Ordinance No. 11,801ORDINANCE NO.11,801
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD
WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
2011,FOR THE PURPOSE OF REAUTHORIZING THE LOCAL SALES AND
USE TAX AT A RATE OF ONE-FOURTH OF ONE PERCENT FOR
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MUNICIPAL STREETS;FINDING THAT
NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL 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,onJuly28.2011.theCityCouncil of theCity of Baytown ordered aspecial
election of theCity of Baytowntobeheldbetweenthehours of seven o'clock a.m.andseven
o'clock p.m.on November 8.2011.forthepurpose of reauthorizing thelocal sales andusetaxat
arate of one-fourth of onepercentfor maintenance and repair of municipal streets;and
WHEREAS,on November 8,2011,thespecial election washeldunderandpursuantto
the provisions of the ordinance calling theelectionas well asthe provisions of the City's Charter
and state law;and
WHEREAS,theearlyvotingballotboardsmettoverifyand count provisional ballots
pursuant to Chapter 65 of the Texas Election Code;and
WHEREAS,pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Texas Election Code,theCity Council of the
City of Baytown,ataspecialcouncilmeeting held on November 21,2011.canvassed thereturns
of thespecial election calledforthepurpose of reauthorizing thelocal sales andusetaxatarate
of one-fourth of onepercentfor maintenance andrepair of municipal streets (the "Election");and
WHEREAS,theElectionhavingbeendulyand regularly hadandheld according tolaw,
andthereturns thereof havingbeendulymadeandthe Election Judges having certified the
results of the Election,as hereinafter setout,andtheCityCouncilhavingdulyand regularly-
canvassed the returns of the Elections andfindingthatthe total votes cast atthe Election were as
follows,to-wit:
PropositionNo.1
The reauthorization of the local sales and use tax in the
City of Baytownattherate of one-fourth of onepercent
to continue providingrevenuefor maintenance andrepair
of municipal streets.
For
Against
(collectively ''Election Returns");and
Total Percentage
1005 80.21%
248 19.79%
Total 1253 100%
WHEREAS,the City Council of theCity of Baytown findsthe Election Returns setout
abovetobe accurate andcorrectandthatno election protestor contest hasbeenfiledwiththe
City Council or instituted in connection withthe Election Returns:NOW TIIEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BYTIIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the City Council of theCity of Baytown.Texas,hereby findsthatthe
above-referenced recitals are true and correct.
Section2:That CityCouncil of theCity of Baytown.Texas,furtherfindsthatthenotice
of theElectionwasdulyand properly givenasrequiredbylawandas provided inthe ordinance
callingtheElectionandthattheElectionwasdulyandregularlyheldandthereturns thereof duly
and regularly madebytheproper officials of saidElectionandinallthings according tolaw.
Section 3:ThattheCityCouncilfindsthatamajority of the electors intheCity of
Baytownvoted "For"concerning thefollowing proposition attheElection:
PROPOSITION NO.1
The reauthorization of thelocalsalesandusetaxintheCity of
Baytownattherate of one-fourth of one percent to continue
providing revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets.
and accordingly,thelocal sales andusetax of one-fourth of onepercentintheCity of Baytown
is reauthorized toprovide continued revenuefor maintenance and repair of municipal streets.
Section4:Thisordinanceshalltakeeffectimmediatelyfromandafteritspassageby
theCity Council of theCity of Baytown.
INTRODUCED.READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote c/the City Council of the
Cityof Baytown.thisthe 2P1 dayof November.2011.
DONCARLOS.Ma)jor
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