09-22-1960 HUCM29.
SPECIAL MEETING
September 22, 1960
The Hutchinson Utilities Commission of the City of
Hutchinson, Minnesota, met at the office of Dr. R. I.
Sheppard, President, on September 22, 1960.
All members of the Commission were present.
The following is a General Certificate of the City Clerk,
to be spread on the face of the minutes, dated Sept. 22, 19601
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
GENERAL CERTIFICATE
COUNTY OF McLEOD }
OF CITY CLERK
CITY OF HU`?'Cr INSON )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Hutchinson,
Minnesota, hereby certify as follows;
1. The City of Eutchinson is a duly incorporated
city of the 4th Class, under a home rule charter adopted in
1913 and last amended in 1956, a true and correct copy of
said charter and all amendments thereto to date being hereto
attached.
2. Pursuant to Chapter 1? adopted as an amendment
to said charter in September 1936, and as again amended on
.April 26, 1955, the City of Hutchinson has created Hutchinson
Utilities Commission of the City of Hutchinson, with control
and management of the light plant, the light plant distribution
system, the gas plant and the gas distribution system of the
City of Hutchinson.
3• The following are members of the Hutchinson
Utilities Commission, secretary and city treasurer, with the
date their terms commenced and expire.
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Date Term Date Term
Name Office Commenced Expires
Dr. Ross I. Sheppard President September 1960 September 1966
Dr. A. J. Thompson Commissioner September 1958 September 1964
Iallace Kurth
Commissioner
July
1960
September
1962
R. VV• Dahl.
Secretary
October
1956
Septembep
1962
E. R. Jensen
City Treasurer
May
1960
May
1961
4• There are no special laws or statutes of the State
of T,Zinnesota relating to or regulating the powers of the Corn-
mission excepting Chapter 524 Session Laws of Minnesota, 1959)
which provides as follows;
"fin act to authorize the Hutchinson Utilities Commission
of the City of Hutchinson to issue and sell revenue bonds to
provide money to construct a city gas distribution system;
+Re it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota;
Section 1. "as distribution system. The Hutchinson
Utilities Commission of the City of Hutchinson is hereby author-
ized to issue and sell negotiable coupon revenue bonds in a
total ar: ount not exceedinE_, '$650,000 in order to provide money
to construct or otherwise acquire a city gas plant and dis-
tribution system including the power to purchase gas, natural
or otherwise, said bonds to be payable solely from the revenues
from such gas distribution system, and to make the usual and
necessary covenants for the security of said bonds and all pro -.
ceedings heretofore taken by the said commission in the issuance
and sale of such bonds are hereby validated.
Sec. 2. This act shall be in full force and effect when
approved by the governing body of said city.
Approved April 24, 1959."
5. There is no litigation now pending questioning
the organization of the City, the offices of the members of the
utilities commission, or the right and power and authority of the
said commission to issue w650,000 gas utility revenue bonds or
to impose rates and charges for E,,-,as utility service or to
provide funds for payment of said bonds.
VVITNESS IMIy hand and official seal of said City, this
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22nd day of September, 1960.
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( Gertrude tegmeier)
City Clerk
City of Hutchinson, Minnesota
(City Seal)
Meeting was adjourned until Sept. 23, 1960.
ATTESTED;
R. I. Sheppard, Presiden_t...
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R. W. Dahl, Secretary