ORD 2013-12TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS,
CANVASSING THE RETURNS, INCLUDING THE RETURNS OF
EARLY VOTING BALLOTS CAST IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE JOINT
GENERAL AND JOINT SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 11,
2013, AS SUCH RETURNS RELATE TO AN ELECTION ON A
MEASURE TO ABOLISH THE TROPHY CLUB 4A ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ONE-FOURTH OF ONE
PERCENT LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX, AN ELECTION ON A
MEASURE TO CREATE THE TROPHY CLUB CRIME CONTROL
AND PREVENTION DISTRICT AND TO ADOPT A LOCAL
SALES AND USE TAX AT A RATE OF ONE-FOURTH OF ONE
PERCENT, SUCH ELECTION RESULTS HAVING BEEN
CANVASSED BY THE TEMPORARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FO THE TROPHY CLUB CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISTRICT, AS SUCH RETURNS RELATE TO THE ELECTION
OF A (1) COUNCIL MEMBER FOR A (3) THREE YEAR TERM TO
PLACE NO. 5 ON TROPHY CLUB TOWN COUNCIL, AND TO
THE 19 PROPOSITIONS CONTAINING VARIOUS POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN'S HOME RULE CHARTER;
PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF PREMISES;
PROVIDING FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF VOTE
TABULATIONS; IDENTIFYING THE OFFICIALS ELECTED AND
TERMS OF OFFICE; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR THE
ENACTMENT OF PROPOSITIONS; AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF THE CANVASS OF THE JOINT GENERAL AND
JOINT SPECIAL ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT
AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on or about March 11, 2013 the Town Council of the Town of
Trophy Club, Texas (the "Town") passed and approved Ordinance Nos. 2013-06
and 2013-07 ordering a Joint General and Joint Special Election, for a Special
Election on a measure to abolish the Trophy Club 4A Economic Development
Corporation and the associated one-fourth of one percent local sales and use
tax, place a Special Election on a measure to create the Trophy Club Crime
Control and Prevention District and adopting a local sales and use tax of one-
fourth of one -percent on the Town's ballot as part of a Joint Special Election; for
a General Election to elect a Council Member for a three (3) year term to Place
No. 5 on the Town Council; and for a Special Election regarding nineteen (19)
Propositions containing various potential amendments to the Town's Home Rule
Charter; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance Nos. 2013-06 and 2013-07 also ordered the
appointment of a Presiding Election Judge and an Alternate Presiding Election
Judge for the purpose of conducting such election; and
WHEREAS, the appropriate authority of the Town heretofore caused to be
posted and published, in accordance with the election laws of the State of Texas,
notice of the Joint General and Joint Special Election; and
WHEREAS, it appears that a total of 1,012 votes were cast in such
elections; and
WHEREAS, the Joint General and Joint Special Election was duly and
legally held on May 11, 2013 in the Town and in conformity with the election laws
of the State of Texas, and the results of the Joint General and Joint Special
Election, including the early voting results, have been certified and returned to
the proper judges and clerks thereof; and
WHEREAS, the official returns of the presiding judges of the Joint General
and Joint Special Election, including the returns of early voting ballots in
connection therewith, and as such returns are related to the measure to abolish
the Trophy Club 4A Economic Development Corporation local sales and use tax,
the measure to create the Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevention District and
adopting a local sales and use tax (as previously canvassed by the Trophy Club
Crime Control and Prevention District), the election of a Council Member for a
three (3) year term for Place No. 5 on the Trophy Club Town Council, a Special
Election as related to nineteen (19) Propositions containing various potential
amendments to the Town's Home Rule Charter, have been presented to the
Town Council acting in its capacity as the Canvassing Board for the Joint
General and Joint Special Election; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has considered the returns of the Joint
General and Special Election as related to the proposition for abolition of the
Trophy Club 4A Economic Development Corporation local sales and use tax, the
proposition for the creation of the Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevention
District and the adoption of the related local sales and use tax, the election of a
Council Member for a three (3) year term for Place No. 5 on the Trophy Club
Town Council, a Special Election as related to nineteen (19) Propositions
containing various potential amendments to the Town's Home Rule Charter,
including the returns of early voting ballots cast in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, the returns of the General and Special Election, including the
returns of the early voting ballots, duly and legally made, showed that each
candidate for the office of Town Council member for Place No. 5 received the
following votes:
TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE NO. 5 ON THE TROPHY CLUB
COUNCIL FOR THREE (3) YEAR TERM
WHEREAS, the returns of the Special Election, including the returns of the early
voting ballots, duly and legally made, showed that each Proposition received the
following votes:
Proposition
TrophyThe • 4A Economic Development C• •s • •sales
•use tax within theTown isabolished
Proposition No. 2
The creation of the Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevention District
dedicated to Crime Reduction Programs and the adoption of a
proposed local sales and use Tax at a rate of one-fourth of one percent.
For
376 249
TOTAL NUMBER
Against
NAME OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF VOTES
TOTAL NUMBER
CANDIDATE
OF EARLY VOTING
RECEIVED AT
OF VOTES
VOTES RECEIVED
POLL ON
RECEIVED
ELECTION DAY
(Totals reflects 3
Absentee Votes)
Glenn Strother
276
165
441
Greg Lamont
340
231
571
WHEREAS, the returns of the Special Election, including the returns of the early
voting ballots, duly and legally made, showed that each Proposition received the
following votes:
Proposition
TrophyThe • 4A Economic Development C• •s • •sales
•use tax within theTown isabolished
Proposition No. 2
The creation of the Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevention District
dedicated to Crime Reduction Programs and the adoption of a
proposed local sales and use Tax at a rate of one-fourth of one percent.
For
376 249
628
Against
214 133
347
.•.
Qualifications for Council.
For 446 320 769
Against 143 59 202
Proposition No. 4
Qualifications for Council; vacancies, Forfeiture of office, filling of vacancies.
For
423
231
655
Against
155
131
288
I Proposition No, 5
Mayor.
For 384 234 619
Against 195 133 330
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Emergency Ordinances.
For
437
282
722
Against
132
75
207
Investigative Powers of the Council.
For
439
293
'i r-
735
Against
123
69
192
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Indemnification of Officers.
Proposition No. 9
Power and Duties — Town Manager.
For
416 284
703
Against
151 72
223
Proposition No. 10
Powers and Duties — Town Manager and Town Secretary.
For 459 299 761
Against 99 52 151
Municipal Court.
For
423 244
667
Against
145 115
263
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Clerk of the Court.
For 493 318 814
Against 70 36 fO �61
Proposition No. 13
Canvassing and Election Returns.
For 461 306 770
Against 87 39 126
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Scope of Recall.
For
413
236
650
Against
135
109
246
For 442 284 729
Against 109 61 170
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For
457
308 768
Against
94
42 136
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Charter Review Commission.
W TO R. I I a M
Proposition No. 18
Number, Selection, Term; Elections.
For 372
210
582
Against 201
140
244
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Ways and Means Committee.
For 283 203 489
Against 330 185 515
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS:
Section 1. Incorporation of Premises. The above and foregoing
premises are true and correct and are incorporated into the body of this
Ordinance and made a part hereof for all purposes.
Section 2. Confirmation of Vote Tabulations. The results of the
General and Special Election, as related to the abolition of the Trophy Club 4A
Economic Development Corporation local sales and use tax; as related to the
creation of the Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevention District and associated
one-fourth of one -percent local sales and use tax; as related to the election of a
Council Member for a three (3) year term to Place No. 5 on the Trophy Club
Town Council; and as related to nineteen (19) Propositions containing various
potential amendments to the Town's Home Rule Charter, and as canvassed and
tabulated above, reflect the expressed desires of the resident, qualified voters of
the Town.
Section 3. Elected Officials: Terms of Office. In accordance with the
canvass and tabulation of the results of the General Election, the duly elected
Council Member for Place No. 5 elected on May 11, 2013, and the
corresponding term of office, subject to the taking of the oath of office as required
by State Law, is as follows:
OFFICE
TERM
NAME
Council Member
Place 5 -Three (3) Years
Greg Lamont
Section 4. Issuance of Certificates of Election. The Mayor is hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver a Certificate of Election to the
successful candidate elected at the General and Special Election, as specified in
Section 3 hereof.
Section 5. Enactment of Propositions. In accordance with the canvass
and tabulation of the following results of the Joint Special Election and consistent
with the Town's Home Rule Charter and Orders of Election contained in
Ordinance Nos. 2013-06 and 2013-07, Proposition No. 1 to abolish the Trophy
Club 4A Economic Development Corporation local sales and use tax; Proposition
No. 2 to create the Trophy Club Crime Control and Prevenion District and to
adopt a one-fourth of one -percent local sales and use tax; and Propositions No. 1
through No. 18 amending the Town's Home Rule Charter shall be duly enacted
pursuant to the canvass, tabulation, Town's Home Rule Charter and Election
Orders for each of the Propositions as set forth on the ballot, and the Town
Council shall contemporaneously with the passage of this Ordinance adopt an
Ordinance putting the Home Rule Charter Amendments into effect as specified in
the Order of Election and the Town's Home Rule Charter.
Section 6. Issuance of Canvass of Joint General and Joint Special
Election. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the
Canvass of the General and Special Election, a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit "A", in accordance with the election laws of the State of Texas, and to
take all other action necessary in connection therewith.
Section 7. Engrossment and Enrollment. The Town Secretary of the
Town of Trophy Club is hereby directed to engross and enroll this Ordinance by
filing this Ordinance in the ordinance records of the Town as required in the
Town Charter.
Section 8. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect from and
after its date of passage in accordance with law, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy
Club, Texas, this 21st day of May, 2013.
Effective
Date:
ATTEST:
Amy Piuka
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Town Secretary
Town of Trophy Club, Texas
ia A. Adams, • Attorney
• • •f • Texas
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Mdyor, C'on-nieWhite
Town of Trophy Club, Texas
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TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
CANVASS OF GENERAL JOINT ELECTION
I, the undersigned Mayor of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, and
Presiding Officer of the Canvassing Authority of the Town, met on 21st day of
May, 2013 with the Town Council of the Town, sitting as the Canvassing Board to
canvass the returns of the General and Special Election held on May 11, 2013, at
the Trophy Club Town Hall Building, 100 Municipal Drive, Trophy Club, Texas, as
such returns related to the election of a Council Member to the Town Council and
such returns related to the amendments of the Home Rule Charter for the Town.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the figures on the tally sheets correspond
with the figures on the returns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas to be affixed hereto, this 21st day of
May, 2013.
(Seal)
yor and Presiding Officer of
the Canvassing Authority
Trophy Club, Texas