ORD 1987-14 - Election For (.5%) Local Sales & Use Tax. Property Tax Rate 06-16-1987ORDINANCE NO. 87-14
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas, had
determined, and hereby affirmatively determines, that an election should be
held in said City on the adoption of an additional one half of one percent
(1/2%) local sales and use tax within the City to be used to reduce the
property tax rate; and
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS:
1. That an election shall be held in and throughout the City of
Huntsville, Texas, on the 8th day of August, 1987, at which election the
following proposition shall be submitted in accordance with law:
PROPOSITION
SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, BE
AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT (1/2%)
LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY TO BE USED TO REDUCE THE
PROPERTY TAX RATE?
2. The hours during which the polls will be open for voting in said
election shall be from seven o'clock a.m. to seven o'clock p.m.
3. Voting shall be at the designated polling places in each of the
numbered Walker County Voting Precincts in the City of Huntsville heretofore
established and described by natural or artificial boundaries or survey lines
by order adopted by the Commissioners Court of Walker County and duly set out
in its minutes, which Walker County Voting Precincts within the City are
hereby designated as the election precincts for the City's election herein
called. The respective polling place for each election precinct, and the
persons appointed to serve as respective Presiding Judge and Alternate
Presiding Judge for each election precinct are set forth in Exhibit A,
attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes, and such polling
places and election officers are hereby designated and appointed as such for
the election. Each Presiding Judge for each election precinct shall appoint
two clerks and as many additional clerks as he deems necessary for the proper
conduct of the election, provided that not more than a total of five clerks
shall be appointed for any precinct.
4. Voting in said election shall be by the use of paper ballots, and
the ballots shall conform to the requirements of the Texas Election Code, as
amended, and shall have printed thereon the following:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PROPOSITION
) THE ADOPTION OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF
)___ OF ONE PERCENT (1/2%) LOCAL SALES AND
) USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY TO BE USED TO
) REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE
FOR
AGAINST
The voter shall vote on the proposition by placing an "X" or other clear mark
in the square beside the statement indicating the way he or she wises to vote.
Absentee voting shall be conducted by a clerk for absentee voting,
namely, Ruth DeShaw, City Secretary, and the place at which the absentee
voting shall be conducted is designated as the Office of the City Secretary,
City Hall, 1212 Avenue M, Huntsville, Texas 77340, which address is the
mailing address to which absentee ballot applications and ballots voted by
mail may be sent. Said Clerk shall keep said office open for at least eight
(8) hours, that is, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m., on each day for absentee voting which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or an
official holiday; provided, however, except as authorized by Article 5.05,
Subdivision 3(d), Texas Election Code, said clerk shall not permit anyone to
vote absentee by personal appearance on any day which is not a regular working
day for the clerk's office, and under no circumstances shall she permit anyone
to vote absentee by personal appearance at any time when her office is not
open to the public.
5. All of the duly qualified resident electors of said City shall be
qualified to vote on the proposition.
6. Notice of said election (both in the English language and in the
Spanish language) shall be given by posting a substantial copy of this
election ordinance at three (3) public places in such City and also at the
City Hall, not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said
election, and same shall shall likewise be published on the same day in each
of two (2) successive weeks in The Huntsville Item, the official newspaper of
general circulation in said City, the date of the first publication to be not
less than twenty-one (21) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the
date set for said election.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 16th day of June, 1987.
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Scott Bounds, City Attorney
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
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Walker
County
Election
Precinct
No. 101
EXHIBIT A
Polling
Place
Fire Station #2
2109 Sam Houston Avenue
No. 102 Walker County Courthouse
1100 University Avenue
No. 105 First Baptist Church
1530 10th Street
No. 201 Holiday Inn
1407 Interstate 45
No. 202 First Presbyterian Church
1801 19th Street
No. 206
No. 301
No. 306
No. 401
Education Service
Center--Region VI
3332 Possum Walk Road
(Montgomery Road/F.M. 1374)
Martin Luther King
Neighborhood Center
(Emancipation Park)
300 Avenue F
Faith Memorial Mexican
Baptist Church
314 16th Street
Walker County Appraisal
District Office
1819 Sycamore Avenue
Election
Officials
Helen Wheat,
Presiding Judge
Betty Dunlap,
Alternate Presiding Judge
Lillian Nimmo,
Presiding Judge
Betty Olm,
Alternate Presiding Judge
Elnora Hudley,
Presiding Judge
Ethel M444ef, bolL-ScqJ
Alternate Presiding Judge
Bill Tubbleville,
Presiding Judge
Jo Shipman,
Alternate Presiding Judge
John Holcombe,
Presiding Judge
Joan Summers.
Alternate Presiding Judge
Charles Luning,
Presiding Judge
Barbara Luning,
Alternate Presiding Judge
Becky Abbott,
Presiding Judge
Stella Finney,
Alternate Presiding Judge
Joe Martinez,
Presiding Judge
Naomi Juarez.
Alternate Presiding Judge
Sherrell Goodrow,
Presiding Judge
Thelma Loving,
Alternate Presiding Judge