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1973-04-09 Special CC Meeting 69 CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL APRIL 9, 1973 The City Council of the City of Southlake met in special session in the City Secretary's office in City Hall, Southlake, Texas, on Monday, April 9, 1973, with the following members present: Wade Booker, Mayor Billy Joe Knox, Mayor Pro Tem W. 0. Nunn, Councilman Frank Tetrault, Councilman Absent: R. D. Drummond, Councilman J. A. Perez, Councilman Mayor Booker called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. The reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting wasp tabled to the next regular meeting. Mayor Booker advised the Council that this special meeting was for the purpose of canvassing the results of the Regular Municippl El- ection held April 7, 1973, in the City of Southlake. He further advised there were two sets of returns, one for the results of the ® election for city officers and one for the results of the proposi- tions regarding the city sales and use tax. Councilman Nunn moved that Resolution No. 73-9 be passed and approved wherein the winners of said election were declared to be Wade Booker for Mayor, W. 0. Nunn for Councilman Place 1, R. D. Drummond,for Councilman Place 2 and Sam Davis for Councilman Place 3; seconded by Councilman Knox. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Tetrault moved that Resolu- tion No. 73-10 be passed and approved wherein the majority o? Me votes cast was for the city sales and use tax; seconded by Council- man Knox. Motion carried unanimously. (Resolutions attached hereto and made a part hereof.) Mayor Booker stated that there were seventeen various write-ins receiving one or two votes which caused the vote tabulation to be delayed an extra hour. The opinion was expressed that hopefully the voters will refrain from this practice. There being no further business, the meeting adjo rned. Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary 30 3 lam 70 firr I RESOLUTION NO. 73-9 t WHEREAS, on the 7th day of April, 1973, an election was duly held in the City of South- lake, Texas, for the election of a"Mayor and three City Councilmen; And WHEREAS, the results of said election were duly canvassed by the City Council of the City of Southlake on the 9th day of April, _ 1973; And ' WHEREAS, the canvass showed the following results: MAYOR: ' Wade Booker. . . . . . . . . . 230 votes Jose Perez . . . . . . . . 147 votes Place l: ' W. 0. "Bill" Nunn. . . . 285 votes George Tavenner. . . . . 4 votes ' Bob Stith . . . . . . 1 vote Jerry Hudson . . . 1 vote Les; - Clow . . . . . . . . 1 vote Danny Cordes . . . . . . . 1 vote ' Mitchell Zampikos. . . . l vote Sam Sparger. . . . . . . . 1 vote Feucter . . . . . . . . 1 vote ' Place 2: I ' R. D. "Dick" Drummond. . . . 254 votes George Tavenner. . . . . . . . 65 votes i C. Cate . . . . . . . . 1 vote Les Clow . . . . . . . . 1 vote Zampicos . . . . . . . . . 1 vote Aliceann Wallace 1 vote Tanner 2 votes David C. Moak. . . . . 1 vote a ~ Place 3• ' Sam Davis. 196 votes s Eleanor M. Kasper, 173 votes C. Cate . . . . . . 1 vote t Pat O'Brian. . 1 vote x: 1 m 71 i NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ' OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, that: 1. ' The above canvass be and the same is hereby in all things approved. 1 2. Wade Booker be and is hereby declared to have been elected to ' the office of Mayor to serve until April, 1975; W. O. "Bill" Nunn be and is hereby declared to have been elected to the office of City Councilman Place One to serve until April, 1975; ' R. D. "Dick" Drummond be and is hereby declared to have been elected to the office of City Councilman Place Two to serve until April, 1975; and Sam Davis be and is hereby declared to ' have been elected to the office of City Councilman Place Three to serve until April, 1974. PASSED AND APPROVED this 9th day of April, 1973. APPROVED: Mayor t ATTEST: ' City Secretary I 1 2.