1975-029ORDINANCE NO 75-L9
ORDINANCE CALLING AN ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
CITY OF DENTON
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable to call the
election hereinafter ordered, and
WHEREAS, it is hereby officially found and determined that
a case of emergency or urgent public necessity exists which re-
quires the holding of the meeting at which this ordinance is
passed, such emergency or urgent public necessity being that the
proceeds from the sale of the proposed bonds are required as soon
as possible and without delay for necessary and urgently needed
public improvements; and that said meeting was open to the public,
and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting
was given, all as required by Vernon's Ann Civ St Article
6252-17
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
1 That an election shall be held on Q}p,eY 11, 1975,
in said City at the following designated polling place
THE COMMUNITY BUILDING IN THE CIVIC CENTER
Said City shall constitute a single election precinct for said
election, and the following election officers are hereby appoint-
ed to hold said election
Presiding Judge Z*. L. C4R R AGO
Alternate Presiding Judge ArLM
2 That the Presiding Judge shall appoint not less than
two qualified election clerks to serve and assist in conducting
said elections provided that if the Presiding Judge actually
serves as expected, the Alternate Presiding Judge shall be one
of such clerks
3 That by approving and signing this Ordinance the Mayor
of said City officially confirms his appointment of the aforesaid
election officers to serve at said election, and by passing this
Ordinance the governing body of said City approves and concurs
in the appointment of the aforesaid election officers
4 That all resident, qualified electors of the City shall
be entitled to vote at said election
5. That notice of said election shall be given by posting
a substantial copy of this Ordinance at the City Hall and at
two other places in said City, not less than 15 days prior to
the date set for said election, and a substantial copy of this
Ordinance also shall be published on the same day in each of two
successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published
in said City, the date of the first publication to be not less
than 14 days prior to the date set for said election
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6 That at said election the following PROPOSITION shall
be submitted in accordance with law
PROPOSITION
Shall the City Council of said City be authorized
to issue the bonds of said City, in one or more series
or issues, in the aggregate principal amount of $Q,
with the bonds of each such series or issue, respectively,
to mature serially within not to exceed 40 years from
their date, and to be sold at such prices and bear inter-
est at such rates as shall be determined within the dis-
cretion of the City Council, for the purpose of purchas-
ing and improving lands for park purposes, and shall said
City Council be authorized to levy and cause to be assess-
ed and collected annual ad valorem taxes in an amount
sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds and
provide a sinking fund to pay said bonds at maturity?
7 That the official ballots for said election shall be
prepared in accordance with the Texas Election Code so as to
permit the electors to vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the aforesaid
PROPOSITION, with the ballots to contain such provisions, mark-
ings, and languaae as required by law, and with such PROPOSITION
to be expressed substantially as follows
PROPOSITION
FOR )
THE ISSUANCE OF $ OF PARK
GENERAL OBLIGATION BO DS
AGAINST )
8 That it is hereby found and determined that the probable
period of usefulness of the proposed improvements covered by the
aforesaid PROPOSITION is 30 years
9 That Article 9, Sec 9 02 of the City Charter contains
the following provision and requires this election ordinance
to distinctly specify
"(6) a determination of the net debt of the City after
issuance of the bonds thereby authorized, together with a
declaration that the bonds thereby authorized will be with-
in all debt and other limitations prescribed by the Consti-
tution and laws of the State of Texas and
The determination is hereby made that the net debt of the City
after the issuance of the bonds herein proposed to be submitted
will be not more than $ nnbon fyp 0, and it is hereby declared
that said general obligatiods will be within all debt and
other limitations prescribed by the Constitution and laws of
the State of Texas
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CERTIFICATE FOR ~S
ORDINANCE CALLING AN ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DENTON
CITY OF DENTON
We, the undersigned officers of said City, hereby certify
as follows
1 The City Council of said City convened in.
% MEETING ON THE IA DAY OF Se ~¢Wba1`, 1975,
at the Mun c pal Building (City Hall), and the ' 'roll was called of
the duly constituted officers and members of said City Council,
to-wit
Brooks Holt, City Secretary Tom D Jester, Mayor
Terrell King Elinor Hughes
Ray Stephens Joe Mitchell
and all of said persons were present, except the following
absentees N o u c
thus constituting a quorum Whereupon, among other business"
the following was transacted at said Meeting a written
ORDINANCE CALLING AN ELECTION
was duly introduced for the consideration of said City Council
and read in full It was then duly moved and seconded that said
Ordinance be passed, and, after due discussion, said motion,
carrying with it the passage of said Ordinance, prevailed and
carried by the following vote
AYES All members of said City Council
shown present above voted "Aye"
NOES None
2 That a true, full, and correct copy of the aforesaid
Ordinance passed at the Meeting described in the above and fore-
going paragraph is attached to and follows this Certificate,
that said Ordinance has been duly recorded in said City Council's
minutes of said Meeting, that the above and foregoing paragraph
is a true, full, and correct excerpt from said City Council's
minutes of said Meeting pertaining to the passage of said Ordi-
nance, that the persons named in the above and foregoing paragraph
are the duly chosen, qualified, and acting officers and members of
said City Council as indicated therein, that each of the officers
and members of said City Council was duly and sufficiently noti-
fied officially and personally, in advance, of the time, place,
and purpose of the aforesaid Meeting, and that said Ordinance
would be introduced and considered for passage at said Meeting,
and each of said officers and members consented, in advance, to
the holding of said Meeting for such purpose, and that said Meet-
ing was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place,
and purpose of said meeting was given, all as required by Vernon's
Ann Civ St Article 6252-17
3 That the Mayor of said City has approved, and hereby
approves, the aforesaid Ordinance, that the Mayor and the City
Secretary of said City have duly signed said Ordinance, and that
the Mayor and the City Secretary of said City hereby declare that
their signing of this Certificate shall constitute the signing of
the attached and following copy of said Ordinance for all pur-
poses
SI D AND SEALED the 164 day ofS , U7
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4~4 AGO- lop
V Secre a
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(SEAL)
We, the undersigned, being respectively the City Attorney
and the Bond Attorneys of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby cer-
tify that we prepared and approved as to legality the attached
and following Ordinance prior to,_artk passage as aforesaid
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