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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmendments to City Charter 2/18/1969AMENDMENTS TO CITY CHARTER CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS FEBRUARY 18, 1969 Section 1, Article II amended to read as follows: "Section 1. Number, Selection, Term of Office. Expenses and Compensation. (a) The governing and law making body of the City of Euless shall consist of a Mayor and five (5) Councilmen and said body shall be known as the 'City Council of the City of Euless'. The members of the City Council of the City of Euless shall be the only elective officials of the City and shall be elected from the City at large in the manner provided in Article III of this Charter for a term of two (2) years beginning on the date of such Council- men's election and each shall serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each councilman shall be elected to and occupy -a specific place on the Council, such places being numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. The two present Councilmen who were elected in April, 1967, shall be Councilmen places 2 and 4 in alphabetical order of their surnames. The three present Councilmen who were elected in April, 1968, shall be Councilmen places 1, 3 and 5 in alphabetical order of their sur- names. The Mayor and Councilmen places 2 and 4 shall be elected by popular majority vote of the citizens of Euless in odd numbered years, and Councilmen places 1, 3 and 5 shall be so elected in even numbered years. Said Mayor and Councilmen shall be reimbursed for any lawful expenditures made in behalf of the City or expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, when approved by the Council." Section 1, Article III amended to read as follows: "Section 1. General Elections. The regular City Election shall be held annually on the second Saturday in April, at which time officers will be elected to fill those offices which become vacant that year. The City Council shall fix the hours and place for holding such elections," Section 5, Article III amended to read as follows: "Section 5. Conductinq and Canvassinq Elections. The returns of every municipal election shall be delivered forthwith by the election judges to the City Secretary. The Council shall canvass the returns, investigate the qualifications of the candidates and declare the official results of the election as provided by this Charter, the Election Code and applicable 1 of 3 Statutes of the State of Texas. Returns of every municipal election shall be recorded in the minutes of the Council. Any candidate for office in any duly held municipal election receiving a majority of all the votes cast for the office for which he is a candidate shall be elected to such office. In the event any candidate for either of said offices fails to receive a majority of all votes cast for all the candidates for such office at such election the Mayor shall, on the first day following the completion of the official count of the ballots cast at said first election, issue a call for a second election to be held in said city on a date not exceeding fifteen (15) days following the issuance of such call, at which said second election the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes for any such office in the first election at which no one was elected at said first election by receiving a majority of all votes cast for all candidates for such office, shall again be voted for. The official ballot to be used at said second election shall be prepared by the City Secretary and the name of no person shall appear thereon unless he was a candidate for the office desig- nated at said first election, and the two (2) persons receiving at said first election the first and second highest number of votes cast for candidates for such office at such first election shall be entitled to have their names printed on said official ballot in the order of their standing in the computation of the votes cast for such candidates at said first election as candi- dates at said second election for such office; provided, however, that in the event any person who was a candidate at said first election and who shall be entitled to become a candidate at such second election shall fail to request that his name shall appear on the official ballot therefor at such second election as herein provided, the candidate for such office standing next highest in the computation of votes shall succeed to the rights of such can- didate who failed to request that his name appear upon the ballot at said second election; provided further, that two (2) candidates for such office at said first election shall be entitled to become candidates therefor at said second election, which two (2) candi- dates shall be those two (2) among such candidates as shall stand highest respectively in the computation of all votes cast for all the candidates for such office at said first election as shall file written request to be placed on the official ballot as candidates for such office at said second election. In the event of a tie in the vote for the two (2) leading candidates for any office at said first election, said office shall be filled at a second election as herein provided for, at which such candidates so tied in said first election may again become candidates. In the event such candidates who tied in said first election, or either of them, shall fail so to do, the two (2) candidates for such office who are next highest in the computation of votes therefor and who desire to become candidates therefor at said second election shall be entitled so to do in order of the number of votes they respectively received at said first election. In the event of a tie between the two (2) candi- dates for any office at said second election, they shall cast lots to determine who shall be elected to such office." 2 of 3 Section 1, Article X amended to read as follows: "Section 1. The Planninq and Zoninq Commission. There shall be established a Planning & Zoning Commission which shall consist of a minimum of seven (7) citizens from the City of Euless who own real property within said City. The members of said Commission shall be appointed by the City Council for a term of two years. Three (3) members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be so appointed each odd numbered year and four (4) members shall be so appointed each even numbered year. The Commission shall elect a chairman from among its membership and shall meet not less than once each month. Three (3) members shall constitute a quorum. Members of the Commission may be removed by the Mayor with the consent of the Council after public hearing and for cause set forth in writing. The Commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings which shall be of public record. The Commission shall serve without compensation." Section 6, Article XII amended to read as follows: "Section 6. Notice of Claim. The City of Euless shall not be held responsible on account of any claim for damages to any person or property unless the person making such complaint or claiming such damages shall, within thirty (30) days after the time at which it is claimed such damages were infl,tcted upon such person or property, file with the City Secretary, a true written statement under oath, as to the nature and character of such damages or injuries, the extent of same, and the place where same happened, the circumstances under which same happened, the conditions causing same, with a detailed statement of each item of damages and the amount thereof, and if it be for personal injuries, giving a list of witnesses, if any known to affiants, who witnessed such accident." Article XII entitled "General Provisions" amended to include Section 19, to read as follows: "Section 19. Exemption from Appeal Bond. It shall not be necessary in any action,suit or proceeding in which the City of Euless is a party, for any bond, undertak- ing or security to be executed by or on behalf of the said City, but all such actions, suits, appeals or proceedings shall be conducted in the same manner as if such bond, undertaking or security has been given and said City shall be liable as if such obligation had been duly given and executed." 3 of 3