HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 2000-08-18 RESOLUTION NO. 00-05CCPD
RESOLUTION CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING
RESULTS OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS, ON AUGUST 12, 2000, FOR THE ADOPTION
OR REJECTION OF CONTINUING THE LEVY AND COLLECTION
OF THE ONE-QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT SALES AND USE
TAX FOR TWENTY(20)YEARS AND CONTINUING THE EULESS
MUNICIPAL CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT
FOR TWENTY(20)YEARS
WHEREAS, there was held in the City of Euless, Texas, on the 12th day of August, 2000, an
election at which there was submitted to the duly qualified resident electors of the City of Euless,
Texas, for their action and vote therefore a proposition on whether the Euless Crime Control and
Prevention District should be continued for twenty (20)years and the Crime Control and Prevention
District sales tax should be continued for twenty(20)years at a rate of one-quarter of one percent.
WHEREAS, there were a total of 420 voters at said election; and
WHEREAS, only duly qualified resident electors of the City of Euless, Texas, voted at said election,
and said election was called and held in strict conformity with the laws of the State of Texas, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 67.004 of the Texas Election Code, two members of the Euless
Municipal Crime Control and Prevention District constitute a quorum for purposes of canvassing an
election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED BY THE TEMPORARY BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE EULESS MUNICIPAL CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT,
THAT:
SECTION 1
An election described in the preamble to this Resolution was duly called and notice thereof given in
accordance with the law; that said election was held in the manner required by law; that only duly
qualified resident electors of the City of Euless, Texas, voted at said election; that due returns of
said election have been made by the proper officers; that votes cast at said election on the
proposed proposition were as follows:
PROPOSITION
Whether the Euless Crime Control and Prevention District should be
continued for twenty (20) years and the Crime Control and
Prevention District sales tax should be continued for twenty (20)
years at a rate of one-quarter of one percent.
FOR: 347
AGAINST: 73
The proposition was therefore approved by the voters of the City of Euless, Texas.
SECTION 2
The Board of Directors of the Euless Municipal Crime Control and Prevention District, hereby
officially declares that the proposed proposition has been properly and lawfully adopted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Euless Municipal Crime Control and
Prevention District shall send to the Comptroller of the State of Texas by United States certified
mail a certified copy of this resolution upon its adoption, along with a map of the City of Euless
clearly showing its boundaries.
PASSED AND APPROVED at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Euless Municipal Crime
Control and Prevention District on the 18th day of August, 2000, by a vote of 2 , ayes, 0
nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
Ron Shields, Chairman
Board of Directors, Euless Municipal
Crime Control and Prevention District
ATTEST:
012
.n Crim, secretary
Board of Di -ctors, Euless Municipal
Crime Control and Prevention District