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Home My WebLink About08576 ORD - 08/28/1967Z) IMS:HR: 8 -25 -67 c AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ON THE QUESTION OF THE ADOPTION OF A ONE PERCENT (1 %) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY; DESIGNATING THE DAY OF THE ELECTION AND THE POLLING PLACES; APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS THEREFOR; PROVIDING THAT ALL DULY QUALIFIED RESIDENT ELECTORS SHALL BE QUALIFIED TO VOTE; PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF BALLOT; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF ELECTION; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY: AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, ARTICLE 1066c, VERNON'S TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES (ACTS 1967, 60TH LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, CHAPTER 36, PAGE 62) AUTHORIZES THE GOV- ERNING BODY OF ANY CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN TEXAS TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING A LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN SUCH CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN AND THROUGH- OUT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ON THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1967, AT WHICH ELECTION THERE SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FOR THEIR ACTION THEREUPON, THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION: "SHALL THERE BE ADOPTED WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI A SALES AND USE TAX AT THE RATE OF ONE PERCENT (1 %) ON THE RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE AT RETAIL OF ALL TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY, WHICH PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO TAXATION BY THE STATE OF TEXAS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE LIMITED SALES, EXCISE AND USE TAX ACT, AS ENACTED, AND AS HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER AMENDED ". SECTION 2. SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND THE POLLING PLACES AND PRESIDING OFFICERS FOR EACH OF SAID VOTING PRECINCTS SHALL BE, RESPECTIVELY, AS FOLLOWS, TO -WIT: 8576 CITY COUNTY PRECINCT PRECINCT LOCATION ELECTION PERSONNEL ' 1 1,3,4,21* SOLOMON COLE SCHOOL MRS. DORA VETTER$, JUDGE 49 3'0'& 36 924 WINNEBAGO MRS. P. T. MOORE, ALT. 2 7, 8, 78, 82 OAK PARK SCHOOL MRS. R. J. HEREFORD,'JUDGE & 99 3701 MUELLER MRS. H. A. TYLER, ALT. _ 3 24 *, 51 & 81 EBONY ACRES SCHOOL MRS. ED. WHELAN, JUDGE 5723 HAMPSHIRE MRS. CATHERINE KELLY, ALT. 4 29 *, 34 *, loo* TULOSO- MIDWAY HIGH SCHOOL MRS. D. D. BRAMBLETT, JUDGE & 103* 9830 LA BRANCH MRS. ABE WHITWORTH, ALT. 5 33, 47, 52 & 79 ROBERT DRISCOLL JR.HIGH MRS. N. E. SULLIVAN, JUDGE 261 WEIL PLACE A. H. RAMOS 6 6o AUSTIN SCHOOL MRS. LENA SCHRIEWER, JUDGE 3902 MORGAN ANGELITA BARRERA, ALT. 7 41, 44, 76 & 77 ELLA BARNES JR. HIGH SCHOOL SANTOS DE LA PAZ, JUDGE 3102 HIGHLAND GEORGE ELIZONDO, ALT. 8 31, 32, 45 & 46 LAMAR SCHOOL MRS. E. M. JIMINEZ, JUDGE 2212 MORRIS JOSE ONTIVEROS, ALT. 9 6, 39, 4o & 58 MENDER SCHOOL MRS. C. E. BUCK, JUDGE 2209 SOUTH ALAMEDA MISS JUDY BISHOP, ALT. 10 43 62, 83, 85 T. G. ALLEN SCHOOL MRS. D. W. SCHOENFELD,JUDGE & U8 2002 ELIZABETH MRS. ADA J. LANE, ALT. 11 61 & 75 DAVID CROCKETT SCHOOL MRS. ROSE GONZALES, JUDGE 3302 GREENWOOD MRS. L. M. WHITE, ALT. 12 8O SKINNER SCHOOL M. L. GONZALES, JUDGE 1001 BLOOMINGTON MRS. ADAN RANGEL, ALT. 13 74 & 98 CUNNINGHAM JR.HIGH SCHOOL MRS. KEITH W. Lewis, JUDGE 4321 PRESCOTT MRS. MYRTLE BELL, ALT. 14 57, 67 & 68 L SHERWIN WILLIAMS BLDG. MRS. EDWIN L. OLSEN, JUDGE T 1011 LOUISIANA ROBERT FAGAN, ALT. 15 53, 56 & 96 SAM HOUSTON SCHOOL NED W.'BEAUDREAU, JUDGE 363 NORTON MRS. JOHN KIRTON, ALT. 16 �/ 42, 50, 59 & 86 INCARNATE WORK CONVENT MRS. DOLLY CARROLL, JUDGE UTILITIES ROOM MRS. PAT LIMERICK, ALT. 2917 AUSTIN 17 71, 73 & 97 FANNIN SCHOOL C. W. AFFLERBACH, JUDGE " 2730 GOLLIHAR MRS. L. E. DOUGLAS, ALT. 18 2o* & 106* TOM BROWNE,JR.,HIGH SCHOOL JOE KOSAREK, JUDGE 4301 SCHANEN MRS. CHAS. FOYT„ ALT. 19 72 & 95 CENTRAL PARK SCHOOL MRS. VICTOR DLABAJA, JUDGE 3602 MCARDLE MRS. ALBERT MOSMEYER, ALT. 20 69 & 87 CARROLL LANE SCHOOL R. L. MCCOMB, JUDGE 4120 CARROLL LANE MRS. E. R. WHITMIRE, ALT. *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS trz n *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS -3- CITY COUNTY PRECINCT PRECINCT LOCATION ELECTION PERSONNEL 21 63 & 66 FISHER SCHOOL MRS. ANNA J. KUEHN, JUDGE 601 MINNESOTA MRS. I. H. SPOOR, ALT. 22 5, 64 & 93 WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MRS. CATHERINE COX, JUDGE 3925 FORT WORTH MRS. M.A. CAGE, ALT. 23 48 & 94 CALK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MRS. H. L. ROSS, JUDGE ROOM 15 MRS. W. P. LIVINGSTON, ALT. 4621 MARIE 24 70*, 84 & 89 FAITH ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH W. B. LOFTIN, JUDGE 4425 S. STAPLES MRS. J. W. MARSHALL, ALT. 25 z WINDSOR PARK SCHOOL MRS. JAMES CORCORAN, JUDGE 4525 S. ALAMEDA MRS. W. J. MOORE, ALT. 26 65 MONTCLAIR SCHOOL MRS. G. E. MULLE, JUDGE 5241 KENTNER MRS. J. M. JORDAN, ALT. 27 90 & 92 CULLEN PLACE JR. HIGH SCHOOL MRS. B. G. HUBNER, JUDGE 5225 GREELY MRS. MARII,YN WOLF, ALT. 28 17* & 91 WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MRS. FELIX IRWIN, JUDGE 1110 WOODLAWN DRIVE MRS, NANCY ESPARZA, ALT. 29 18* COUNTY BUILDING JOHN H. KENNEDY, JUDGE 10808.,S. ,I?AORE ISLAND DR. MRS, D. W. WAGGONER, ALT. 30 9* & 101* �I COUNTY BUILDING EARL HODGES, JUDGE j� ANNAVILLE FRED R. SMITH, ALT. ABSENTEE BOX CITY HALL MRS. DORA VETTERS, JUDGE MRS. MARGIE LAWRENCE, ALT. MRS. EDNA MEADOR, CLERK MRS. LINDA HOFFMAN, CLERK *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS -3- t THERE SHALL BE TWO CLERKS FOR EACH ELECTION PRECINCT, TO BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE FOR EACH SAID PRECINCT. ABSENTEE VOTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY IN THE CITY HALL AND THE RESULTS CANVASSED AND RETURNS MADE AS IS PROVIDED BY LAW. A SPECIAL CANVASS BOARD IS HEREBY APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: MRS. DORA VETTERS, JUDGE MRS. MARGIE LAWRENCE, ALTERNATE MRS. EDNA MEADOR, CLERK MRS. LINDA HOFFMAN, CLERK THE PRESIDING JUDGES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO SELECT SUCH CLERKS OR OTHER ASSISTANTS AS PROVIDED BY LAW AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY AND SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO ELECTIONS AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS SHALL BE OBSERVED INSOFAR AS THEY ARE APPLICABLE. SECTION 3. THAT SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND ALL DULY QUALIFIED RESIDENT ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, SHALL BE QUALIFIED TO VOTE. THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:00 O'CLOCK A. M., CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME TO 7:1010 O'CLOCK P. M., CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. 4 SECTION . THE BALLOTS FOR SUCH ELECTION SHALL HAVE PRINTED ON IT THE FOLLOWING: FOR ADOPTION OF A ONE PERCENT (1,%) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY." AGAINST ADOPTION OF A ONE PERCENT (1,%) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY." ALL VOTERS DESIRING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION OF ADOPTION OF A ONE PERCENT (1 %) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOT THE FOLLOWING WORDS: FOR ADOPTION OF A ONE-PERCENT (1 %) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY." ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSITION OF ADOPTION OF A ONE PERCENT (1,%) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOT THE FOLLOWING WORDS: "Q AGAINST ADOPTION OF A ONE PERCENT (1 %) LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY." SECTION 5. THAT ELECTION JUDGES AND CLERKS ARE DIRECTED TO COM- PLY WITH ARTICLE 6.06, ELECTION CODE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS AMENDED, AND -4- ALL OTHER APPLICABLE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ALL BALLOTS SHALL BE COUNTED IF THE INTENTION OF THE VOTER IS CLEARLY ASCERTAINABLE, EXCEPT WHERE THE LAW EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOT. THE ELECTION OFFICERS SHALL NOT REFUSE TO COUNT A BALLOT BECAUSE OF THE VOTER1S HAVING MARKED HIS BALLOT BY SCRATCHING OUT THE STATEMENT OF PROPOSITION FOR WHICH HE DOES NOT WISH TO VOTE. SECTION 6. A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND ATTESTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE NOTICE OF ORDERING OF SAID ELECTION, AND THE MAYOR IS DIRECTED TO CAUSE A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE, SIGNED BY HIM, TO BE POSTED AT THE CITY HALL, AND AT EACH OF THE VOTING PLACES IN EACH ELECTION PRE- CINCT NOT LESS THAN TWENTY (20) DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH ELECTION. IT IS HEREBY FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT THE CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES, A PAPER PUBLISHED WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY AND IS A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION WITHIN SAID CITY. NOTICE OF THE ELEC- TION HEREBY ORDERED AND CALLED SHALL BE GIVEN BY PUBLICATION ON THE SAME DAY OF EACH OF TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS BY PUBLISHING A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF THE ORDINANCE CALLING THE ELECTION IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION PUBLISHED WITHIN SAID CITY, THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION TO BE AT LEAST TWENTY -ONE (21) DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SET FOR SAID ELECTION. SECTION 7. VOTING MACHINES MAY BE EMPLOYED AT THE ELECTION HEREIN ORDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF V.A.T.S. ELECTION CODE, AND SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD AND RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION MADE PROMPTLY BY THE RESPECTIVE OFFICERS HOLDING SAME TO THE CITY SECRETARY, AND SAID RETURNS SHALL BE CANVASSED AND THE RESULTS DECLARED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SECTION 8. THAT THE PUBLIC IMPORTANCE OF THE QUESTION INVOLVED AND THE REQUIREMENT OF LAW REGARDING THE SUBMISSION OF SUCH QUESTION CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND - 5 - 3 THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEET- INGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVING DE- CLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT T FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1967. ATTEST: Al CITY SE REr R THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM d131 THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1967: CITY ATTORN`E - 6 - • CORPUS CHRIST,11 TEXAS ' , O� DAY OF ,-1967 / TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL � CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ' FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN- SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR � •i ,,�•" RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; I, THEREFOP.E, ' REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI- NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE' CITY COUNCIL. RESSoae-e4 PEEECTFULLY, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: r JACK R. BLACKMON RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR. J. A. "JACK" GRANT P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. QiC..Ile -) GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN i•ICDANI EL THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JACK R. BLACKMON _ T� RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR. _ J. A. "JACK" GRANT P. JIMENEZ, JR., M. D. GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN I.ICDANI EL Q,/�v