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ORDINANCE NO. 2692
ORDINANCE CALLING BOND ELECTION
AND PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTIES OF HARRIS AND CHAMBERS
CITY OF BAYTOWN §
WHEREAS, the City Council (the "City Council ") deems it
necessary to call the election hereinafter described and, sub-
ject to the results of the election, to authorize the issuance
of bonds;
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN THAT:
Section 1. An election shall be held in the CITY OF
BAYTOWN (the "City ") on July 24, 1979, in which all resident,
qualified electors of the City shall be entitled to vote; the
polls shall be open for voting from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at
the following polling places in each of the following precincts
heretofore established and described by natural or artificial
boundaries. or survey lines by an ordinance adopted by the City
Council and on file in its minutes, and the following are
hereby appointed officers to conduct the election at each
polling place, respectively:
ELECTION PRECINCT 1: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 12.
Polling Place:
ALAMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Election Officers:
Bill G. Rogers Presiding Judge
C. C. Laughlin Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
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ELECTION PRECINCT 2: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 13.
Polling Place:
DAVID G. BURNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Election Officers:
Al Rieck Presiding Judge
Mrs. Blanche Rieck Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
ELECTION PRECINCT 3: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 28.
Polling Place:
PUMPHREY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
J. F. McChesney, Jr. Presiding Judge
John L. Priddy Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
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ELECTION PRECINCT 4: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 99.
Polling Place:
DUTCH HOLLAND OLDSMOBILE
Election Officers:
Jack G. Hester Presiding Judge
011ie Tate Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
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ELECTION PRECINCT 5: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 100.
Polling Place:
ASHBEL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Election Officers:
W. 0. Tidmon Presiding Judge
® Mrs. W. 0. Tidmon Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
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ELECTION PRECINCT 6: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 101.
Polling Place:,
HORACE MANN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Election Officers:
Mrs. S. V. Robberson Presiding Judge
Mrs. Pansy Dabney Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
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ELECTION PRECINCT..7: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 10.2.
Polling Place:
BAYTOWN JUNIOR HIGH.SCHOOL
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A. Contreras Presiding Judge
Mrs..J. W. Sprayberry Alternate Presiding.Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
ELECTION PRECINCT 8: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 149.
Polling Place:
SAN JACINTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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-Mrs. Marjie Kloesel Presiding Judge
Mrs. Fred Marti Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2 .
ELECTION PRECINCT 9: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 165.
Polling Place:
WILLIAM B. TRAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Election Officers:
J. Rodger Read Presiding Judge
Troy E. Peterson Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
ELECTION PRECINCT 10: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 248.
Polling Place:
CARVER -JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Election Officers:
Mrs. Woodrow,W. Lewis Presiding Judge
® Mrs. Johanna Wilson Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
ELECTION PRECINCT 11: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 249.
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Polling Place:
JAMES BOWIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Election Officers:
Wayne McClurg Presiding Judge
Mrs. Wayne McClurg Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
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ELECTION PRECINCT 12: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 386.
Polling Place:
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STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Election Officers:
Dickson Hamiter Presiding Judge
Mrs. Henry M. Hunt Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
ELECTION PRECINCT 13: Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 414.
Polling Place:
CEDAR BAYOU JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Election Officers:
Charles M. Albright Presiding Judge
Mrs.,Charles Albright Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
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ELECTION PRECINCT 14; Boundaries same as County Election
Precinct 456.
Polling Place:
HARRIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE ANNEX
Election Officers:
Joy A. Ralls Presiding Judge
Sandra Northcutt Alternate Presiding Judge
Maximum number of clerks: 2
Allen Cannon is hereby designated as the member of the
City Council to canvass the voting machine used in absentee
voting, together with the Mayor and City Clerk as provided 'or
in Article 7.14, Section 7, of the Election Code, V.A.T.C.S.,
as amended.
Each presiding judge shall appoint not less than two or
more than the maximum number of election clerks specified
above to serve at the polling place under his jurisdiction.
Eileen P. Hall is hereby appointed as the clerk for
absentee voting, and the:
Office of the City Clerk
City .Hall
Baytown, Texas 77520
is hereby designated as the place for absentee voting for said
election. Said clerk shall keep said office open for at least
eight (8) hours, that is, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on each
day for absentee voting which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or
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Code, said clerk shall not permit anyone to vote absentee by
personal appearance on any day which is not a regular working
day for the clerk's office, and under no circumstances shall
she permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance at
any time when such office is not open to the public.
By approving and signing this ordinance the Mayor of the
Ci',:y officially confirms his appointment of the aforesaid elec-
tion officers to .serve at the election; and by adopting this
an official State
holiday; provided,
however,
except
as autho-
rized by Article
5.05, Subdivisions
3d and 3e;
Texas
Election
Code, said clerk shall not permit anyone to vote absentee by
personal appearance on any day which is not a regular working
day for the clerk's office, and under no circumstances shall
she permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance at
any time when such office is not open to the public.
By approving and signing this ordinance the Mayor of the
Ci',:y officially confirms his appointment of the aforesaid elec-
tion officers to .serve at the election; and by adopting this
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ordinance the City Council approves and concurs in the Appoint-
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ment of the aforesaid election officers.
Section 2. At said election the following PROPOSITIONS
shall be submitted in accordance with law:
PROPOSITION 1
SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL.OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS (THE
"CITY "), BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THE BONDS OF THE CITY, IN ONE
OR MORE SERIES OR ISSUES, IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF $1,550,000 WITH THE BONDS OF EACH SERIES OR ISSUE, RESPEC-
TIVELY, TO MATURE SERIALLY WITHIN NOT TO EXCEED 40 YEARS FROM
THEIR DATE, AT ANY PRICE OR PRICES AND BEARING INTEREST AT
ANY RATE OR RATES NOT TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE NOW
OR HEREAFTER AUTHORIZED BY LAW AS SHALL BE DETERMINED WITHIN
THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING
AND ACQUIRING, ESTABLISHING, DEVELOPING; CONSTRUCTING, ENLARGING,
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IMPROVING, OR EQUIPPING, AN AIRPORT OR AIR NAVIGATION FACILIT':!,,
OR THE SITE THEREFOR, INCLUDING BUILDINGS AND OTHER FACILITIES
INCIDENTAL TO THE OPERATION THEREOF, AND THE ACQUISITION OR
ELIMINATION OF AIRPORT HAZARDS, AND TO LEVY AN ANNUAL TAX ON
ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE
INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AS IT ACCRUES AND TO CREATE AND PROVIDE
A SINKING FUND TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF SAID BONDS AS IT MATURES?
PROPOSITION 2
SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN', TEXAS (THE
"CITY "),'BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THE BONDS OF THE CITY, IN ONE
OR MORE SERIES OR ISSUES, IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF $7,600,000 WITH THE BONDS OF EACH SERIES OR ISSUE, RESPEC-
TIVELY, TO MATURE SERIALLY WITHIN NOT TO EXCEED 40 YEARS FROM
THEIR DATE, AT ANY PRICE OR PRICES AND BEARING INTEREST AT ANY
RATE OR RATES NOT TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE NOW OR
HEREAFTER AUTHORIZED BY LAW AS SHALL BE DETERMINED WITHIN THE
DISCRETION OF THE CITY :COUNCIL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING
LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES, SAID LAND TO BE ACQUIRED FROM THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PURSUANT TO THE "CORPS OF ENGINEERS
OF THE UNITED STATES BAYTOWN, TEXAS, PROJECT ", AND TO LEVY AN
ANNUAL TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY SUFFICIENT
TO PAY THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AS IT ACCRUES AND TO CREATE
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AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF SAID BONDS
AS IT MATURES?
Section 3. Voting machines shall be used for said elec-
tion, except that paper ballots shall be used for absentee
voting by mail, and the official ballots for the election
shall be prepared in accordance with the Texas Election Code
so as to permit the electors to vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the
aforesaid PROPOSITIONS, which shall be set forth on all offi-
c.al ballots in substantially the following form:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
® PROPOSITION 1
[ ] FOR ) THE ISSUANCE OF $1,550,000
[ ] AGAINST ) - - -- AIRPORT BONDS
PROPOSITION 2
THE ISSUANCE OF $7,.600,000
PARK BONDS (PARK LAND TO
[ ] FOR ) BE ACQUIRED FROM THE UNITED
- = =- ,STATES OF AMERICA PURSUANT
[ ] AGAINST ) TO THE. "CORPS OF ENGINEERS
OF THE U. S. BAYTOWN, TEXAS
PROJECT ")
Each elector using voting machines and desiring to vote in
favor of a proposition shall move the voting pointer so as to
indicate "FOR" the proposition, and each elector desiring to
® vote against a proposition shall move the voting pointer so
as to indicate "AGAINST" the proposition. Each absentee elec-
tor, ° using a paper ballot shall vote on each proposition by
placing -an "X" or other clear mark in the square beside the
statement indicating the way such, elector wishes to vote on
the proposition.
Section 4. Notice of such election shall be given by
posting a substantial copy of this ordinance in a public
place within each election precinct of the City and also at
the City Hall not less than fifteen days prior to the date
set. for the election, and by publication thereof on the same
day in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper of general
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circulation in the City, the date of the first publication to
be not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for the
election.
Section 5. It is hereby officially found and determined
that the probable period of usefulness of each of the projects
described in the foregoing. PROPOSITIONS is forty years.
Section 6. All or any portion of the bonds described in
the aforesaid PROPOSITIONS 1 and 2, the issuance of which is
approved at the election, may be combined and issued as one or
more issues or series of bonds.
Section 7. The issuance of the bonds described in the
aforesaid PROPOSITIONS 1 and 2 is hereby authorized subject to
approval at the election as hereinabove set out; and, subject
to said approval at the election and during each year while
any of the bonds described in the aforesaid PROPOSITIONS 1 and
2 are outstanding and unpaid, the City Council shall compute
and ascertain a rate and amount of ad valorem tax which will
be sufficient to raise.and produce the money required to pay .
the interest on the bonds as such interest comes due and to
provide and maintain a sinking fund adequate to pay the prin-
cipal of such bonds as such principal matures but never less
than 20 of the original principal amount of said bonds as a
sinking fund each year; and said tax shall be based on the
latest approved tax rolls of the City . with full allowance being
made for tax delinquencies and the cost of tax collection.
Said rate and amount of ad valorem tax are hereby levied, and
are hereby ordered to be levied, against all taxable property
in the City for each year while any of said bonds or interest
coupons appertaining thereto are outstanding and unpaid; and
said tax shall be assessed and collected each such year. Said
ad valorem tax sufficient to provide for the payment of the
interest on and principal of said bonds, as such interest comes
due and.such principal matures, is hereby pledged irrevocably
for such payment within the limits prescribed by law.
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CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
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APPROVED:.
Attorney
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
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Section 8. Said election shall be held in accordance
with the Texas Election Code, except as modified by the.Federal
Voting Rights Act of 19651 as amended.
Section 9. This ordinance was read once by the City
Council and shall take effect immediately.
Section 10. It is. hereby officially found and determined
that the need of the City for such financing creates an emer-
gency and an urgent public necessity for'the holding.,.at the
scheduled time, of the meeting of the City Council at which
this ordinance is adopted and for the adoption of this ordi-
nance; and the NOTICE OF.MEETING relating to.said meeting and
heretofore posted by the City Clerk, and the posting thereof,
are hereby authorized, approved,.adopted, and ratified.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of July, 1979.
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CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
City Clerk /
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
(SEAL)
APPROVED:.
Attorney
CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
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