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1985-009RESOLUTION NO. 85-9 THE STATE OF TEXAS § JOINT RESOLUTION COUNTY OF TARRANT § WHEREAS, the City of Southlake will be conducting City Council Elections and such other matters as may be placed upon the ballot by the governing body of said City on April 6, 1985; and, WHEREAS, on April 6, 1985, Tarrant County will conduct an election on the question of confirmation of the creation of a County -wide 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number District, and, the unincorporated portions of Tarrant County will be conducting an election on the question of the formation of a Rural Fire Preven- tion District; and, WHEREAS, it is the finding of the governing bodies of the parties hereto that the joint conduct of such elections would result in substantial savings to the taxpayers of the governmen- tal entities required to conduct such elections and that such savings would be realized if the elections, where possible, be held in the same location, utilizing the same personnel, and utilizing the same voting machines, with the two governmental entities sharing the expenses incurred in the conduct of this election; and, WHEREAS, all the eligible voters of Tarrant County shall be entitled to vote in the election to determine the question of confirmation of the creation of the County -wide 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number District, and all those eligible voters of Tar- rant County who are residents of the unincorporated portions of said County shall be entitled to vote on the question of the for- mation of a Rural Fire Prevention District; NOW THEREFORE, be it hereby resolved jointly, by the City Council of the City of Southlake and the Commissioners' Court of Tarrant County, Texas, that these two entities, where possible, shall conduct said elections jointly on April 6, 1985, and that in the event there are election precincts which include 1. 1 incorporated territory lying within the limits of the said City and unincorporated territory, lying outside the limits of any city, that said voters from the unincorporated territory shall be allowed to vote only on the question of the Rural Fire Prevention District formation and the question of the confirmation of the creation of the County -wide 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number District; while those voters who are residents of the City shall be allowed to vote only on the City Council races and such other matters as may be placed upon the ballot by the governing body of said City and upon the confirmation of the creation of the 9-1-1 District; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Southlake and the County of Tarrant share the costs involved in the conduct of such joint elections by the County making available to the City, at no charge, the voting machines necessary, including transportation of such machines, in those Precincts where such elections are to be conducted jointly, and by the City's bearing the cost of such additional voting personnel as may be required by the joint conduct of such elections and the applicable charges for delivery to the County Clerk of the results of the 9-1-1 Telephone Number District confirmation election and the rural Fire Prevention District formation election. SIGNED this the day of 1985. TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS MIKE MONCRIEF, County Judge CITY OF-SOUTHLAKE M yor / AT'EST: CITY SECRETARY 2.