AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BASTROP,
TEXAS, CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD WITHIN SAID CITY; MAKING
PROVISION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS
INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, this City Council finds and determines that
it is necessary and advisable to call and hold an election within
said City on the propositions hereinafter set forth, and
WHEREAS, it is further found and determined that
holding the election on the date hereinafter provided is in the public
interest; Now, Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BASTROP:
Section 1. Findings.
The statements contained in the preamble of this Ordinance are true
and correct and are adopted as findings of fact hereby, which findings
are conclusive and incontestible.
Section 2. Election Date; Propositions.
An election shall be held in the City of Bastrop, Texas, on September
13, 2003, at which election the following propositions shall be submitted
in accordance with law:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BASTROP, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED
TO ISSUE AND SELL THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF $2,060,000. FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENOVATING, EXPANDING AND
IMPROVING THE CITY'S EXISTING LIBRARY. INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF APPURTENANT
PARKING; WITH SAID BONDS TO BE ISSUED IN ONE OR MORE SERIES OR ISSUES.
TO MATURE SERIALLY OR OTHERWISE AND BEAR INTEREST AT SUCH RATE OR
RATES. NOT TO EXCEED THE RESPECTIVE LIMITS PRESCRIBED BY LAW AT THE
TIME OF ISSUANCE, AND TO BE SOLD AT SUCH PRICE OR PRICES, AS THE CITY
COUNCIL IN ITS DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE; AND SHALL THERE BE LEVIED
AND PLEDGED, ASSESSED AND COLLECTED ANNUALLY AD VALOREM TAXES ON ALL
TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE ANNUAL
INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY SAID BONDS
AT MATURITY?
PROPOSITION NO. 2
SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BASTROP, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED
TO ISSUE AND SELL THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF $545,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING LAND FOR AND IMPROVING
PARKS; WITH SAID BONDS TO BE ISSUED IN ONE OR MORE SERIES OR ISSUES,
TO MATURE SERIALLY OR OTHERWISE AND BEAR INTEREST AT SUCH RATE OR
RATES, NOT TO EXCEED THE RESPECTIVE LIMITS PRESCRIBED BY LAW AT THE
TIME OF ISSUANCE, AND TO BE SOLD AT SUCH PRICE OR PRICES, AS THE CITY
COUNCIL IN ITS DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE: AND SHALL THERE BE LEVIED
AND PLEDGED, ASSESSED AND COLLECTED ANNUALLY AD VALOREM TAXES ON ALL
TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE ANNUAL
INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY SAID BONDS
AT MATURITY?
PROPOSITION NO. 3
SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BASTROP, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED
TO ISSUE AND SELL THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF $5,595,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING
STREETS AND RELATED DRAINAGE FACILITIES IN SAID CITY; WITH SAID BONDS
TO BE ISSUED IN ONE OR MORE SERIES OR ISSUES, TO MATURE SERIALLY OR
OTHERWISE AND BEAR INTEREST AT SUCH RATE OR RATES, NOT TO EXCEED THE
RESPECTIVE LIMITS PRESCRIBED BY LAW AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE, AND TO
BE SOLD AT SUCH PRICE OR PRICES, AS THE CITY COUNCIL IN ITS DISCRETION
SHALL DETERMINE; AND SHALL THERE BE LEVIED AND PLEDGED. ASSESSED AND
COLLECTED ANNUALLY AD VALOREM TAXES ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID
CITY IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE ANNUAL INTEREST ON SAID BONDS
AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY SAID BONDS AT MATURITY?
PROPOSITION NO. 4
SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BASTROP, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED
TO ISSUE AND SELL THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF $350,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING LAND FOR AND CONSTRUCTION
OF A MUNICIPAL PARKING FACILITY; WITH SAID BONDS TO BE ISSUED IN ONE
OR MORE SERIES OR ISSUES, TO MATURE SERIALLY OR OTHERWISE AND BEAR
INTEREST AT SUCH RATE OR RATES, NOT TO EXCEED THE RESPECTIVE LIMITS
PRESCRIBED BY LAW AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE, AND TO BE SOLD AT SUCH
PRICE OR PRICES, AS THE CITY COUNCIL IN ITS DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE;
AND SHALL THERE BE LEVIED AND PLEDGED, ASSESSED AND COLLECTED ANNUALLY
AD VALOREM TAXES ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY IN AN AMOUNT
SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE ANNUAL INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND PROVIDE A
SINKING FUND TO PAY SAID BONDS AT MATURITY?
PROPOSITION NO. 5
SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BASTROP, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED
TO ISSUE AND SELL THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF $2,215,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING
A CITY HALL; WITH SAID BONDS TO BE ISSUED IN ONE OR MORE SERIES OR
ISSUES, TO MATURE SERIALLY OR OTHERWISE AND BEAR INTEREST AT SUCH
RATE OR RATES, NOT TO EXCEED THE RESPECTIVE LIMITS PRESCRIBED BY LAW
AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE, AND TO BE SOLD AT SUCH PRICE OR PRICES, AS
THE CITY COUNCIL IN ITS DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE: AND SHALL THERE
BE LEVIED AND PLEDGED, ASSESSED AND COLLECTED ANNUALLY AD VALOREM
TAXES ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT
TO PAY THE ANNUAL INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND
TO PAY SAID BONDS AT MATURITY?
Section 3. Polling Place: Early Voting Place.
(a) Voting on election day shall be in the Council Chambers, Bastrop
City Hall, 904 Main Street, Bastrop, Texas, and the entire City shall
constitute one election precinct for said election.
(b) Early voting shall be conducted in the Council Chambers, Bastrop
City Hall, 904 Main Street, Bastrop, Texas. The address for early
voting by mail at said election shall be City of Bastrop. P.O. Box
427, Bastrop, Texas 78602, Attention: Early Voting Clerk.
Section 4. Voting Hours: Period for Early Voting by Personal
Appearance.
(a) On election day the polls shall be open from 7:00 A. M. to 7:00
P. M.
(b) The hours designated for early voting by personal appearance
shall be the hours that the City Secretary's main business office
is regularly open for business on each day except Saturdays, Sundays
and official State holidays.
Section 5. Official Ballots.
The official ballots for said election shall be prepared in accordance
with V.T.C.A. Election Code, so as to permit the electors to vote
"FOR" or "AGAINST" the aforesaid propositions
which shall be set forth in substantially the following form:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
THE ISSUANCE OF $2,060,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR RENOVATING,
EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE CITY'S EXISTING LIBRARY, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION
OF APPURTENANT PARKING
PROPOSITION NO. 2
THE ISSUANCE OF $545,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PURCHASING
LAND FOR AND IMPROVING PARKS
PROPOSITION NO. 3
THE ISSUANCE OF $5,595,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR CONSTRUCTING
AND IMPROVING STREETS AND RELATED DRAINAGE FACILITIES IN SAID CITY
PROPOSITION NO. 4
THE ISSUANCE OF $350.000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR PURCHASING
LAND FOR AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MUNICIPAL PARKING FACILITY
PROPOSITION NO. 5
THE ISSUANCE OF $2,215,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR CONSTRUCTING
AND EQUIPPING A CITY HALL
Section 6. Persons Qualified to Vote.
All resident qualified electors of said City shall be permitted to
vote in said election.
Section 7. Bilingual Election Materials.
The election materials enumerated in Sees. 272.001, et seq., V.T.C.A.
Election Code, shall be printed and furnished in both English and
Spanish for use at the polling place on election day and for early
voting.
Section 8. Notice of Election.
Notice of said election shall be given by posting substantial copies
of this Ordinance in both English and Spanish on the bulletin board
in the City Hall of said City used for posting notices of meetings
of the City Council of said City and at three (3) other places in
said City not later than the 21st day before election day; and substantial
copies of this Ordinance in both English and Spanish shall be published
on the same day in each of two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in said City, the date of the first publication
to be not more than thirty (30) or less than fourteen (14) days prior
to the date set for said election.
FINALLY PASSED, APPROVED AND EFFECTIVE this 22nd day of July, 2003.
APPROVED:
Tom Scott, Mayor
ATTEST:
Teresa Miertschin, City Secretary
CITY SECRETARY=S SELECTION OF POLLING PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING
BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE
I, the undersigned City Secretary of the City of Bastrop, Texas (the
ACity@), acting pursuant to Tex. Elec. Code Ann. '85.002(b), hereby
select the Council Chambers, Bastrop City Hall, 904 Main Street, Bastrop,
Texas, as the location of the polling place for early voting by personal
appearance for the bond election to be held in the City on September
13, 2003, such location being in the building that houses the main
business offices of the City Secretary of the City.
SIGNED AND SEALED July 22, 2003.
City Secretary, City of Bastrop, Texas
