1971-09-13
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 13, 1971
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The City Council met in special session Monday, September
13, 1971, in the Council Chamber of City Hall with the
following members present:
Wade Booker, Mayor
Ralph Polson, Mayor Pro Tem
Thurman Hearn, Councilman
W. 0. Nunn, Council-man
R. D. Drummond, Councilman
Absent: Billy Joe Knox, Councilman
Mayor Booker called the meeting to order at 8 P.M. 1rt
Reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting were
dispensed with.
The purpose of this meeting was to canvass the votes cast
in the General Obligation Bond Election held September 11,
1 971 , and declare the results of same as set forth in
Ordinance No. 185, attached hereto and made a part hereof,
adopted-on motion by Councilman Hearn, seconded by Council-
man Nunn. Motion carried unanimously.
The Council unanimously agreed to approve pptyment of the
expenses of said election.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF TARRANT §
' CITY OF SOUTHLAKE §
The City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas,
' convened in special session'at 8 oIclock, j L. M, on the
13th day of September , 1971, at the City Hall within said
City,, which.meeting was at all times open to the public, with
the following members of said City Council being present,
namely;
' Wade Booker Mayor
' W. 0. Nunn Councilman
R. D. Drummond Councilman
' Thurman Hearn Councilman
Ralph Polson, Jr. Councilman
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' and
Aliceanne Wallace City Secretary
and with the following members being absent:
Ri l LIZ Toe .Knox , thus constituting a quorum.
Whereupon, among other business, the following was transacted at
' said meeting: A written frd a 0"V8X*1A4 aw roturos and do-
alarif the results of a be" al"tim h9]A #spt rr Up 1971,
was duly introduced for the consideration of said Council and read
in full. It was then duly moved and seconded, that said ordinance
' be adopted; and, after due discussion, said motion, carrying with
it the adoption of said ordinance, prevailed and carried by the
i following vote:
t AYES: All members of said City Council
shown present above voted "Aye."
NOES: None.
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ORDINANCE 185
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH-
' LAKE, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND
DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A BOND ELECTION
HELD IN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, ON
' SEPTEMBER 11, 1971.
WHEREAS, there came on to be considered the returns of
a bond election duly and legally held in the City of Southlake,
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Texas, on September 11, 19.71, at which election there was sub-
mitted to all resident. qualified electors of the City of South-
lake, Texas, who own taxable property in said City and who have
duly rendered the same for taxation, and to all other resident
' qualified electors of said City, voting separately, for their
action thereupon, the following Proposition, to-wit:
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PROPOSITION '
"Shall the City Council of the City of Southlake,
Texas, be authorized to issue Bonds of said City in ,
the principal amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($300.,000), for the purpose of constructing permanent '
improvements and extensions to the Waterworks System of '
said City; said Bonds to mature serially, or otherwise
as may be determined by the City Council of said City;
the maximum maturity being not more than thirty (30)
years from their.date, and any issue or series of said ,
Bonds to bear interest per annum (payable annually or
semi-annually) at any rate or rates to be determined
within the discretion of the City Council of said City, ,
provided that such rate or rates shall not exceed the
maximum rate per annum permitted by law at the time of
the issuance of any issue or series of said Bonds; and '
that the City Council of said City be authorized to levy
an annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property in said
City sufficient to pay the interest on said Bonds and to
create a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal
thereof as the same matures, as authorized by the Con,
stitution and laws of the State of Texas?"
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' and
WHEREAS, this City Council has diligently inquired
' into the poll lists and the official election returns which were
duly and lawfully made to this City Council by the Judges and
Clerks holding and conducting said election and this City Coun-
cil hereby affirmatively finds that separate ballot boxes, stub
boxes, poll lists, tally lists and returns were kept for voters
' who were resident qualified electors who owned taxable property
in said District which had been duly rendered for taxation and
that separate ballot boxes, stub boxes poll lists tally lists .
' and returns were kept for voters who were otherwise resident qual-
ified electors but who did not own taxable property duly rendered
for taxation; and
WHEREAS, from said returns, this City Council hereby
affirmatively finds that there were cast in said election by those
voters who were resident qualified electors of said City, who owned
taxable property in said City and who had duly rendered the same for
' taxation, voting separately on the Proposition, a total of 107
votes, of which number there were cast FOR and AGAINST said Proposi-
tion as follows, to-wit:
FOR: The issuance of bonds and levy of taxes
as. submitted in the Proposition 66 votes
AGAINST: The issuance of bonds and levy of taxes
as submitted in the Proposition 41 votes
and
• WHEREAS, from said returns, this City Council hereby
affirmatively finds that there were cast in said election by those
voters who were otherwise resident qualified electors of said City,
that is, by those persons who were resident qualified electors of
said City but who did not meet the requirement of owning taxable
property in said City which had been duly rendered for taxation,
voting separately on the Proposition, 10
a total of T 7 votes, of
which number there were cast FOR and AGAINST said Proposition as
follows, to-wit:
4
16 FOR: The issuance of Bonds and levy of
taxes as submitted in the Proposition 66 votes
AGAINST: The issuance of bonds and levy of
taxes as submitted in the Proposition 41 votes
and
WHEREAS, from the above tabulations and findings, this
City Council further affirmatively finds that there were cast in
' said election by both classes of voters voting in said election on
the Proposition, in the aggregate, a.total of 107 votes, all of
which were votes hereby found to be cast by persons who were quali-
fied resident electors of said City of which. said number there were.
cast FOR and AGAINST said Proposition, submitted as follows, to-wit:
' FOR: The issuance of bonds and levy of
taxes as submitted in the Proposition hh votes
AGAINST: The issuance of bonds and levy of
taxes as submitted in the Proposition Ill votes.
' NOW1THEREFORE,
IT IS, ACCORDINGLY, FOUND, DECLARED AND.BE IT ORDAINED
' BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
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That a majority of the resident qualified electors of
the City of Southlake, Texas, who owned taxable property in said
' City and who had duly rendered the same for taxation voting in
said election, having voted FOR the authorization and issuance of
said $300,000 of bonds and the levy of the tax in payment .thereof,
as submitted in the Proposition, and that a majority of all quali-
fied electors voting in said election, that is, in the aggregate,
both those persons who were resident qualified electors of said
City, who owned taxable property in said City and who had duly
rendered the same for taxation, and-those persons who were other-
wise resident qualified electors of said City, voting in said elec-
tion, having voted FOR'the authorization and issuance of said
$300,000 of bonds and the levy of the tax in payment thereof, as
submitted in the Proposition, the City Council hereby determines
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that said Proposition carried and that it is accordingly
authorized to issue and sell said bonds in accordance with
the authority granted in said Proposition and with law.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this /CT day of , 1971.
Mayor, City of Southlake Texas
ATTEST:
City Secretary, City o South-
® lake, Texas
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' ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF _NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
' THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY' OF TARRANT §
CITY OF SO UTHLA KE §
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The undersigned, BILLY JOE KNOX, a member of the City
' Council of the City of Southla ke, Texas, HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES
AND CERTIFIES that he was duly and sufficiently notified offi-
cially and personally, in advance, of the date, place, and pur-
pose of the special meeting of said City Council, held at the
® regular meeting place of said City Council on the 13th day of
' September, 1971, and that an ordinance canvassing the returns
and declaring the results of a bond election held September 11,
1971, would be introduced and considered for passage at said
meeting, and that he consented, in advance, to the holding of
' said special meeting for such purpose.
SIGNED this day of January, 1972.
Bil y o x, Counci n