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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolutions (R-79-188)-04/17/1979 STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF TARRANT X CITY OF COLLEYVfLLE X RESOLUTION R-79-188 WHEREAS, on the 7th day of April, 1979, being the first Saturday in April, the regular municipal election was held within the corporate limits of the City of Colleyville, Texas, for the election of Mayor and two Council- persons, and Charter Amendments; and, WHEREAS, there were cast at said election 593 valid and legal votes; that each of the candidates in said election received the following votes: NAME OF CANDIDATE OFFICE NUMBER OF VOTES Buck Hubbard Mayor 332 Jack L. Drain Mayor 256 Robert E. Noble Counc lperson Place 420 Melba Naylor Counc lperson Place 1 Judy Welch Counc lperson Place 1 O.J. Blakey Counc lperson Place 1 James D. Burson Counc lperson Place 4 Vi rg i 1 Turner Counc lperson Place 1 Bob Cain Counc I 1 person Place 2 Greg Foreman Counc i 1 person Place 2 David Blemings Counc i I person Place 2 J.B. SandI in Councilperson Place 1 John Andrews Councilperson Place 1 Opal Ethridge Councilperson Place 1 Rowland Ballard Counc i I person Place 5 Buck Hubbard Counc i 1 person Place 1 Alex Kufe Counc i 1 person Place 1 H.L. (Skip) Gibson Councilperson Place 1 Bob Hill Councilperson Place 1 C. L. "Smokeyll V anove r Councilperson Place 2 425 Dennis Fuchshuber Councilperson Place 2 140 Rowland Ballard Councilperson Place 2 1 WHEREAS, that each of the Charter Amendments received the following votes (Attachment A is hereby made a part of and incorporated with this resolution) : CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR AGAINST 1 457 51 2 461 53 3 455 64 4 424 52 5 282 188 6 349 130 7 450 55 8 463 35 9 444 42 10 466 28 11 403 88 12 380 56 Resolution R-79-188 Page 2 WHEREAS, as is provided in the Charter of the City of Colleyville, in accordance with the State of Texas regulating municipal elections, it is the duty of the City Council to canvass the returns and declare the results of said election; and, WHEREAS, after a full and complete canvass thereof: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS: THAT the following candidates for the respective offices having received a majority number of votes in their respective offices, be, and are hereby declared elected to the respective offices named below for and during the term of two years and until the duly constituted election is held in said City the first Saturday in April, 1981. OFFICE DULY ELECTED OFFICIAL Mayor Buck Hubbard Councilperson Place Robert E. Noble Councilperson Place 2 C.L. I'Smokei' Vanover THAT all the Charter Amendments, having received a majority of favor- able votes, be, and are hereby declared approved and as amending the Charter of Colleyville, Texas. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of April, 1979, by the City Council of the City of Colleyville, Texas: The vote of the City Council being: JUDY L. WELCH FOR C.L. "SMOKEY" VANOVER FOR LEONARD LEAR FOR HOWARD COLLINS FOR DALE R. HODGSON FOR APPROVED: IJd~ BUCK HUBBARD,Mayo LEGALITY: lvj Resolution R-79-188 P~ge 3 ATTACHMENT A INSTRUCTION NOTE: Place an "X" in ,the square beside the statement indicating the way you wish to vote. Nota de Instrucci6n: Lugar una "X" en el cuadro al lado de la frase que indica la manera en acual usted quiere votante. 457 0 YES 51 0 NO 461 0 YES 53 0 NO 455 0 YES 64 0 NO 424 0 YES 52 0 NO 282 0 YES 188 0 NO CHARTER BALLOT 1. Shall Section 3.02 of the Colleyville 3490 YES Charter, which provides qualifications for City Council members and for the removal 1300 NO of City Council members, be amended to require candidates for membership in th.e City Council to maintain the same qualI- fications as members of the City Council. 2. Shall Section 3.06 B of the Colleyville 4500 YES Charter be amended to provide for the electio:1 of the Mayor Pro-Tern only after 550 NO all new members of the Council have been sworn in. 3. Shall Section 3.09 C of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require the auto- matic adjournment of a Council meeting 4630 should a quorum cease to be present at the meeting. 350 4. Shall the first paragraph in Section 3.11 of the Colleyville Charter be amended to read as follows: "The Council shall legislate by ordi- nance, and the enacting clause of every ordinance shall be, "Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Colley- ville." The City Attorney shall approve as to legality all ordinances prior to fin- al action by the City Council. Every or- dinance enacted by the Council shall be signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro- Tern in the Mayor's absence, and shall be filed with and recorded by the City Secretary. All ordinances exclusive of emergency ordinances as defined by Section 3.12, shall be read in open 4440 meeting of the Council at three (3) consecutive regular Council meetings. 420 At the first reading of each ordinance the Council shall read the entire text of the ordinance; provided, however, neither mets and bounds descriptions nor national, state, industrial or uni- form codes or. manuals shall be read. The caption only of each proposed ordinance shall be read at the second and third reading. Each reading of a proposed ordinance shall be followed by a public hearing. No action shall be taken by the Council until after the third reading and public hearing on each ordinance. All ordinances shall be posted upon a bulletin board at the City Hall established for the purpose of giving notice of Council meetings not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting at which such ordinances are read." YES NO YES NO 4660 YES 280 NO 4030 YES 880 NO 6. Shall Section 6.09 of the Colleyville Charter be amended to allow an ordinance or resolution passed by initiative or as the result of a popular vote to provide a period of less than five (6) years in which such ordinance shall not be repealed or amended. 380[] YES 560 NO 6. Shall Section 6.12 be added to Article 6 of the Colleyville Charter to provide for the recovery of attorney's fee by persons w~o by judi~ial decree, have compelled th~ 9Ity CouncIl to comply with the duties Imposed upon it by the initiative or refer- endum portions of the Charter. 7. Shall Section 9.02 B of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require the City Manager to submit to the Council a pr~ ~ed budget and accompanying message prIor to the general circulation of the budget for public hearings. 8. Shall Section 9.02 C of the Colleyville Charter be amended to read as follows: "The Council shall post in the City Hall and publish in the official newspaper not more than 14 days prior to each public hearing on the budget a notice stating: (1) the time and place where copies of the message and budget are available for inspection by the public and (2) the time and place of each public hearing on the budget. The Council may consider, hold public hear- ingsand adopt the budget at special meetings called by the Council for that purpose, notwithstanding the provision of Section 3.11 of this Charter requir- ing action at three (3) consecutive regular Council meetings." 9. Shall Section 9.02 E of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require adoption of the budget not later than the 30th day of September by a maj ority of all members of the Council. 10. Shall Section 9.0GB of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require the City financial records to be maintained in ac- cordance with accepted principles recom- mended by the American Institute of Cer- tified Public Accountants and by the Na- tional Committee on Governmental Ac- counting. 11. Shall Section 11.04 of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require a %. vote of the Council to override a Commission disapproval of a proposed change in the Master Plan. 12. Shall Section 14.10 of the Colleyville Charter, which deals with Charter amend- ments, be amended to require compliance with Chapter 13 of Title 28 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 125, and any amendment thereto. " _..".__.__(.<i:...__..,._._____...:r-..,.~ .~-L.........""."~,,,,___ Resolution R-79-188 P~ge 3 ATTACHMENT A INSTRUCTION NOTE: Place an "X" in .the square beside the statement indicating the way you wish to vote. Nota de Instrucci6n: Lugar una "X" en e1 cuadro a1 1000 de 1a frase que indica 1a manera en acua1 usted qui ere votante. 457 0 YES 51 0 NO 461 0 YES 53 0 NO 455 0 YES 64 0 NO 424 0 YES 52 0 NO 282 0 YES 188 0 NO CHARTER BALLOT 1. Shall Section 3.02 of the Colleyville 3490 YES Charter, which provides qualifications for City Council members and for the removal 1300 NO of City Council members, be amended to require candidates for membership in the City Council to maintain the same quali- fications as members of the City Council. 2. Shall Section 3.06 B of the Colleyville 4500 YES Charter be amended to provide for the electio:1 of the Mayor Pro-Tern only after 550 NO all new members of the Council have been sworn in. 3. Shall Section 3.09 C of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require the auto- matic adjournment of a Council meeting 4630 should a quorum cease to be present at the meeting. 350 4. Shall the first paragraph in Section 3.11 of the Colleyville Charter be amended to read as follows: "The Council shall legislate by ordi- nance, and the enacting clause of every ordinance shall be, "Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Colley- ville." The City Attorney shall approve as to legality all ordinances prior to fin- al action by the City Council. Every or- dinance enacted by the Council shall be signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro- Tern in the Mayor's absence, and shall be filed with and recorded by the City Secretary. All ordinances exclusive of emergency ordinances as defined by Section 3.12, shall be read in open 444 meeting of the Council at three (3) 0 consecutive regular Council meetings. 420 At the first reading of each ordinance the Council shall read the entire text of the ordinance; provided, however, neither mets and bounds descriptions nor national, state, industrial or uni- form codes or. manuals shall be read. The caption only of each proposed ordinance shall be read at the second and third reading. Each reading of a proposed ordinance shall be followed by a public hearing. No action shall be taken by the Council until after the third reading and public hearing on each ordinance. All ordinances shall be posted upon a bulletin board at the City Hall established for the purpose of giving notice of Council meetings not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting at which such ordinances are read." YES NO YES NO 4660 YES 280 NO 4030 YES 880 NO 5. Shall Section 6.09 of the Colleyville Charter be amended to allow an ordinance or resolution passed by initiative or as the result of a popular vote to provide a period of less than five (5) years in which such ordinance shall not be repealed or amended. 38<D YES 560 NO 6. Shall Section 6.12 be added to Article 6 of theColleyville Charter to provide for the recovery of attorney's fee by persons w~o by judi7ial decree, have compelled th~ 91ty CouncIl to comply with the duties unposed upon it by the initiative or refer- endum portions of the Charter. 7. Shall Section 9.02 B of the Colleyville Charter be amen~ed to require the City Manager to submIt to the Council a pro- po~ed budget and accompanying message prIOr to the general circulation of the budget for public hearings. 8. Shall Section 9.02 C of the Colleyville Charter be amended to read as follows: "The Council shall post in the City Hall and publish in the official newspaper not more than 14 days prior to each public hearing on the budget a notice stating: (1) the time and place where copies of the message and budget are available for inspection by the public and (2) the time and place of each public hearing on the budget. The Council may consider, hold public hear- ings and adopt the budget at special meetings called by the Council for that purpose, notwithstanding the provision ?f Secti?n 3.11 of this Charter requir- mg actIOn at three (3) consecutive regular Council meetings." 9. Shall Section 9.02 E of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require adoption of the budget not later than the 30th day of September by a majority of all members of the Council. 10. Shall Section 9.0GB of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require the City financial records to be maintained in ac- cordance with accepted principles recom- mended by the American Institute of Cer- tified Public Accountants and by the Na- tional Committee on Governmental Ac- counting. 11. Shall Section 11.04 of the Colleyville Charter be amended to require a %. vote of the Council to override a Commission disapproval of a proposed change in the Master Plan. 12. Shall Section 14.10 of the Colleyville Charter, which deals with Charter amend- ments, be amended to require compliance with Chapter 13 of Title 28 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 125, and any amendment thereto.