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Adopted Resolution V OI
THE STATE OF TEXAS S
S JC NT RESOLUTION
COUNTY OF TARRANT S
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth will conduct an election on
April 6, 1985, to fill the offices-of Mayor and City Councll and
WHEREAS, Tarrant County will conduct an election on April 6,
1985, on the question of confirmation of the creation of a County-
wide 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number District, and the unincorpo-
rated portions of Tarrant County will conduct an election on the
question of the formation of a Rural Fire Prevention District, and
WHEREAS, it is the finding of the governing bodies of the `E
parties hereto that conducting such elections jointly would result
in substantial savings to the taxpayers of the governmental entities
required to conduct such elections and that xuph savings would be
realized if the elections, where possible, be held in the sauce
location, utilizing the same personnel and utilizing the same voting
machines, with. the two governmental entities, sharing the expense@
incurred in the conduct of such elections= and
WHEREAS, all the eligible voters of Tarrant County shall be
entitled to vote in the election to determine the question of von-
firmation of the creation of the County-rifle -1-1 > ergeney
Telephone Number District, and all those eligible voters of Tarr#nt
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County shall be entitled to vgte on the question o toa Ap *atlan 0
a Rural Fire Prevention District;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY JOINTLY RGBAYD by the Clay
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Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and. the Comm seioners'
Court of Tarrant County, Tp*aa, that these tVo 00tttieaP where
possible, shall conduct said elections jointly on April 6, 1985.
That the following requirements as to,.,,the conduct of such elections
shall be adhered to: V
1. .That in the event there are election precincts which include
incorporated lying within the limits of the SOO City
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and unincorporated territory, lying outside the limits of any
city, said voters from the unincorporated. territory shall be
allowed to vote only on the question of the confirmation of the
creation of the County-wide 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number
District and on the question of formation of the Rural fire
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Prevention District; while those voters who are residents of
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the City shall be allowed to vote only to fill the offices of
Mayor and City Council and upon the confirmation of the eras-
tion of the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone ombor Dis-trict.
2. That for those election precincts which include only incorpo-
rated territory lying wholly within the said City, the same
voting machines shalt. be used for the election of the Mayor and
City Council and the election on the confirmation of the crea-
tion of the 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number District.. That for
election precincts which include incorporated territory lying
within the limits of said City and unincorporated territory
lying outside the limits of any city, the sauce voting machines
shall be used for the voters from the incorporated territory to
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vote for the election of the Mayor and the City! Council and
upon the confirmation of the creation of the 9-1-1 Emergency
Telephone Number District, and separate voting machines shall
be used for the voters from the unincorporated territory to
vote upon the confirmation of the areatlon of the .9-1-1
Emergency Telephone Number District and upon formation of the
Rura3 Firs, Prevention District.
3. That the costs involved in conducting such ellsgtions jointly
shall be shared as follows:
(a) The County shall make available to the City, at no charge,
the voting machines necessary, including transportation of
sued machines, in those voting ..precincts where such elec-
tions are to be conducted jointly..
(b) The City shall bear the cost of additional voting person-
nel as may be required by the joint conduct of such elec-
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tions in voting precincts located wholly or partly within
the limits of the City of Fort Worth and the applicable
charges for delivery to the County Clerk of the results of
the 9-1-1 Telephone Number District confirmation election
and the Rural Fire Prevention District formation election
from such precincts.
(c) All remaining costs of conducting the County-wide 9-1-1
Emergency Telephone Number District confirmation election
shall be divided equally between Tarrant County, the City
of Fort Worth and the City of Arlington, provided, how-
ever,, that there shall be excluded from the expense.a to be
divided the cost of voting personnel,, voting machines,
voting machine transportation and delivery of election
results in voting precincts located wholly or partly with-
in the City of Fort Worth and `in voting precincts lying
wholly or partly within the City of Arlington.
(d) The County shall provide the City with a detailed state-
ment of all election expenses to be paid by the City and
appropriate documentation of such expopppo.
4. That separate voter registration lists, poli lists and signs-
Lure rosters will be kept for each of the three.phe:otiona being
conducted.
5. That separate tally sheets and all election return reporta,
required by law shall be maintained with respect to the elec-
tion to fill the offices of Mayor and City Council, the elec-
tion to confirm creation of the County-wide .9-1-1 Emergency
Telephone Number District and the election on formation of a
Rural Fire Prevention District.
6. That the same election judges, insofar as it is possible, shall
preside over the three elections being conducted simultaneously
at each voting precinct location and that, insofar as it is
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possible, the same set of election clerks shall be utilized to
conduct each of the three elections being held simultaneously
at each voting precinct.
ADOPTED this, the day of , 1985.
.TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS
MIKE MONC.RI4h.r oaty 'J Q0
CITY OF FONT WOATR
MAYOR
ATTEST:
RUTH ALEXANDER, C ty Secretary
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