Ordinance 1985-03
ORDINANCE NO. 85-3
HOME RULE CHARTER ELECTION
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS
JANUARY 19, 1985
CANVASS OF RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF ELECTION
BE IT REMEMBERED THAT on this the 21st day of January, 1985
at a specially called meeting of the City Council of the
City of Wylie, Texas, a quorum being present, the meeting
was called to order and the following business was
transacted.
and seconded by
,?1t was unan ously ordered that the
the official returns of the Home Rule
Charter election held in the City of Wylie, Texas, on the
19th day of January, 1985.
WHEREUPON said official returns were opened, examined,
canvassed and the results declared as follows:
CANVASS OF RETURNS AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS
WHEREAS, heretofore, the City Council of the City of Wylie,
Texas called an election to be held on the 19th day of
January, 1985, for the purpose of submitting to the
qualified voters of the City the question of whether or not
a proposed Home Rule Charter should be adopted by the City
of Wylie as recommended by the Home Rule Charter Commission;
and
WHEREAS, immediately after said election the presiding judge
and other officials holding said election made their returns
and results thereof as follows, and said returns being made
according to law, and duly authenticated, and it being shown
that notice of said election was given in the manner
provided by law, and that all other proceedings pertaining
to said election having been shown to have been done and
performed at and within the time and in the manner provided
by law, and all papers pertaining thereto having been
returned and filed as provided by law and no protest or
objection being made to or regarding any matter pertaining
to said election;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the
City of Wylie, Texas, after examining said returns and
opening and canvassing the votes of said election, that the
results of said election are as follows: that the following
number of votes were cast on the proposition "for adoption
of the Charter" or "against adoption of the Charter," to-
wit:
PROPOSITION
NUMBER OF VOTES
For adoption of the Charter
/f)~
70
Against adoption of Charter
It appearing that t?~~roposition
Charter" received -/-.f'.L.d..L.. votes and
adoption of the Charter" received
hereby declared that a majority of
for adoption of the
the proposition "against
70 votes, it is
the qualified voters,
v 0 tin gat s aid e 1 e c t ion, v 0 t e d " -PI) rl
Charter," and} it is A'1ereby d. eclared and
Char ter is /(dl1fll-e& as proposed.
It is further ordered that a copy of said proposed Charter
be attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof for
all purposes and that pursuant to Article 1169, Vernon's
Annotated Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, this
official order be entered upon the records of }?e ~i~y of
Wylie, Texas, declaring said Charter to be a~~ as
the Home Rule Charter of the City of Wylie, Texas, and
henceforth it shall be (not be) the Charter of the City
until amended or repealed.
adoption of the
ordered that said
It is further ordered that the Mayor, as soon as practical,
shall certify to the Secretary of State an authenticated
copy of such Charter under the seal of the City showing
II-i)pi?hb/l of said Charter by the qualified voters
of th~ City which said copy shall be filed and recorded by
the Secretary of the State in a separate book kept for that
purpose.
It is further ordered that the City Secretary shall record
at length upon the records of the City of Wylie, in a
separate book to be kept in the office of the City ~retary
for such purpose, the Home Rule Charter as 4t1~;1r~ .
Upon recording of the Charter by the City Secretary, it
shall be deemed a public act and all courts shall take
judicial notice of the same and no proof shall be required
of it in any court.
This order declaring the result of said election, canvassing
the returns and ordering the same entered upon the records
of the City shall become effective immediately after its
passage.
DULY PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS,
on the 21st day of January, 1985.
~ JOHN W.AKIN, MAYOR
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D N HUGHE~ OR PRO TEM
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ILLIAM MARTIN, COUNCILMAN
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P~~~ILHAN
/ CLEO ADAMS, COU~CILMAN
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