OR 94-648 Calls for election 8/13/94 for additional 1/2 of 1% sales & use tax AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 94648
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION
FOR AUGUST 13, 1994, TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST A PROPOSITION TO
AUTHORIZE THE ADOPTION OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT
SALES AND USE TAX PURSUANT TO SECTION 4B OF THE DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION ACT OF 1979, AS AMENDED, FOR THE COSTS OF FACILITIES
SUITABLE FOR PROJECTS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 4B (a)(2)(A) OF SAID ACT;
PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING; PROVIDING FOR GIVING OF NOTICE; PROVIDING
FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES AND CLERKS TO CONDUCT SAID ELECTION;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. On this jz./t~ay of ,1994, at a
~ ~' meeting of the City
Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, a quorum%~eing present, the meeting was called
to order and the Council issued the following order:
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It is ordered that an election be herd in the City of Coppell, Texas, on the 13th day
of August, 1994, the same being the second Saturday of said month, for the following
purpose:
To vote for or against the following proposition:
"THE ADOPTION OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT SALES
AND USE TAX FOR THE COSTS OF FACILITIES SUITABLE FOR PROJECTS
AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 4B (a)(2)(A) OF VERNON'S ANN.CIV.ST., ART.
5190.6, THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT OF 1979, AS AMENDED,
INCLUDING PARKS, AUDITORIUMS, LEARNING CENTERS, OPEN SPACE
IMPROVEMENTS, ATHLETIC, EXPOSITION FACILITIES, JOINT PROJECTS
WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SUCH AS A NATATORIUM, AND OTHER
RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING
COSTS OF THE PUBLICLY OWNED AND OPERATED PROJECTS."
The polling place for said election shall be the Coppell City Hall, 255 Parkway
Boulevard, Coppell, Texas.
The polls shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
None but legally qualified voters of the City shall be entitled to vote at said election.
Notice of said election shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City
not earlier than July 14, 1994, the 30th day before election day, and not later than August
3, 1994, the 10th day before election day. Such notice shall also be posted on the
Bulletin Board used to publish notice of City Council Meetings not later than July 23,
1994, the 21st day before election day. (4.003)
A copy of the published notice that contains the name of the newspaper and the
date of publication shall be retained as a record of such notice, and the person posting
the notice shall make a record at the time of posting stating the date and place of posting
and deliver a copy of each notice posted to the Mayor of the City of Coppell after the last
posting is made. (4.005 & 4.002)
A Presiding Election Judge and an Alternate Presiding Election Judge shall be
appointed to serve at said polling place by written resolution of the City Council of the City
of Coppell, Texas. (32.005, 32.001 )
The Alternate Presiding Judge shall serve as Presiding Judge if the regularly
appointed Presiding Judge cannot serve and where the election is conducted by the
regularly appointed Judge, the Presiding Judge shall appoint the Alternate Presiding
Judge as one of the Clerks. (32.001b, 32.032)
An Early Voting Ballot Board is hereby created. (87.001)
The Presiding E~ection Judge shall also serve as the Presiding Judge of the Early
Voting Ballot Board. The other members of the Early Voting Ballot Board shall be
appointed by the Presiding Judge in the same manner as the Presiding Election Judge
appoints Election Clerks. (87.001-87.002)
The Presiding Election Judge shall appoint two Election Clerks and as many
additional Clerks as are necessary for the proper conduct of the election. Provided,
however, 10 shall be the maximum number of Clerks which may be appointed to serve
at said polling place. (32.033)
All Judges and Clerks appointed by the Presiding Election Judge shall be qualified
voters in the City. (32.051 c)
The City Secretary of the City of Coppell shall be the Early Voting Clerk for said
election (83.005).
Early voting for the above designated election shall be held at the regular office
of the City Secretary at the City Hall building, Coppell, Texas, and said place of early
voting shall remain open on each day of early voting which is not a Saturday, Sunday or
a legal state holiday, beginning on the 20th day and continuing through the 4th day
preceding the date of said election. (85.001
Said place of early voting shall remain open on the weekdays of the early voting
period and during the hours the City Secretary's office is regularly open for business.
(85.005)
The City Secretary may by written order appoint one or more of the City
Secretary's permanent deputies as deputy early voting clerks. (83.032)
After holding said election, the Presiding Election Judge shall promptly deliver the
original of the election returns in person to the Mayor or if the Mayor is unavailable, to the
City Secretary. (66.051, 66.001 )
The City Secretary shall present such returns to the City Council for the canvassing
of said election. (66.051, 66.052)
The canvass of said election returns shall be conducted by the City Council not
earlier than the 2nd day nor later than the 6th day after the election. (67.003a, 67,001)
The Presiding Election Judge shall be paid the sum of $ ~ = = per hour, plus an
additional sum of $25.00 for services in delivering the returns of the election. The
Alternate Presiding Election Judge shall be paid the sum of $ ~: ' per hour, and each
Election Clerk shall be paid the sum of $ Fi ' per hour for their services in holding the
election. Such payments shall not exceed the maximum amounts set out in the Texas
Election Code, to-wit: $6.00 per hour for each election official, plus an additional amount
paid to the Presiding Judge for delivering the returns, not to exceed $25.00. (32.091-
32.092)
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage as the law and charter in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by a majority of the members of the City Council of the City of
Coppell, Texas, this ..2' ~/ ....day of ~ , 1994.
APPROVED:
Mayor
A'R'EST:
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Cit~' Secretary /,.z ,.._, i.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney