23-2202ORDINANCE NO. 23-2202
AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE
RESULTS OF A BOND ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 7, 2023; AND
OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the City Council (the Council) of the City of Denton, Texas (the City) ordered
an election to be held on November 7, 2023, for the purpose of determining whether the qualified
voters of the City would authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds by the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council has reviewed and investigated all matters pertaining to this
election, including the resolution, notices, election officers, holding, and returns thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Council has diligently inquired into the poll lists and the official election
returns which were duly and lawfully made to the Council by the judges and clerks holding and
conducting such election; the poll lists and the official election returns showing separately the
votes cast in the election; and
WHEREAS, the precinct returns are attached and incorporated for all purposes; and
WHEREAS, from these returns, this Council hereby finds that the following votes were
cast in the election by voters who were qualified voters of the City:
PROPOSITION A
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $45,125,000 OF CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS
AND THE LEVY OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND
INTEREST ON THE BONDS .
For
5.718
324
4,379
10,421
:ainst
2as
87
1,910
4,524
Earjy Votes in Person
Earjy Votes by Mail (absentee-
Election Day Votes
TOTAL
Under Votes, if any: 373 Total Votes Cast: 14,945
Provisional Ballots, if any : Counted: Uncounted:
PROPOSITION B
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $58,860,000 OF CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR DRAINAGE AND FLOOD
CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE LEVY OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO
PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS.
Earjy Votes in Person
Earjy Votes by Mail (absentee-
Election Day Votes
TOTAL
For
5,843
314
4.454
10,611
Under Votes, if any: 367 Total Votes Cast: 14,960
Provisional Ballots, if any: Counted: Uncounted:
PROPOSITION C
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $33,450,000 OF CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PARK SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENTS AND THE LEVY OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE
PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS.
Earjy Votes in Person
Earjy Votes by Mail (absentee-
Election Day Votes
TOTAL
For
5,240
261
4,152
9,653
.inst
2.996
142
2, 140
5,278
Under Votes, if any: 397 Total Votes Cast: 14,93 1
Provisional Ballots, if any: Counted: Uncounted:
PROPOSITION D
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $42,015,000 OF CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR FIRE AND ANIMAL
CONTROL PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, WITH UP TO $823,000 OF SUCH
PR[NCIPAL AMOUNT FOR PUBLIC ART RELATED THERETO, AND THE
LEVY OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND
INTEREST ON THE BONDS .
Earjy Votes in Person
Earjy Votes by Mail (absentee-
Election Day Votes
TOTAL
For
5,591
305
4.266
10.162
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Under Votes, if any: 392 Total Votes Cast: 14,933
Provisional Ballots, if any: Counted: Uncounted:
PROPOSITION E
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $15,000,000 OF CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS, AND THE LEVY OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE
PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS.
Earjy Votes in Person
Earjy Votes by Mail (absentee
Election Day Votes
TOTAL
Under Votes, if any: 394 Total Votes Cast: 14,931
Provisional Ballots, if any: Counted : Uncounted:
PROPOSITION F
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $47,360,000 OF CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AN ACTIVE ADULT
CENTER FACILITY, WITH UP TO $930,000 OF SUCH PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
FOR PUBLIC ART RELATED THERETO, AND THE LEVY OF A TAX
SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE
BONDS .
Earjy Votes in Person
Early Votes by Mail (absentee~
Election Day Votes
TOTAL
For
4,529
25 1
3 ,486
8,266
Against
B.m
163
2,764
6,610
Under Votes, if any: 445 Total Votes Cast: 14,876
Provisional Ballots, if any : Counted: Uncounted:
PROPOSITION G
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $49,545,000 OF CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR A NEW SOUTH BRANCH
LIBRARY, WITH UP TO $969,000 OF SUCH PRINCIPAL AMOUNT FOR
PUBLIC ART RELATED THERETO, AND THE LEVY OF A TAX
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SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE
BONDS.
Against
3 ,690
178
Earjy Votes in Person
Earjy Votes by Mail (absentee-
Election Day Votes
TOTAL
Under Votes, if any: 384 Total Votes Cast: 14,938
Provisional Ballots, if any: Counted: Uncounted:
PROPOSITION H
THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $18,235,000 OF CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE RENOVATION OF CITY
HALL WEST, WITH UP TO $358,000 OF SUCH PRINCIPAL AMOUNT FOR
PUBLIC ART RELATED THERETO, AND THE LEVY OF A TAX
SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE
BONDS
For
4.034
221
2,959
7,214
Earjy Votes in Person
Earjy Votes by Mail (absentee-
Election Day Votes
TOTAL
:ainstIIm
190
3,265
7,605
Under Votes, if any: 509 Total Votes Cast: 14,819
Provisional Ballots, if any: Counted: Uncounted:
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HEREBY
ORDArNS THAT:
SECTION 1: The Council officially finds, determines, and declares that the election was
properly ordered, that legal notice of such election was properly given, that proper election officers
were appointed prior to the election, that the election was legally held, that all qualified voters of
the City were permitted to vote at the election, that due returns of the results of the election had
been made and delivered, and that the Council has duly canvassed such returns, all in accordance
with state and federal laws and the document calling the election
SECTION 2: A MAJORITY of the qualified voters of the City of Denton, Texas voting
in such election, having voted FOR Proposition A, the Council hereby finds and determines this
Proposition CARRIED at the election, and that the Council is hereby accordingly authorized to
issue the bonds and to levy the tax in accordance with the law and the authority granted in the
Proposition and corresponding Measure stated in the City’s election order.
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SECTION 3: A MAJORITY of the qualified voters of the City of Denton, Texas voting
in such election, having voted FOR Proposition B, the Council hereby finds and determines this
Proposition CARRIED at the election, and that the Council is hereby accordingly authorized to
issue the bonds and to levy the tax in accordance with the law and the authority granted in the
Proposition and corresponding Measure stated in the City’s election order.
SECTION 4: A MAJORITY of the qualified voters of the City of Denton, Texas voting
in such election, having voted FOR Proposition C, the Council hereby finds and determines this
Proposition CARRIED at the election, and that the Council is hereby accordingly authorized to
issue the bonds and to levy the tax in accordance with the law and the authority granted in the
Proposition and corresponding Measure stated in the City’s election order.
SECTION 5: A MAJORITY of the qualified voters of the City of Denton, Texas voting
in such election, having voted FOR Proposition D, the Council hereby finds and determines this
Proposition CARRIED at the election, and that the Council is hereby accordingly authorized to
issue the bonds and to levy the tax in accordance with the law and the authority granted in the
Proposition and corresponding Measure stated in the City’s election order.
SECTION 6: A MAJORITY of the qualified voters of the City of Denton, Texas voting
in such election, having voted FOR Proposition E, the Council hereby finds and determines this
Proposition CARRIED at the election, and that the Council is hereby accordingly authorized to
issue the bonds and to levy the tax in accordance with the law and the authority granted in the
Proposition and corresponding Measure stated in the City’s election order.
SECTION 7: A MAJORITY of the qQalified voters of the City of Denton, Texas voting
in such election, having voted FOR Proposition F, the Council hereby finds and determines this
Proposition CARRIED at the election, and that the Council is hereby accordingly authorized to
issue the bonds and to levy the tax in accordance with the law and the authority granted in the
Proposition and corresponding Measure stated in the City’s election order.
SECTION 8: A MAJORITY of the qualified voters of the City of Denton, Texas voting
in such election, having voted FOR Proposition G, the Council hereby finds and determines this
Proposition CARRIED at the election, and that the Council is hereby accordingly authorized to
issue the bonds and to levy the tax in accordance with the law and the authority granted in the
Proposition and corresponding Measure stated in the City’s election order.
SECTION 9: A MAJORITY of the qualified voters of the City of Denton, Texas voting
in such election, having voted AGAINST Proposition H, the Council hereby finds and determines
this Proposition FAILED at the election.
SECTION 10: The recitals contained in the preamble of this Ordinance are hereby found
to be true, and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes and are
adopted as a part of the judgment and findings of the Council.
SECTION 11: All ordinances and resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or
inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict,
and the provisions of this Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved
herein
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SECTION 12: This Ordinance shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
SECTION 13: if any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application of
such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the Council
hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
SECTION 14: it is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Ordinance is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Ordinance, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Government Code.
SECTION 15: This Ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage
and it is so resolved.
The motion to approve this ordinance was made by [ P. }4e\}ur1 and seconded by [ S. DecK 1.
The ordinance was passed and approved by the following vote K– C) – J :
Aye
t/
J
J
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P/
J
Nay Abstain Absent
Mayor Gerard Hudspeth:
Mcki Byrd, District 1 :
Brian Beck, District 2 :
Paul Meltzer, District 3 :
Joe Holland, District 4:
Brandon Chase McGee, At Large Place 5 :
Chris Watts, At Large Place 6:
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PASSED AND APPROVED this 15th day of November, 2023 .
GERAk#HUDN
ATTEST:
S,rWECRETARY b\\\I IIft fI/
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
MACK REINWAND, CITY ATTORNEY
O'aq.VI lb'L
BY:
(CITY SEAL)
[Signature Page to Ordinance Canvassing a Bond Election]
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Denton CountyCity of Denton Cumulative Official Results
Registered Voters
15337 of 92828 = 16,52%Constitutional Amendment & Joint Elections
Precincts Reporting
45 of 45 = 100.00%
Run Time
Run Date
4:53 PM 11/7/2023
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City of Denton Proposition A
Choice
For
Against
Party
Cast Votes:
Absentee Voting
324 78.83%
87 21.17%
411 100.00%
Early Voting Election Day Voting
5,718 69.35% 4,379 69.63%
2,527 30.65% 1,910 30.37c70
8,245 100.00% 6,289 100.00%
Total
10,421 69.73%
4,524 30.27%
14,945 100.00%
' Undervotes:
Overvotes:
13
0
190
7
170
12
373
19
City of Denton Proposition B
Choice
For
Against
Party Absentee Voting
314 76.03%
99 23.97%
413 100.00%
Early Voting Election Day Voting
5,843 70.76% 4,4YI 70.82%
2,415 29.24% 1,835 29.18%
8,258 100.00% 6,289 100.00%
Total
10,611 70.93c70
4,349 29.07%
14,960 100.00%Cast Votes:
Undervotes:
Overvotes:
11
0
180
4
176
6
367
10
City of Denton Proposition C
Choice
For
Against
Party
Cast Votes:
Absentee Voting
261 M.76%
142 35,24%
403 100 .00%
Early Voting Election Day Voting
5,240 63.62% 4,152 65.99%
2,996 36.38% 2,140 34.01%
8,236 100.00% 6,292 100.00%
Total
9,653 M.65%
5,278 35.35%
14,931 100.00%
Undervotes:
Overvotes:
21
0
201 175
4
397
9
City of Denton Proposition D
Choice
For
Against
Party
Cast Votes:
Absentee Voting
305 74.03%
107 25.97%
412 100.00%
Early Voting Election Day Voting
5,591 67.87% 4,266 67.90%
2,SAI 32.13% 2,017 32.10%
8,238 100.00% 6,283 100.00%
Total
10,162 68.05c%
4,771 31.95c70
14,933 100.00%
Undervotes:
Overvotes:
12
0
197
5
183
5
392
10
City of Denton Cumulative Denton County Official Results
Registered Voters
15337 of 92828 = 16.52%Constitutional Amendment & Joint Elections
Precincts Reporting
45 of 45 = 100.00%
Run Time
Run Date
4:53 PM
11/ 13/2023
11/7/2023
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City of Denton Proposition E
Choice
For
Against
Party Absentee Voting
258 63.24%
150 36.76%
408 100.00%
Early Voting Election Day Voting
4,695 56.98% 3,763 59.89c70
3,545 43.02% 2,520 40.11%
8,240 100.00% 6,283 100.00%
Total
8,716 58.38%
6,215 41.62%
14,93 1 100.00 c%Cast Votes:
U ndervotes:
Overvotes:
16
0
196
4
182
6
394
10
City of Denton Proposition F
Choice
For
Against
Party
Cast Votes:
Absentee Voting
251 60.63%
163 39.37%
414 100.00%
Early Voting Election Day Voting
4,529 55.15% 3,486 55.78%
3,683 ZR.85% 2,7&l ZU.22%
8,212 100.00% 6,250 100.00%
Total
8,266 55.57%
6,610 ZU.43%
14,876 100.00%
Undervotes:
Overvotes:
10
0
221
7
214
7
445
14
City of Denton Proposition G
Choice
For
Against
Party
Cast Votes:
Absentee Voting
232 56.59%
178 43.41%
410 100.00%
Early Voting Election Day Voting
4,546 55.20% 3,567 56.6996
3,690 ZU.80% 2,725 43.31%
8,236 100.00% 6,292 100.00c%
Total
8,345 55.86%
6,593 z%14%
14,938 100.00%
Undervotes:
Overvotes:
14
0
198
6
172
7
384
13
City of Denton Proposition H
Choice
For
Against
Party
Cast Votes:
Absentee Voting
221 53.77%
190 46.23%
411 100.00%
Early Voting Election Day Voting
4,034 49.29% 2,959 47.54%
4,150 50.71% 3,265 52.4696
8, 184 100.00% 6,224 100.00c70
Total
7,214 48.68%
7,605 51.32%
14,819 100.00%
Undervotes:
Overvotes:
13
0
251
5
245
2
509
7
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