FCPEMSD Resolution No. 120 RESOLUTION NO. 120
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN FIRE
CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT
CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE CONTINUATION ELECTION HELD
WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES ON THE 4TH DAY OF NOVEMBER,2025,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSITION OF
WHETHER THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHOULD BE CONTINUED FOR FIVE(5)YEARS
AND THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT SALES AND USE TAX SHOULD BE
CONTINUED FOR FIVE (5) YEARS; FINDING THAT NOTICE OF THE
CONTINUATION ELECTION WAS PROPERLY HELD AND THE RETURNS
THEREOF MADE BY THE PROPER OFFICIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS;AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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WHEREAS,on June 10,2025,the Board of Directors(the"Board")of the Baytown Fire Control,
Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District (the "District") ordered a continuation election to
be held within the District's boundaries between the hours of seven o'clock a.m. and seven o'clock p.m.
on November 4, 2025, for the purposes of determining whether to continue the District and the associated
sales and use tax (the"Election"); and
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2025, the Election was held under and pursuant to the provisions of
the resolution calling for the election as well as the provisions of state law; and
WHEREAS, between October 22, 2025, and November 10, 2025, the early voting ballot boards
of Harris and Chambers Counties met to verify and count provisional ballots pursuant to Chapter 65 of
the Texas Election Code; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Texas Election Code, the Board at a meeting held on
the 13th day of November, 2025,proceeded, as required by law,to canvass the returns of the Election; and
WHEREAS, the Election having been duly and regularly had and held according to law, and the
returns thereof having been duly made and the Election Judges having certified the results of the Election,
as hereinafter set out, and the Board having duly and regularly canvassed the returns of the Election and
finding that the total votes cast at the Election were as follows,to-wit:
Proposition No.A
Whether the Baytown Fire Control,Prevention,and
Emergency Medical Services District should be continued
for five(5)years and the fire control prevention district
sales and use tax should be continued for five(5) ears
Total
For 4,006
Against 688
Total 4,694
(the"Election Returns"); and
WHEREAS,the Board finds the Election Returns set out above to be accurate and correct and no
election protests or contests have been filed with the Board or instituted in connection with the Election
returns;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN FIRE
CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT:
Section 1: That the Board of Directors of the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and
Emergency Medical Services District hereby finds that the above-referenced recitals are true and correct.
Section 2: That the Board of Directors of the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and
Emergency Medical Services District further finds that the notice of the Election was duly and properly
given as required by law and as provided in the resolution calling the Election and that the Election was
duly and regularly held and the returns thereof duly and regularly made by the proper officials of said
Election and in all things according to law.
Section 3: That a majority of the votes cast at the Election were in favor of the following
proposition:
PROPOSITION NO. A
Whether the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical
Services District should be continued for five (5) years and the fire control
prevention district sales and use tax should be continued for five(5) years
and accordingly,the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention,and Emergency Medical Services District and the
associated 1/8 of 1% sales and use tax is continued for five (5) years.
Section 4: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the Board
of Directors of the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors of the
Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District this the 13th day of
November, 2025.
BARRY HAWKINS, President
ATTEST:
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ANGELA JACKSON, Sec
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APPROVED AS T• F e RM: '��oc,41 D
VANC HINDS, Assist General Counsel
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