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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
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RESOLUTION NO. 73-9
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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
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' 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
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Place 3• '
Sam Davis. 196 votes
s Eleanor M. Kasper, 173 votes
C. Cate . . . . . . 1 vote
t Pat O'Brian. . 1 vote
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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
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' City Secretary
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1 RESOLUTION NO. 73-10
RESOLUTION AND ORDER CANVASSING RETURNS AND
DECLARING RESULTS OF REGULAR ELECTION HELD
' IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, ON APRIL 7,
1973, WHICH INCLUDED THE QUESTION OF ADOPTION
OF A ONE PERCENT (1%) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX
1 WITHIN SAID CITY.
WHEREAS, there was held in the City of Southlake, Texas,
on the 7th day of April, 1973, an election for city officers
' and at which there were submitted to the duly qualified resi-
dent electors of said'City, for their action thereupon, the
following propositions:
' FOR adoption of a one percent
tax within the city. (1%) local sales and use
AGAINST adoption of a one percent (1%) local sales
use tax within the city. and
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WHEREAS, there were cast at said election 379 votes, of
1 which number there were cast:
FOR adoption of a one percent (1t) local sales i
and use tax within the city. i
' 233 votes
AGAINST adoption of a one percent (1%) local
sales and use tax within the city. 103 votes
1 Majority FOR adoption of a one percent
local sales and use tax within thecity. lg)
' 130 votes I
as shown in the official election returns heretofore lawfully
submitted to the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas,
and filed with the City Secretary of said City; And 1
WHEREAS, only duly qualified resident electors of said City
voted at said election, and said election was called and held in I
' strict conformity with the laws of the State of Texas, Now
therefore
BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF I
' SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the election described in the preamble to this
' resolution and order was duly called and notice thereof given in
with law; that said election was held in the manner required by I
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' law; that only duly qualified resident electors of the City of
Southlake, Texas, voted at said election; that due returns of
said election have been made by the proper officers; that said
' election resulted favorably to the proposition: FOR ADOPTION OF
A ONE PERCENT (1%) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY; and
that a majority of the qualified voters of said City of Southlake,
' Texas, voting at said election, have voted in favor of approving
and adopting a One Percent (11) Local Sales and Use Tax within
said City.
Section 2. That the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas,
hereby officially and affirmatively declares that said One Percent
(1%) Local Sales and Use Tax *ithin said City has been properly
' and lawfully adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article
1066c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes (Acts 1967, 60th Legislature,
Regular Session, Chapter 36, Page 62).
' Section 3. That the City Secretary is hereby authorized an
directed to transmit to the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas, in Austin, Texas, by United States Registered
' Mail, or by United States Certified Mail, a certified copy of
this Resolution and Order Cw the Returns of Regular Elec-
tion, under the official seal of the City of Southlake, Texas,
showing the approval of said Local Sales and Use Tax by the
qualified voters of said City, together with a map of said City,
clearly showing the boundaries thereof as of the date of said
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PASSED AND APPROVED, this 9th day of April, 1973.
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Mayor Wade Booker
' City of Southlake, Texas
ATTEST:
' City Secretary
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