVED, that the petitions of residents in Greenmore
and Newburg Subdivision for the installation of sewers be and hereby
is referred to the City Engineer for investigation and report
Communication from L J Jen_zies was received and placed on file.
By Councilman Grimm, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was :
�'✓�� RESOLVED, that the following bills, the same having been
properly approved in each instance by the respective department
heads and having been identified by the signature of the City Clerk,
be and hereby are approved.
Executive
$ 150 00
Legislative 353 08
City Clerk 253 45
Judicial . . 89 37
Finance & Accounting 219 99
City Hall 365.79
Civil Service Commission . • 27 19
Election Commission . 45 52
City Planning Commission 79 56
Board of Review 15 00
Sewer Project (Advertising) . 20 00
Department of Public Safety
Police $1,729 18
Fire L70 29
Inspection 155.04 2,354 51
Department of Public Jorks 2,229 06
Civilian Defense • • 2 66
Unexpended Appropriation (CC) 137 50
$6,347 68
Bender .a Loudon Company
Freight on Seven Voting Machines $81 51
Expenses of Director of Civil Defense 30.00
Shoup Voting .,.achene Corporation
Price of seven voting machines
as authorized by Council - $9,772 00
and the City Measurer is directed to pay the said bills in the
above amounts
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The result of the roll call vote on the foregoing resolution was as follows .
111 AYES Edgar, Whitehead, Jahn, Carey, Taylor, Grimm & Wolfe
NAYS: None
Communication from Dallas Hay, Director of Civil Defense, dated March
10, 1951, was received and placed on file.
By Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was
9�
-3 � R�/ 'nFSOL JED, that the Council, acting on Petition No 21�
of John Kaiser, Sue G Kaiser, Carl Day, Letha Day, J R Killham,
Jean Killham, Edith Wood, Allan Wood, Harriet Wood, Martha A Heft,
Lillian H Hartmann, Harvey E Thomas and Eltia M Thomas, does
hereby declare that it is advisable to vacate the following alley:
Golden Ridge Subdivision Number 1 of part of the IT
1/2 of the SE 1/)4 of Section 31 T 1 S , R 9 E , whiCh
runs North and Soutr and is bounded on parallel sides
by Hix Road on the West and Houghton Road on the East
and between Minton Ave on the North and Northfield
Ave on the South;
and does hereby direct the City Clerk to deliver a copy of this
resolution to the City Planning Commission for action thereon as
provided by Ordinance No 29
By Councilman Whitehead, seconded by Councilman Jahn and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was
393 R S0LVED, that the Council, acting on Petition No 28
of C Bruinekool, G Neuroth, L Briggs, Clyde :Joon and Andrew C.
Roberts, does hereby declare that it is advisable to vacate the
following alley:
E G SETTLE REALTY COMPANIES Bonaparte Gardens
Subdivision of S 1/2 of S E 1/L of Section 35,
T 1 S , R 9E , City of Livonia, Wayne County,
Michigan, from 0porto to Melvin Street and from
Lot 382 to Dover Street,
and does hereby direct the City Clerk to deliver a copy of this
resolution to the City Planning Commissior for action thereon as
provided by Ordinance No 29
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On motion made by Councilman Jahn, secondded by Councilman Taylor
and unanimously passed, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 P. i:: , I:arch 12, 1951.
“ar IT Clark, City Clerk
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