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NOTE: Amended by Ordinance No. 99-438
AN ORDINANCE CALLING A BOND ELECTION FOR JANUARY 15, 2000, DESIGNATING
POLLING PLACES, APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS, SETTING FORTH THE
PROPOSITIONS TO BE SUBMITTED IN THE FORM TO BE SUBMITTED ON THE OFFICIAL
BALLOT, DETERMINING THE BONDS WILL BE WITHIN ALL LEGAL DEBT
LIMITATIONS, PROVIDING FOR BILINGUAL NOTICE OF THE ELECTION, ORDERING
THAT AN ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM BE USED, MAKING ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS FOR THE CONDUCT THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
CITY OF DENTON
WHEREAS, flus City Council deems at advisable to call the election hereinafter ordered, and
WHEREAS, at as hereby offimally found and detenmned that holding the hereinafter called
election on aumform election date estabhshed by Section 41 001(a), Texas Election Code, as m the
public interest, and that said meetmg was open to the pubhc, and public notice of the tune, place and
purpose of smd meeting was given, all as reqmred by Chapter 551, Government Code, NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 That a special municipal election is ordered to be held on Saturday, January
15, 2000, such date being a uniform election date established by the Texas Election Code (the
"Code") §41 001(a), as amended, for the purpose of submlttmg the propositions to the voters of the
City of Denton, Texas lasted below for the approval or disapproval of $34,020,000 In general
obligation bonds
SECTION 2 That an elect~on shall be held between the hours of 7 00 a m and 7 00 p m on
January 15, 2000, m smd City, at the followmg designated polling places
a Voters resathng in District No 1 shall vote at
Martin Luther King, Jr Recreation Center
1300 Wilson Street
Denton, Texas
b Voters residing in D~stnct No 2 shall vote at
Fire Station No 4
2110 Sherman Drive
Denton, Texas
c Voters residing m District No 3 shall vote at
North Lakes Recreation Center
2001 West Windsor Drive
Denton, Texas
d Voters residing m Dmtnet No 4 shall vote at
Dema ReereaUon Center
1001 Parvm
Denton, Texas
SECTION 3 That the following election officers are hereby appmnted to hold said election
a For the Central Counting Station George Spuller, Presiding Judge, Don
Alexander, Manager, and Rand~e Smith, Tabulatmn Supervmor
b For Dlsmct No 1 Ruby Cole, Presiding Judge and Alma Clark, Alternate
Judge
c For Dmtnet No 2 Mary Mecay, Presiding Judge and LaRue Wood,
Alternate Judge
d For D~stnct No 3 Bill Wflhamson, Presiding Judge and Karen Plttman,
Alternate Judge
e For District No 4 Roland Vela, Presiding Judge and Ahce Waddell,
Alternate Judge
f Jennifer Walters, City Secretary, shall conduct early voting under the Code
S]~CTION 4. That the Presiding Judge of the Central Countang Station and of each district
shall and ~s authorized to appoint a sufficient number of qualified election clerks as necessary to
assist them m the electron, including bahngual assistants and not less than the number of clerks and
assistants as reqmred by law
T~.E_.G.!I_O_!~I~ That by approving and s~gnlng this Ordinance the Mayor of the City officially
confirms bas appointment of the hereto named elect~on officers to serve at th~s election, and by
passing tbas Ordinance the govemmg body of the City approves and concurs in the appointment of
these election officers
SJECTION 6 That early voting shall be conducted at the City Secretary's office, Municipal
Building (C~ty Hall), 215 East McKanney, Denton, Texas, and dunng the period early voting is
required or permitted by law, being December 29, 1999 through January 11, 2000, the hours
designated for early voting by personal appearance shall be from 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m on each day
except Saturdays (except early voting shall be conducted on Saturday, January 8, 2000 from 10 00
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a m to 3 00 p m at the same locatxon for early votxng), Sundays and legal state holidays, and the
early voting clerk shall keep said early voting place open dunng such hours for early voting by
personal appearance The early voting clerk for said election shall be Jennifer Walters
SECTION 7 That an early ballot board is hereby created to process early voting results, and
George Spuller ~s hereby appointed the presiding judge of smd board The presiding judge shall
appoint at least two other members of the board
~ECTION 8. That all resident, quahfied electors of said Cl[y shall be entitled to vote at said
elect~on
St~CTION 9 That the Mayor ~s hereby d~rected to prowde not~ce of the election, in
accordance w~th §§4 002 and 4 003 of the Code and other applicable laws, the not,ce to be pnnted in
the Spamsh language and Enghsh language
SECTION 10 That an electromc voting system, using optically scanned ballots, meeting the
reqmrements of Chapter 124 of the Code may be used for the elect~on Preparation of the necessary
eqmpment and offieml ballots for the elect~on shall conform to the mqmrements of the Code
SECTION 11 That substantial copies of tins ordinance m both Enghsh and Spamsh shall serve
as proper notme of the electron and said notice shall be (a) pubhshed in a newspaper of general
circulation published wltlun the C~ty, the date of the first pubhcatlon to be not less than the 30a' day or
later than the tenth day before the elect~on day, (b) posted not later than the 21st day before elect~on day,
~n a pubhe place m each elect~on chstnct that ~s ~n the jurisdiction of the C~ty, (c) posted not later than
the 21~t day before election day, on the bulletin board used for posting notmes of meetings of the City
Conncfl of the City, and (d) notmed as may otherwise be required by other apphcable laws
~ That at smd elect~on the following PROPOSITIONS shall be submitted in
accordance w~th law
PROPOSITION NO 1
Shall the C~ty Cotmcfl of the City of Denton be authorized to issue the bonds of smd
C~ty, in one or more series or ~ssues, ~n the aggregate pnnc~pal amount of
$17,045,000, w~th the bonds of each such series or ~ssue, respectively, to mature
serially wltlun not to exceed tturty years fi.om their date, and to be sold at such prices
and bear interest at such rates, not to exceed the maxmaum rates permitted by law at
the raspect~ve times of ~ssuance, as shall be determined within the d~scretlon of the
C~ty Cotmcfl, for the purpose of the acqmsition of property and making
~mprovements for pubhc purposes ~n said C~ty, to-wit street and traffic control
improvements, and shall said City Council be authorized to levy and cause to be
assessed and collected annual ad valorem taxes in an amount sufficmnt to pay the
annual interest on said bonds and prowde a s~nk~ng fund to pay said bonds at
maturity?
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PROPOSITION NO 2
Shall the City Council of the City of Denton be authorized to issue the bonds of smd
City, in one or more series or issues, m the aggregate pnnclpal amount of
$6,800,000, with the bonds of each such series or issue, respectively, to mature
serially wltlun not to exceed tturty years from their date, and to be sold at such prices
and bear interest at such rates, not to exceed the maximum rates permitted by law at
the respective times of issuance, as shall be determined within the discretion of the
City Council, for the purpose of the acqmsmon of property and making
improvements for public purposes in said City, to-wit the construction and
improvement of public facilities, including construction of a new North Branch
Library and renovation of the Central L~brary, and shall said City Council be
authorized to levy and cause to be assessed and collected annual ad valorem taxes m
an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds and prowde a sinking
fund to pay said bonds at maturity9
PROPOSITION NO 3
Shall the City Council of the Clty of Denton be anthonzed to issue the bonds of stud
City, in one or more series or issues, in the aggregate pnnclpal amount of
$10,175,000, with the bonds of each such series or ~ssue, respectively, to mature
serially wltlmn not to exceed tlurty years from their date, and to be sold at such prices
and bear interest at such rates, not to exceed the maximum rates permitted by law at
the respective times of issuance, as shall be determined within the discretion of the
City Council, for the purpose of the acqmsltlon of property and making
improvements for pubhc purposes m smd City, to-wit park improvements, including
beautification, athletic fields, an aquatic center, the acquisition of commumty park
land and improvements and additions to city parks, park bmldlngs and recreation
centers, and shall stud City Council be authorized to levy and cause to be assessed
and collected annual ad valorem taxes in an amount sufficient to pay the annual
~nterest on stud bonds and provide a sinking fund to pay stud bonds at maturity9
SECTION 13. That the official ballots for smd electaon shall be prepared in accordance with
the Texas Election Code so as to permit the electors to vote "FOR or "AGAINST" the aforesmd
PROPOSITIONS, with the ballots to contain such provisions, markings, and language as required
by law, and with each such PROPOSITION to be expressed substantially as follows
PROPOSITION NO 1
FOR )
)
)
AGAINST )
THE ISSUANCE OF $17,045,000 OF STREET AND TRAFFIC
CONTROL IMPROVEMENT BONDS
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FOR
AGAINST
PROPOSITION NO 2
THE ISSUANCE OF $6,800,000 OF PUBLIC FACILITY
IMPROVEMENT BONDS
PROPOSITION NO 3
FOR
AGAINST
THE ISSUANCE OF $10,175,000 OF PARK IMPROVEMENT
BONDS
SECTION 14. That ~t is hereby found and determined that the probable period of usefulness
of the propose improvements covered by the aforesmd PROPOSITIONS is 25 years
SECTION 15 That Artmle 9, Sec 9 02 of the City Charter commns the following provision
and reqmres this elect~on orchnance to dtstmctly specify
"(d) A determination of the net debt of the City after issuance of
the bonds thereby authorized, together w~th a declaration that the
bonds thereby authorized will be w~thln all debt and other limitations
prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas"
The determination is hereby made that the net debt of the C~ty after the issuance of the
bonds herein proposed to be submitted will be not more than $93,871,730 and it is hereby declared
that stud general obligation bonds will be within all debt and other hmltatlons prescnbed by the
Constitution and laws of the State of Texas
SECTION 16. That in all respects smd election shall be conducted in accordance with the
Texas Electaon Code The City Secretary is authorized to prepare the official ballot for the election
and perform every act required by the City Charter, the laws of the State of Texas and all other
applicable laws for holding elections
SECTION 17 The election officers named above shall make returns for the elect~on m the
manner reqmred by law The ballots that are properly marked m conformance with the provisions
of the Texas Election Code for votes cast both dunng the period of early voting and on the day of
the election shall be counted in the manner required by law
SECTION 18 That themarmer ofholdtng suchelect~on and all questionsperttumngthercto
shall be govemad by the election laws of the State of Texas
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SECTION 19 That it is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which
flus orchnanee is passed was open to the pubhe as required and that public not~ee of the t~me, place,
and purpose of sa~d meeting was given as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the
Government Code, Tex Rev Clv Stat Ann 1997
TI~.E..Q.T. LO.~O_ That flus orthnance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s the 2nd day of November, 1999
ATTEST~
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
BY
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 99-411 CALLING A BOND ELECTION
FOR JANUARY 15, 2000, AMENDING SECTION 13 OF SAID ORDINANCE TO CHANGE
THE WORDING OF PROPOSITION NO 2 FOR THE BALLOT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
CITY OF DENTON
WHEREAS, on November 2, 1999 the City Council adopted Ordinance No 99-411
calhng for a bond electron to be held on January 15, 1999, and
WHEREAS, the C~ty Cotmcfl deems ~t advisable to amend Section 13 of smd orthnance
to change the wording of Proposmon No 2 for the ballot, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION 1 Section 13 of Orthnance No 99-411 ~s amended m part so that the ballot
for Proposmon No 2 will contain such proms~ons, marlongs and language as reqmred by law,
and will be expressed substantially as follows
PROPOSITION NO 2
FOR )
)
)
AGAINST )
THE ISSUANCE OF $6,800,000 OF LIBRARY FACILITY
IMPROVEMENT BONDS
SECTION 2 AIl other proms~ons of Ordinance No 99411 not ~n conflict w~th flus
ordinance shall remain m full force and effect
SECTION 3 That th~s ordinance shall become effective ~mmedlately upon ~ts passage
and approval
,1999
JACI~LER, MAYOR -
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CItY ATTORNEY
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