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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE EDINA
VILLAGE COUNCIL (ACTING AS qANVASSING
BOARD) HELD THURSPAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1957
AT 4:30 P.M. AT THE EDINA VILLAGE HALL I
Nembers answering Rollcall were Bank, Dickson, Fronk, Tupa and Bredes,en.
The Village Clerk presented to the Council the official returns of the special
election held in and for the Village on February 5, 1957, as filed in her office
by the judges and clerks of th”e ele‘ction for the Village, together with affidavits
showin$ posting and publlcation of notice of said election, in accordance with the
resolution adopted by the Council on Decem5er 28, 1956.
davits were examined and found satisfactory and directed to be placed on file.
Said returns and affi-
Membe*r Bank then introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION CANVASSING RETURNS
OF SPECIAL BOND ELECTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Edina,
Minnesota, that the special election held in” and for said Village on
February 5, 1957, has been in all respects duly conducted pursuant to
notice thereof duly published and posted, and the returns thereof have
been canvassed by this Council in accordance with law, and it is hereby
found and determined that the votes cast upon the questions submitted to
the electors at said election were as follows:
’Shall the Village of Edina borrow money and issue its
qegotiable coupon general obligation bonds in an amount
not exceeding $650,000, for the purpose of acquisition
of parks and playgrounds, including necessary land, ease-
ments, structures and equipment, for the municipal park
system? 1
Votes YES: 2,535
Votes NO: ‘1 , 402
Spoiled, Blank or Defective *
Ballots : 3 1
. * Total Votes * 3,940
I
Shall the Village of Edina borrow money and issue its
negotiable coupon general obligation bonds in an amount
not exceeding $200,000, for the acquisition of a muni-
cipal swimming pool?
Votes YES: 2,164
Votes NO: 1,759
Spoiled, Blank or Defective
Ballots : 17
Total Votes: 3,940
and each of said propositions, having received.not less than a majority of the
votes cast thereon, it is hereby declared to have carried.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly seconded by I Fronk, and on Rollcall there were Five ayes, Bank, aye;
Dickson, aye; Fronk, aye; Tupa, aye; and Resolution
was declared duly passed and adopted. ”
Village Clerk