Public Notices

E L E C T I O N  N O T I C E

To all qualified electors of Midway City, Utah:

Take notice that on November 6, 2018 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., a special bond election (the “Bond Election”) will be held in Midway City, Utah (the “City”), in conjunction with the general election to be held that day.

Information regarding polling places for each voting precinct, each early voting polling place, and each election day voting center, including changes to the location of a polling place and the location of an additional polling place, may be found at the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website at www.vote.utah.gov or at the Wasatch County Clerk/Auditor’s Website at www.wasatch.utah.gov or at the Midway City Recorder’s Website at www.midwaycityut.org.

To obtain information regarding the location of a polling place voters may also call the Wasatch County Clerk/Auditor at (435) 657-3190.

The Election will be held for the purpose of submitting the following ballot proposition:

 

OFFICIAL BALLOT PROPOSITION FOR THE
MIDWAY CITY, UTAH
SPECIAL BOND ELECTION
 

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

 

/s/ Brad Wilson

City Recorder

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PROPOSITION [fill in no.]

Shall Midway City, Utah (the “City”), be authorized to issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the “Bonds”) for the purpose of partnering with willing landowners, private organizations, land preservation foundations, governmental agencies and private donors, all at the discretion of the City Council, to pay all or a portion of the costs (to preserve open space (as open space is defined and is consistent with the Midway City General Plan and as permitted by the laws of the State of Utah) and related improvements, within the proposed annexation boundaries of the City as established in the land use map of the City dated December 13, 2017, including but not limited to acquisition of land, development rights, conservation easements, maintenance of use agreements, or related start-up expenses; said Bonds to be due and payable in not to exceed twenty-one (21) years from the date of issuance of the Bonds?

Property Tax Cost of Bonds: If the Bonds are issued all at once an annual property tax to pay debt service on the Bonds will be required over a period of twenty-one (21) years in the estimated amount of $110.76 per year on a $440,000 residence and in the estimated amount of $201.39 per year on a business property having the same value.

The foregoing information is only an estimate and is not a limit on the amount of taxes that the City may be required to levy in order to pay debt service on the Bonds. The City is obligated to levy taxes to the extent provided by law in order to pay the Bonds. The amounts are based on various assumptions and estimates, including estimated debt service on the Bonds and current taxable values of property in the City.

 

FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS (YES)

 

 

AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS (NO)

 

Voting at the special bond election may be done by absentee ballot to be mailed to all registered voters in the City. Voters wishing to vote by absentee ballot and who fail to receive a ballot in the mail may contact the Wasatch County Clerk/Auditor’s office by phone at (435) 657-3190 or the Midway City Recorder’s office by phone at (435) 654-3223, ext. 118.

Voters that do not wish to vote by mail (absentee ballot) may vote in person at the early voting places and during the early voting times established within the City for the general election on November 6, 2018, at the election day voting centers established within the City for the general election. Locations of early voting places and election day voting centers may be found by consulting the websites indicated above or by calling Wasatch County Clerk/Auditor’s office by phone at (435) 657-3190 or the Midway City Recorder’s office by phone at (435) 654-3223, ext. 118.

NOTICE is given that on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, that being a day no sooner than seven (7) days and no later than fourteen (14) days after the Bond Election, the Council of the City will meet at its regular meeting place at 6:00 p.m. to canvass the returns and declare the results of the Bond Election.

Pursuant to applicable provisions of Utah State law, the period allowed for any contest of the Bond Election shall end forty (40) days after November 20, 2018 (the date on which the returns of the Bond Election are to be canvassed and the results thereof declared). No such contest shall be maintained unless a complaint meeting the requirements of applicable law is filed with the Clerk of the District Court of Wasatch County within the prescribed forty (40) day period.

GIVEN by order of the City Council of Midway City, Utah.

 

By: /s/ Celeste T. Johnson

Mayor

ATTEST:

By: /s/ Brad Wilson

City Recorder

 

To be published on or about: October 3, October 10 and October 17 – the Wasatch Wave.