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Home My WebLink About354 06-24-1969ORDINANCE NO. 354 AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 2, 1969, 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 1O66c, 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, the Euless City Council has determined that the citizens of Euless should have the opportunity of voting on the city sales tax proposition, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL: That a special election shalt be held In Euless, Texas, on August 2, 1969, 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 sates 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. Ths polling place for said election shall be the Euless City Hall located at 201 Ector Drive in said City and said election 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 4. That said election shall be held In accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and ail duty 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 fourteenth day of July, 1969, and shall close at 5 :00 o'clock p.m. July 29, 1969, at the office of the City Secretary at the Euless City Nall, 201 Ector Drive in said City. 6. The City Secretary shall have printed a sufficient number of paper ballots containing the following proposition: "OFFICIAL BALLs2T, INSTRUCTIONS: Place an "X" in the square beside the statement indicat- Ing the way you wish to vote. FOR adoption of a one percent (i%) local sales and use tax within the City. AGAINST adoption of a one percent (1%)tocal sales and use tax within the City. Voting on the elction date, August 2, 1969, shall be conducted by the use of voting machines as provided by Article 7.14 at 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 shalt 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 small 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 second day of August, 1969, as soon as practical after the polls have closed, the ballots counted and the returns certified by the election Judge. The Notice of the election hereby ordered and called shall be given by publication on the sane 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 Nall 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. : Should any section, provision, word, phrase, or clause of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be held invalid, un- constitutional 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 previously called a sales tax election, there has been created and exists an urgency and emergency requiring 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 twenty- fourth day of June, 1969, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas. ATTEST: City Secretary AP D A 0 FO C i ty \AtWorney APPROVED: MAYOR ■ II �■I�■ �� M I I ■ �■11■ I NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEM by the Euless City Council that a Special Election has been ordered in the City of Euless to be held on Saturday, August 2, 1969, 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 Hail 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 loth day of July, 1969, 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., July 29, 1969. The following persons are hereby appointed to act as election officials: Mrs. Reba Cromer Judge Mrs, Joyce 2Mns , Assistant Election Judge Mrs. Eunice Anderson Clerk 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 places in the City of Euless, two of which public places shall be the Euless City Hall and the Euless Post Off ice. BY ORDER OF THE EULESS CITY COU0.ICIL. A. C. Krause, Mayor ATTEST: F City Secretary AF T 2F POSTING VIISLS OF SMIAL THE STATE OF TEXAS Z COUNTY OF TARRANT I BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared W. MI. SUSTAIRE, Chief of Police of the City of Euless, Texas, who being by ,m duly sworn upon oath deposes and says: That on the 9th day of July, 1969, he caused to be posted s tree 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 ptercent local sales and use tax within the City of Euless. That posting was mad* at the following locations, to -wit: Euless CItX Hall Elm post Ott-CA Morgan Host Restaurant at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of said selection. W. M, Sustaire SWORN TO A14D SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME this �,tjL day of July, 1909. Notary aiic, arrant County, Texas