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Home My WebLink About1997-013a \wpdocs\ord\canvas tax ORDINANCE NO 9 7'013 AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF DENTON ON JANUARY 18, 1997 TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE VOTERS WOULD APPROVE ADOPTION OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY TO BE USED FOR THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, on November 5, 1996, the City Council ordered an election to be held in the City of Denton, Texas on January 18, 1997 to determine whether the City would adopt a one-half of one percent sales and use tax within the City to be used for the promotion and development of new and expanded business enterprises under Section 4A of the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Section 5190 6 of Vernons Ann Tex Civ Stat , and WHEREAS, the City Council has investigated all matters pertaining to said election, including the ordering, giving notice, appointment of officers, holding and making returns of said election, and WHEREAS, the election officers that held said election have duly made the returns of the result thereof, and said returns have been duly delivered to the City Council for official canvassing of the returns thereof, and WHEREAS, the election was held in accordance with the autho- rized procedure and was in all respects legally held after proper notice had been given, and the returns were duly and legally made, NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That all of the recitals contained in the preambles of this ordinance are found to be true and correct and are adopted as findings of fact by the City Council as part of its official record SECTION II That the City Council officially finds, deter- mines, and declares that the January 18, 1997 special municipal election was duly ordered for the purpose of determining whether the City would adopt an additional one-half of one percent sales and use tax within the City to be used for promoting and developing new and expanded business enterprises under Section 4A of the Development Corporation Act of 1979, that said election was duly ordered, that proper notice of this election was duly given, that proper election officers were duly appointed prior to said election, that the election was duly held, that the returns of the result of this election have been made and delivered, and that the City Council has duly canvassed said returns, all in accordance with the law and the ordinance calling said election SECTION III That the official returns of the election officials having been opened, examined, and canvassed, the City Council hereby finds and declares that 6,223 ballots were cast at the election, and that the votes were properly cast SECTION IV That the City Council officially finds and determines that the following votes were cast at said election on the submitted proposition by the resident, qualified electors of said City who voted at the election TOTAL BALLOTS CAST PROPOSITION 1 THE ADOPTION OF A SALES AND USE TAX FOR THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AT THE RATE OF ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT 527 votes FOR 5,637 votes AGAINST TOTAL EARLY VOTES CAST ON PROPOSITION 1 190 votes FOR 2,724 votes AGAINST The early votes cast in District 1 on the Proposition are as follows 25 votes FOR 221 votes AGAINST The early votes cast in District 2 on the Proposition are as follows 76 votes FOR 1,065 votes AGAINST The early votes cast in District 3 on the Proposition are as follows 30 votes FOR 720 votes AGAINST The early votes cast in District 4 on the Proposition are as follows 59 votes FOR 718 votes AGAINST PAGE 2 TOTAL REGULAR VOTES CAST ON PROPOSITION 1 337 votes FOR 2,913 votes AGAINST The regular votes cast in District 1 on the Proposition are as follows 36 votes FOR 219 votes AGAINST The regular votes cast in District 2 on the Proposition are as follows 131 votes FOR 1,225 votes AGAINST The regular votes cast in District 3 on the Proposition are as follows 90 votes FOR 847 votes AGAINST The regular votes cast in District 4 on the Proposition are as follows 80 votes FOR 622 votes AGAINST SECTION V That the City Council officially finds, determines, and declares the result of said election to be that Proposition 1, so submitted has not received a favorable ma3ority vote and has been defeated SECTION VI That the aforesaid sales tax will not be levied, assessed, and collected as voted and in accordance with all requirements of the law SECTION VII That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval PASSED AND APPROVED this the aJ � day of 1997 JACK ILLER, MAYOR PAGE 3 ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY BY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY PAGE 4 R u q •i a N b o a N a O a N O O b 1�1 O N T nb'1Nb O 0 N b n VI O N a and F W y p q Y O b E 0 N b w F m'tl a�OwA O O O O N �1 ry N r r q 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