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AGENDA
CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL
November 16, 2009
After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas will
convene in a Special Called Meeting on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the City
Council Chambers at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following
item will be considered:
1. Consider adoption of an ordinance canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the
municipal election to amend the city charter of the City of Denton on November 3, 2009;
entering an order in the records of the municipality declaring that the charter amendments
are adopted; and providing an effective date.
NOTE: The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into a Closed Meeting on any item on its
Open Meeting agenda consistent with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, as amended,
including without limitation, Sections 551.071-551.086 of the Texas Open Meetings Act.
However, the Council reserves the right to take action at the meeting regarding any item on the
agenda.
C E R T I F I C A T E
I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the
City of Denton, Texas, on the ________day of ___________________, 2009 at ________o'clock
(a.m.) (p.m.)
__________________________________________
CITY SECRETARY
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AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
AGENDA DATE:
November 17, 2009
DEPARTMENT:
City Manager’s Office
CM:
George Campbell, City Manager
SUBJECT
AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE
RESULTS OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO AMEND THE CITY CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF DENTON ON NOVEMBER 3, 2009; ENTERING AN ORDER IN THE
RECORDS OF THE MUNICIPALITY DECLARING THAT THE CHARTER
AMENDMENTS ARE ADOPTED; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BACKGROUND
The City Council ordered an election on September 1, 2009 for the purpose of submitting
Charter amendment propositions to the voters. This ordinance formally canvasses the
results of the election of November 3, 2009.
Respectfully submitted:
Jennifer Walters
City Secretary
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SECTION 6. The caption of this Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Denton, in compliance with the provisions of the law. Further, this Or-
dinance may be published in pamphlet form and shall be admissible in such form in any court, as
provided by law.
SECTION 7. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in
this Ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitution-
al, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, the City
Council of the City of Denton hereby declares that they would have enacted such remaining por-
tions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION 8. The City Council has found and determined that the meeting at which this
Ordinance is considered is open to the public and that notice thereof was given in accordance
with the provisions of the Texas open meetings law, Tex. Gov't Code ch. 551, as amended, and
that a quorum of the City Council was present.
SECTION 9. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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VED AFi"O LEGAL FORM:
BURGESS, CITY ATTORNEY
BY: A"` L Lk^ r C- s r
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