Resolution 99-08
Resolution No. gq -0 (;<)
A RESOLUTION ORDERING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS, MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CONDUCT ON THE
ELECTION AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO
SUCH ELECTION.
WHEREAS, tile City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas hereby finds that an election
should be held to detormine whether said governing body shall be authorized to issue bonds of
said City in the amounts and for the purposes hereinafter identified; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: An election shall be held on the 1st day of May, 1999 in the City of Wylie,
Texas, which date is not less than fifteen (15) nor more than ninety (90) days from the date of the
adoption hereof and is a uniform election date pursuant to V.T.C.A, Election Code, Section
41.001, for the purpo!;e of submitting the following measures:
PROPOSITION NUMBER 1
"SHALL. the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, be authorized to Issue
general obligation bonds of the City in the principal amount of $15,910,000 for
permanent public improvements and public purposes, to wit street improvements,
including drainage, curb, gutters, sidewalks, landscaping, traffic signalization and
utility line relocation and the acquisition of land and right-of-way therefor; such
bonds to mature serially or otherwise over a period not to exceed FORTY (40)
years from their date, to be issued and sold in one or more series at any price or
prices and to bElar interest at any rate or rates (fIXed, floating, variable or otherwise)
as shall be de'termined within the discretion of the City Council at the time of
issuance or sal,a of the bonds; and whether ad valorem taxes shall be levied upon
all taxable property in the City sufficient to pay the annual interest and provide a
sinking fund to pay the bonds at maturity?"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 2
"SHALL the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, be authorized to issue
general obligation bonds of the City in the principal amount of $1,280,000 for
permanent public improvements and publiC purposes, to wit: drainage
improvements; such bonds to mature serially or otherwise over a period not to
exceed FORTY (40) years from their date, to be issued and sold in one or more
series at any price or prices and to bear interest at any rate or rates (fixed, floating,
variable or othmwise) as shall be determined within the discretion of the City
Council at the time of issuance or sale of the bonds; and whether ad valorem taxes
shall be levied upon all taxable property in the City sufficient to pay the annual
interest and provide a sinking fund to pay the bonds at m;:!turity?"
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PROPOSITION NUMBER 3
"SHALL the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, be authorized to issue
general obligcltion bonds of the City in the principal amount of $750,000 for
permanent pul:>lic improvements and public purposes, to wit: acquire or improve,
or both, land f(lr park purposes; such bonds to mature serially or otherwise over a
period not to Exceed FORTY (40) years from their date, to be issued and sold in
one or more sl:!ries at any price or prices and to bear interest at any rate or rates
(fIXed, floating, variable or otherwise) as shall be determined within the discretion
of the City COIJncil at the time of issuance or sale of the bonds; and whether ad
valorem taxes shall be levied upon all taxable property in the City sufficient to pay
the annual intE rest and provide a sinking fund to pay the bonds at maturity?"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 4
"SHALl. the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, be authorized to issue
revenue bonds of the City in the principal amount of $4,250,000 for improvements
and extensions to the City's combined Waterworks and Sewer System; such bonds
to mature seria Ily or otherwise over a period not to exceed FORTY (40) years from
their date, to bt3 issued and sold in one or more series at any price or prices and
to bear interest at any rate or rates (fixed, floating, variable or otherwise and not
to exceed the maximum rate prescribed by law) as shall be determined within the
discretion of thE! City Council at the time of issuance or sale of the bonds and to be
payable from and secured by a pledge of the net revenues of the City's combined
Waterworks and Sewer System, each bond to be conditioned that the holder
thereof shall ne'{er have the right to demand payment of said obligation from funds
raised or to be raised by taxation?lI
SECTION 2: E:lectronic voting machines shall be used in this election and for early voting
by personal appearanc:e and by mail and each voter shall record his vote by punching a hole in
a ballot which is to be c:ounted by data processing machines.
Punch-card ballots and punch-card ballot labels shall be prepared in accordance with the
applicable proviSions of the Election Code so the voters may cast their ballots either "FOR" or
"AGAINST" the aforessJd measures which shall appear on the ballot substantially as follows:
PROPOSITION NUMBER 1
''THE ISSUANCE OF $15,910,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR
STREET IMPROVEMENTS"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 2
"THE ISSUANGE OF $1,280,000 GENERAL OBUGA TION BONDS FOR
DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS"
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PROPOSITION NUMBER 3
"THE ISSUANCE OF $750,000 GENERAL OBUGA TION BONDS FOR PARKS"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 4
"THE ISSUANCE OF$4,250,OOO REVENUE BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND
EXTENSIONS TO THE CITY'S COMBINED WA TERWORKSAND SEWER
SYSTEM"
The Central Counting Station for the tabulation and counting of ballots forthis election shall
be located at the Collin County Sub Courthouse, 920 E. Park, Suite 120. PIano, Texas, and the
Manager, Tabulation Supervisor, Presiding Judge and Alternate Presiding Judge at the Central
Counting Station shall be appointed and designated in accordance with the provisions of the
election services contract with the Collin County Elections Administrator.
The Manager ,lmd Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station may appoint clerks to
serve at such Station, as provided by Section 127.006 of the Election Code.
SECTION 3: The City shall be divided into two (2) election precincts for this election and
the polling places designated for each election precinct are shown in Exhibit "A", which is attached
hereto and incorpora'led herein by reference as a part hereof for all purposes. The ejection
officers for such polling place shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of an election
services contract to D9 executed with the Collin County Elections Administrator.
On election dCIY. the polls shall be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
The main earl~r voting place for this election shall be the Collin County Sub Courthouse,
920 E. Park. Suite 120, Piano, Texas and a branch office shall be maintained at the City's
Secretary's office at the Wylie Municipal Complex, 2000 N. Highway 78, Wylie, Texas. Early
voting clerk and deputy clerks at the main early voting place and the branch office shall be
appointed and designi:lted in accordance with the election services contract with the Collin County
Elections Admlnistratclr in accordance with the provisions of V. T.C.A., Election Code. Early voting
for this election shall begin Wednesday, April 14, 1999 and end Tuesday, April 27, 1999, and the
hours designated for I~arly voting by personal appearance shall be from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
on each day, except Saturdays. Sundays and official State holidays. Additionally, early voting by
personal appearance shall also occur at such locations on Thursday, April 22, 1999 from 8;00
A.M. to 7:00 P.M. and on Saturday, April 24, 1999, fr~m 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
For purposes l)f processing ballots cast in early voting, the election officers for the early ,
voting ballot board for this ejection shall be appointed and designated in accordance with the
provisions of the eJecUon services contract with the Collin County Election Administrator.
SECTION 4: P./I resident qualified electors of the City shall be permitted to vote at said
election, and on the day of the election, such electors shall vote at the polling place designated
for the Election Precinct in which they reside. This election shall be held and conducted in
accordance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Election Code and Chapter 1 of Title 22. V.A.T.C.S.,
and as may be required by law, all election materials and proceedings shall be printed in both
English and Spanish.
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SECTION 5: A substantial copy of this resolution shall serve as proper notice of said
election. Said notice, including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be posted at three (3) public
places within the City and at the City Hall not less than fourteen (14) full days prior to. the date on
which said election is, to be held, and be published on the same day in each of two successive
weeks in a newspapur of general circulation in said City, the first of said publications to appear
in said newspaper not more than thirty (30) days and not less than fourteen (14) full days prior to
the day of the election.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this the 9th day of March, 1999.
ATTEST:
(City Seal)
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS
Ma~r ~ ~-
Election Precinct
No. 1 (Collin County Voting
Precinct Number 25)
No.2 (Collin County Voting
Precincts Number 27, 56 and
83, Dallas County Voting
Precinct Number 2203, and
Rockwall County Voting Precinct
Number 1A)
EXHIBIT A
Pollina Place
Southfork Mobile Home Park Clubhouse
210 Southfork Blvd.
Wylie, Texas
First United Methodist Church
109 W. Jefferson
Wylie, Texas