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Home My WebLink About312 11-01-1967 ORDINANCE NO. 312 AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5, 1967, IN THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ADOPTION OF A ONE PERCENT (1%) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN EULESS; DESIGNATING THE OFFICIAL POLLING PLACE AND PROVIDING FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTING; AP- POINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS; DEFINING QUALIFIED VOTERS; PRESCRIBING FORM OF BALLOTS; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF ELECTION, SEVERABILITY, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO SAID ELECTION. WHEREAS, Article 1066c, Texas Civil Statutes authorizes the City of Euless to call an election to submit to the citizens of Euless the proposition of the adoption of a local sales and use tax, and WHEREAS, a substantial majority of other cities and towns in Tarrant, Dallas and adjacent counties have officially called a sales tax election for the month of December, 1967, and WHEREAS, the Euless City Council has determined that the citizens of Euless should have the opportunity of voting on the city sales tax proposition, NOV, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE EULESS CITY CQJNCIL: 1. That a special election shall be held in Euless, Texas, on December 5, 1967, at which election there shall be submitted to the resident qualified voters of Euless the following proposition: "Shall the City of Euless adopt a one percent (1%) local sales and use tax within the City? "FOR a City sales tax. "AGAINST a City sales tax." 2. For the purpose of said election the entire City of Euless is hereby constituted one voting precinct. The polling place for said election shall be the Euless City Hall located at 201 Ector Drive in said City and said election ITEM I Council Minutes November 1 , 1967 shall be held between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 7:00 o'clock p.m. 3 . The following persons are hereby appointed to act as election officials and clerks: Mrs. Reba Cromer , Election judge Mrs. Joyce Owens , Assistant Election judge Mrs. Eunice Anderson Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk 4. That said election shall be held in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and all duly qualified resident electors of the City of Euless, Tarrant County, Texas, shall be qualified to vote. 5. Voting by absentee ballot shall commence on the twentieth day and shall continue through the fourth day preceding the day of said election, that is, the absentee balloting shall begin on November 14, 1967, and shall close at 5:00 o'clock p.m. December 1, 1967, at the office of the City Secretary at the Euless City Hall, 201 Ector Drive in said City. 6. The City Secretary shall have printed a sufficient number of paper ballots containing the following proposition: ITEM I Council Minutes November 1 , 1967 r "OFFICIAL BALLOT INSTRUCTIONS: Place an "X" in the square beside the statement indicating the way you wish to vote. El FOR adoption of a one percent (1%) local s les and use tax. within the City. a AGAINST adoption of a one percent (1%) local sales and use tax within the City. Voting on the election date, December 5, 1967, shall be conducted by the use of voting machines as provided by Article 7. 14 et seq. of the Texas Election Code. The City Secretary shall obtain a sufficient number of voting machines from the Commissioners Court and County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas. The machines shall be examined, prepared, operated and the voting conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Election Code pertaining to voting machines. The ballot box containing the absentee ballots and the voting machines shall be delivered and preserved pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Election Code and all election returns, records and supplies shall be preserved by the City Secretary in her offices as by law provided. The City 'Council shall meet to canvass the results of said election and declare the official results thereof promptly upon receipt of the election returns. The canvass of the returns and declaration of the results by the City Council shall take place on the 5th day of December, 1967, as soon as practical after the polls have closed, the ballots counted and the returns certified by the election judge. 7. The Notice of the election hereby ordered and called shall be given by publication on the same day of two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published within the City of Euless, the date of the first publication to be at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the election date set herein. Notice of the election hereby ordered and called shall be posted at three public places in the City of Euless, two of which public places shall be the Euless City Hall and the Euless Post Office, such posting to be made not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date set herein for such election. ITEM I Council Minutes November 1 , 1967 r) 8. Should any section, provision, word, phrase, or clause of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person, or circumstances be held invalid, unconstitutional or ineffective, the remainder of the Ordinance and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 9. The fact that a majority of neighboring towns and cities in Dallas and Tarrant Counties have agreed to call a sales tax election on December 5, 1967, there has been created and exists an urgency and emergency re- quiring that this Ordinance be passed with one reading so as to permit due notice and publication as required by the Election Code of the State of Texas. PRESENTED AND PASSED ON FIRST AND FINAL READING on the 1 st day of November , 1967, at a called meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas. APPROVED: MAYOR ATTEST: City Secretary ITEM I Council Minutes November 1 , 1967 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Euless City Council that a Special Election has been ordered in the City of Euless to be held on Tuesday, December 5, 1967, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Euless the following proposition: "Shall the City of Euless adopt a one percent (1%) local sales and use tax within the City?" The polling place for said election shall be the Euless City Hall located at 201 Ector Drive in the City of Euless, Texas. The election shall be held between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m. and 7:00 o'clock p.m. Voting by absentee ballot in said election shall commence on the 14th day of November, 1967, in the office of the City Secretary of the City of Euless, Texas. Voting by absentee ballot shall close at 5:00 o'clock p.m. , December 1, 1967. The following persons are hereby appointed to act as election officials: Mrs. Reba Cromer , Election judge Mrs. Joyce Owens Assistant Election judge Mrs. Eunice Anderson Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk ITEM I Council Minutes November 1 , 1967 A copy of the Election Ordinance is attached to this Notice and incorporated herein by reference. The Chief of Police is directed by the Euless City Council to post this Notice of Election at three public placed in the City of Euless, two of which public places shall be the Euless City Hall and the Euless Post Office. BY ORDER OF THE EULESS CITY CQJNCIL. W. G. Fuller - Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary ITEM I Council Minutes November 1 , 1967 AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING NOTICES OF SPECIAL ELECTION THE STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF TARRANT X BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared W. M. SUSTAIRE, Chief of Police of the City of Euless, Texas, who being by me duly sworn upon oath deposes and says: That on the 10th day of November, 1967, he caused to be posted a true and correct copy of the attached and foregoing Notice of Special Election and Ordinance calling Special Election on the question of the adoption of a one per- cent local sales and use tax within the City of Euless. That posting was made at the following locations, to-wit: Euless City Hall Euless Post Office Morgan's Host Restaurant at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of said election. W. M. Sustaire SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME this 10th day of November, 1967. Notary Public, Tarrant County, TEXAS ITEM I Council Minutes November 1 , 1967 CITY OF EULESS NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election has been ordered in the City of Euless to be held on Tuesday, December 5, 1967, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Euless the following proposition: "Shall the City of Euless adopt a one percent (1%) local sales and use tax within the City?" The polling place for said election shall be the Euless City Hall located at 201 Ector Drive in the City of Euless, Texas. The election shall be held between the hours of 7:00 o'clock a. m. and 7:00 o'clock P. m. Voting by absentee ballot in said election shall commence on the 14th day of November, 1967, in the office of the City Secretary of the City of Euless, Texas. Voting by absentee ballot shall close at 5:00 o'clock p. m., December 1 , 1967. BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIIL Mayof- ATTEST: 411"— City Secretary ITEM I Council Minutes November 1 , 1967