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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3118 ORDINANCE NO _ 3 �. AN ORDINANCE ORDE UNG A SPECIAL H0ME-RULE ELECTION IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1953, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE gUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY, FOR ADOPTION OR RE- JECTION, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, INCLUDING IN SAID PROPOSED AMM- MENTS WORKING CONDITIONS AND OVER-TIME PAYMENT TO MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE CREATION OF BOARDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND ART MUSEUM, PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX OF TWO CENTS (20) ON THE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) OF ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH NOT EXEMPT FROM TAXATION FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND ART MUSEUM, RESPECTIVELY, AND THE REPEAL OF SECTION 23, CHAPTER XXVIII OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH WHICH PROVIDES A TAB LIMIT OF ONE AND 90/100 DOLLARS ($1.90) ON EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) VALUATION OF TAXABLE PROPERTY SITUATED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY; DESIGNATING THE PLACES AT WHICH SAID ELECTION IS TO BE HELD; APPOINTING PRESIDING OFFICERS THEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, on Wednesday, the 26th day of August, 1953, an ordinance was duly passed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, giving due notice, in strict compliance with the statutes of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, of ids inten- tion to pass an ordinance providing for the submssion to the qualified voters of the said City of Fort Worth of proposed amendments to the existing Charter; and, WHEREAS notice of intention to submit such chanter amendments was , duly given by publication in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a newspaper pub- lished daily in the City of Fort Worth and the official newspaper of said City, which notice was published for ten (10) days, the date of the first publication thereof being not less than twenty (20) days next preceding the date of this ordinance; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, in the exercise of the discretion reposed in it by the Constitution and the laws of this State relating to.the amendment of city charters by cities having more than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants, deems it wise and expedient to submit the proposed amendments of the existing Charter of said City hereinafter set forth at a special election to be held in said City on Saturday, the 7th day of November, 1953; and, Y WHEREAS, it appears that no regular municipal election Will be held in said City within the time specified in Article 1166 of the Revised Civil Statutes after the passage of this ordinance; NOW THERF,FORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION le That a special election be held in the_City of Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, the 7th day of November, 1953, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City, for adoption or rejection, the following proposed amendments to the existing Charter of the City of Fort Worth: x SECTION 2. That the polling places and the presiding officers of said election shall be,respecti'vely, as follows: AMENDMENT I Shall Chapter XUIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended by adding thereto Section 5a, reading as follows: All members of the Fort Worth Fire Department engaged in Fire Fighting or in the supression of Fire shall not be required to work more than sixty (60) hours in any one week or more than one hundred and twenty (120) hours in any two week period, this shall include all apprentice Firemen, Firemen lst Class, Drivers, Lieutenant, Captains, District Chiefs, and Senior District Chiefs, or any member of the Department who shall ever work in any of these capacities. The mem- bers of the Fire Department in these ranks or positions shall continue to work in shifts or tours of duty in the same manner as at present, which shall be 24 hours on duty and 24 hours off duty. Shifts shall be changed at 12 o'clock noon of each day, with the members of these respective divisions of the Fire Department divided into two (2) equal shifts, except that there shall be designated by the Chief of the Fire Department or any Fire Department Officer, whom the Chief might desig- nate, one (1) twenty-four (24) hour tour of duty in each week, which would ordinarily be a regular or normal tour of duty, at which time each such Fireman shall not be required to work, thereby amounting to a maximum of sixty (60) hours in any one week or one hundred and twenty (120) hours in any two-week period. All other members of the Fire Department shall not he required to work more than forty (40) hours in any one week or more than eighty (80) hours in any two week period. This shall include all Assistant Chiefs, Fire Marshals, assistant Fire Marshals, Chief Drill Instructors, As- sistant Drill Instructors, Fire Inspsators, Executive Officers, Chief Fire Alarm Operators, Fire Alarm Operators, Custodians of Mechanical Equip- ment, Mechanics, Secretaries to the Chief, Fire Prevention Secretaries, and Secretaries to the assistant Chief, or any member of the Fire Depart- ment who shall ever work in any of these or other administrative capacities. The provisions of this amendment shall not prevent the Chief of the Fire Department or any Officer of the Fire Department, whom the Chief might designate, from requiring any member of the Fire Department to work hours in excess of the maximum hours prescribed by the provisions of this ' amendment, or to be present at meetings called by the Chief of the Fire Department or any Fire Department Officer whom the Chief might designate, however any such Fireman required to work extra hours or attend meetings on his off duty time shall be compensated, in addition to his regular salary, an amount of money at the rate of one and one-half (1J) his regular rate of pay. The provisions of this charter amendment shall not be construed to be violated when members of the Fire Department exchange time with each other or hire a substitute to work in his place, with the consent of the Fire Chief or any Fire Department Officer whom the Chief might designates If the provisions of this charter amendment are adopted by a major- ity of the qualified voters voting in this election, the base salaries in effect on Oct. 1, 1951, for each classification in the Fire Department shall be established as a minimum base salary for members of the Fire Department in each classification. If any part or parts of this charter amendment shall be held unconsti- tutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this charter amendment. If any section of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth is in con- flict with this charter amendment as it pertains to wages and hours of work of the Fire Department, such section is hereby repealed. AMENDMENT II Shall Chapter XXVIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended by adding thereto Section 4a reading as follows: The Children's Museum of the City of Fort Worth is hereby created and it shall be administered by a board consisting of twenty- one (21) members to be known as the Children's Museum Board. The members of the Children's Museum Board shall be nominated by the Children's Museum Association and elected by the City Council. Any citizen of Fort Worth may become a member of the Children's Museum Association. The membership of the Children's !museum Board shall include at least ten women and one member of the City Council. The members of the Children's Museum Board shall serve without com- pensation and they shall be subject to removal from office by the City Council for any cause deemed by the Council sufficient for their removal in the interest of the public service, but only after a public hearing before the City Council upon charges publicly made, if demanded by such member within ten (10) days. Any vacancy in the membership of said Board shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original selection of the members. The said Board shall have power and authority to equip, operate, supervise and maintain the Children's Museum. The said Board shall have power to appoint and employ all necessary officers and employees and prescribe and fix their duties, authority and compensation. They shall have the management and disposal of all funds legally apportioned or received from any source for the support of the Children's Museum. All supplies exceeding fifty ($50.00) dollars in cost shall be purchased for the department by the Purchasing Department of the City of Fort Worth under rules and regulations prescribed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth. No expenditure shall be made or liability incurred by the Children's Museum Board exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in amount without first being authorized and approved by the City Council. This provision shall not apply to employees that the said Board shall deem necessary to employ for the operation of said department for the current year, where the salary of such employee loam not exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per annum, but all salaries of that amount or larger shall be first submitted to the City Council and approved by it before such appointment shall become effective. The annual budget of the Children's Museum Board shall be submitted to the City Council the same as all other departments of the City, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter X of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth. AMENDMENT III Shall Chapter XXVIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended by adding thereto Section 4b reading as follows: The City Council of the City of Fort Worth, when levying the taxes for each fiscal year, shall levy an annual ad valorem tax of not less than two cents (2¢) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessed value of all real and personal property in the City of Fort Worth not exempt from taxation by the Constitution and laws of the State for the use and benefit of the Children's Museum. The said tax, when collected, shall be deposited with the City Treasurer to the credit of the Children's Museum, and said sums, together with all sums appropriated by the City Council in the annual budget for the Children's Museum or received from other sources, shall be deposited and held by the City Treasurer in a separate account to the credit of the Children's Museum, subject to the order and 'disbursement of the Children's Museum Board, for the purposes and in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, and the same shall be paid out upon warrants issued by the Children's Museum Board, signed by the President or Vice- President of said Board and countersigned by the Commissioner of Accounts of the City of Fort Worth and the Secretary of the Children's Museum Board. AMENDMENT IV Shad Chapter XXVIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended by adding thereto Section 4c reading as follows: The Art Museum of the City of Fort Worth is hereby created and shall be administered by a board consisting of twenty-one (21) members to be known as the "Art Museum Board". The members of the board shall be nominated by the members of the Fort Worth Art Association and elected by the City Council. Any citizen of Fort Worth may become a member of the Art Association. The membership of the Art Museum Board shall include at least ten women and one member of the City Council. The members shall serve without compensation and they shall be subject to removal from office by the City Council for any cause deemed by the Council sufficient for their removal in the interest of the public service, but only after a public hearing before the City Council upon charges publicly made, if demanded by such member within ten (10) days. Any vacancy in the membership of said Board shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner that the members are originally nominated and elected. The said Board shall have power and authority to equip, operate, supervise and maintain the Art Museum. The said Board shall have power to appoint and employ all necessary officers and employees, and to prescribe and fix their duties, authority, compensation and qualifications. The said Board shall have the management and disposal of all funds legally apportioned or received from any source for the support of the Art Museum. All supplies exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) in cost shall be purchased for the department by the Purchasing Department of the City of Fort Worth under rules and regulations prescribed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth. No expenditure shall be made or liability incurred by the Art Museum Board exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in amount without first being authorized and approved by the City Council. This provision shall not apply to employees that the said Board may deem necessary to employ for the operation of said department for the current year where the salary of such employee does not exceed Two Thousand Dollars (42,000.00) p6or annum, but all salaries of that amount or larger shall be first submitted-to the City Council and approved by it before such appointment shall become effective. The annual budget of the Art Museum Board shall be submitted to the City Council the same as all other departments of the City in accordance with the provisions of Chapter X of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth. AMENDMP]NT V Shall Chapter XXVIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended by adding thereto Section 4d reading as follows: The City Council of the City of Fort Worth, when levying the taxes for each fiscal year, shall levy an annual ad valorem tax of not less than two cents (20) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessed value of all real and personal property in the City of Fort Worth not exempt from taxation by the Constitution and laws of the State for the use and benefit of the Art Museum. The said tax, when collected, shall be deposited with the City Treasurer to the credit of the Art Museum, and said sums, together with all sums appropriated by the City Council in the annual budget for the Art Museum or received from other sources, shall be deposited and held by the City Treasurer in a separate account to the credit of the Art Museum, subject to the order and disbursement of the Art Museum Board, for the purposes and in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, and the same shall be paid out upon warrants issued by the Art Museum Board, signed by the President or Vice-President of said Board and countersigned by the Commissioner of Accounts of the City of Fort Worth and the Secretary of the Art Museum Board. } AMENDMENT VI Shall Section 23, Chapter XXVIII of the existing Charter of the City of Fort Worth be repealed, which section now reads as follows: "In Case the Public Schools Removed From Control of City Rate of Taxation Not to Exceed $1.90 Per $100.00 Valuation of Taxable Property, Subject to Be Increased to $2.50 per $100.00 Valuation, Provided Such Increase Be Voted by the Electorate in Elections Held to Determine Same From Time to Time.-- In the event that the Public Schools of this City should be removed from the control of the City of Fort Worth, so that the City should not be required to provide for the support and maintenance thereof, then the limit of taxation for all other municipal purposes from and after said date shall not exceed One and Ninety/one- hundredths (41.90) Dollars per annum on each One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars valuation of all taxable property situated within the limits of the City, -- such rate to be fixed and determined by the Council annually when pass- ing the appropriation ordinance. "The said rate of taxation may be annually increased, from time to time, by the Council until the constitutional limit' of Two and fifty/one-hundredths 42.50) Dollars on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property shall have been reached; provided, that any increase of the annual rate of taxation beyond the $1..90 limit here established shall never be valid unless first authorized by a majority vote of the qualified tax paying voters participating; in an election lawfully held for that purpose. No more than one election in any one year shall ever be held for such purpose." SECTION 3. That said election shall be held in the manner and within the hours prescribed for general elections by the laws of the State of Texas so far as they may be practicable, and all persons qualified to vote in said City under the laws of this State regulating general elections shall be allowed to vote. SECTION 4. That it shall be the duty of the City Secretary to prepare the of- ficial ballot, on which official ballot shall appear the proposed amend- ments set out in Section 1 of this ordinance, and after each of said pro- posed amendments shall be printed the words "Yes," "No," in order that the voter may vote "Yes" or "No" on each of said proposed amendments. SECTION 5. That all voters desiring to vote for the adoption of any of the proposed,.amendments shall permit to remain on their ballot, with respect to each proposed amendment which they desire to have adopted, the word "Yes"; and those opposed shall permit to remain on their ballot, with respect to each amendment which they desire to have rejected, the word "No." SECTION 6. That the City Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article U70 of the Revised Civil Statutes, mail a copy of each of the proposed amendments to every qualified voter in the City of Fort Worth as appears from the rolls of the Tax Collector of Tarrant County, Texas, for the year ending January 31, 1953. SECTION 7. That a copy of this ordinance shall be sufficient notice of said election, and thirty (30) days' notice of the time and places of holding the said election shall be given by publication of such notice in the of- ficial newspaper of said City once each week for four (4) weeks, the date of the first publication being not less than thirty (30) full days prior to the date of the election. SECTION 8. That each proposed amendment as is set forth hereinabove, if ap- proved by a majority of the qualified voters voting upon said amendment, shall become a part of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth as soon as an official order and ordinance has been entered upon the records of said City by the governing body thereof, declaring the same adopted. SECTION 9. The fact that the present Charter of said City is inadequate and the importance of the proposed charter amendments create an emergency and an imperative public necessity for the immediate taking effect of this ordinance, and it is hereby ordained that this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. M",avo ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: Lii22:� City Attorney cf/a31►953 PRECINCT WARD Lg�A—TIO_jI+ JUDGE 1 1 Fire Hall - Second & Commerce Shag Floore 55 2-S Petersmith School - 715 W. Second Mrs. J. B. Derden 2 2-N Courthouse Basement - West End Mrs. Zoe Rankin 56 3-0 Fire Hall - 1401 Kennedy Street W. L. Denton 3 3-W Fire Hall - 16th and Jones G. M. Thompson 4 4-E Fire Hall - Texas and Cherry Sts. Mrs. R. H. McLemore 57 4-W Rotary Park - 7th and Summit Sts. Mrs. John G. Sims, Jr. 58 5-E Russell Radiator Shop - 1038 E. Vickery Mrs. Rena Moneyhan 5 5-W E. Van Zandt School - 615 Missouri Ave. Mrs. D. G. Helman 54 6 W Collier's Drug Store - Summit and Miss A. E. Bahan Pennsylvania Avenue 53 6-C Fire Hall - Petersmith & Fulton Sts. Mrs. Johnnie House 6 6-E Fire Hall - Tucker & So. Bryan Miss Ella Bideker 7 7-NW Ernest Parker Junior High School Mrs. Leeta Squyres 1015 So. Jennings 84 7-SW Hemphill Presbyterian Church Mrs. Clarence Farmer 1701 Hemphill Street 79 7-49E Worth Drug Store - 2250 Evans Avenue Mrs. C. E. Dinkins 59 7-4E Mrs. Lacy's Residence - 1164 New York Mrs. W. B. Lacy 73 7-E Fire Hall - New York &-Maddox Mrs. Mary McKinney 89 7-S Morningside Elementary School-2601 Evans Mrs. F. L. Bass 8 8-NE Hancock Wall Paper Co. Earl Wheeler 900 W. Magnolia 71 8-SE Fire Hall - 1601 Lipscomb E. A. Bolliger 96 8-S Goolsby Drug Store - 2263 College Mrs. D. E. Wheeler 60 8-W Park Place Fire Hall - 1616 Park Place Mrs. R. W. Wheeler 70 8-NW Parson's Flower Shop - 1408 W. Magnolia W. L. McElhannon 61 9 E Fire Hall - 1019 Peach Street Mrs. Irene Patterson 9 9-W Courthouse Basement - East End G. T. Hubbard 97 10-SW George Clark Elementary School Mrs. 0. B. Craddock 3300 So. Henderson 78 10-M Travis Avenue Baptist Church - Youth Mrs. P. L. Martin Center - 3042 Travis Avenue 77 10-C Fire Hall - 2804 Lipscomb Mrs. W. A. Fitts 62 10-N E. M. Daggett School - 2315 College Mrs. W. K. Rego 48 ll-E Fire Hall - 12th and No. Main Mrs. Hattie Leftwich 67 ll-SW Denver Avenue Elementary School Mrs. W. 0. Bellamy 1412 Denver Avenue 110 11-NW Fire Hall - 1905 Belmont Mrs. F. E. Kirli 87 11-NE Technical High School - 600 Park St. Mrs. Felix Harrison 68 12-W Rosen Hts. Baptist Church R. H. Bogard 2524 Roosevelt 92 12-C Boy Scout House - Chestnut Avenue W. P. Higgins Christian Church - 25th and Chestnut 49 12-E 0. E. Kimmons Furniture Store Mrs. Russell Babcock 124 W. Exchange 10 13-N Fire Hall - 1525 E. Hattie W. E. Rickard 80 13-C R. Vickery School W. V. Jones 1905 E. Vickery Blvd. 90 13-S Lakeview Baptist Church - 2010 Yuma Mrs. W. H. McMillan 81 14-SW Alice E. Carlson Elementary School Mrs. Herman Schaar 3300 W. Cantey 108 14-SE Fire Hall- University Dr. & Berry Sts. Orville C. Frye 95 14-N Tillery Gro. & Mkt. Mrs. Oxen Jones 2292 Forrest Park Blvd. 117 14-8 Bluebonnet Elementary School Mrs. Roy Douglas 3201 So. Hills Drive 130 14-W Charlie Hillard's Garage William D. Morris 3801 En Canto 15 15-S Brooklyn Hts. Elementary School Mrs. J. A. Hughes 3800 Valentine 116 15-C Crestwood Elementary School Joe B. Owen 3600 White Settlement 64 15-N W. Van Zandt Elementary School Kenneth Henderson 1200 University Drive 16 16-E Thomas Place Elementary School M. Frank Kinney 4150 Lafayette 103 16-N North Hi-Mount Elementary School Mrs. W. B. Renfro 3801 W. Seventh St. 86 16-C Fire Hall - 1908 Carleton Mrs. P. F. Middleton 94 16-W Arlington Heights Elementary School Mrs. Helen Billingsley 5100 El Campo 17 17-N W. J. Turner Elementary School Mrs. Rosa Maco 3001 Azle Avenue 122 17-S Fellowship Baptist Church Mrs. J. E. Nelson 2400 N. W. 26th St. 51 18 Diamond Hill Elementary School Mrs. J. A. Stephenson 2901 Hutchinson 19 19-S Perfecto Cleaners Mrs. Ed Martin 108 No. Riverside Drive 119 19ySW Maxwell Steel Company - 400 Riverside Dr. Mrs. T. M. Cunningham 82 19-R Fire Hall - 1100 Eagle Drive firs. Ora McAdams log 19-W Oakhurst School - 2700 Yucca Mrs. R. E. Duke 101 19-N Amon G. Carter School - 3301 Yucca Mrs. C. R. Albrecht 124 19-NW Mrs. Kuykendall's Residence Mrs. H. L. Price 2315 Goldenrod 66 20 Unitarian Church Mrs. T. J. Stowers 2800 Purbnii 11 21-E Fire Hall - 3401 Avenue I Mrs. J. W. Simmons 75 21-W Wm. James Jr. High School Mrs. R. A. Cook 1101 Nashville St. 74 22-W D. McRae School - 3318 Avenue N Mrs. Viva Neel 98 22-E S. S. Dillow School - 4000 Avenue N Mrs. H. L. Taylor 132 22-NE 14 23-SE South Fort Worth Elementary School Mrs. O. B. Rawlings 900 Fogg Street 107 23-NE Memorial Christian Church Mrs. W. E. Walton 805 W. Dickson 85 23-W Rosemont Jr. High School Mrs. D. A. Thornton 1600 Prince Street 76 24 Lily B. Clayton School Mrs. Roscoe Smith 2000 Park Place 50 24-W Washington Hts. Elementary School Mrs. W. W. Famer 3300 N. Houston 123 25-E H. V. Helbing Elementary School Mrs. Fred Daniel 3524 N. Crump 91 26-N The Beachcomber - Lake Worth Mrs. 0. D. Carroll 113 26-5 Huffman's Camp - Lake Worth Mrs. C. C. Witt 105 27 N Fire Hall - Meadowbrook Dr. & Oakland Mary Epperlp 88 27•S Sagamore Hill School Mrs. J. G. Reeves 701 Hughes St. 127 27-49E Dunbar School - 1601 Liberty W. E. Logan 83 28 Oaklawn School Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 104 32 3320 Hardeman 118 29-N Ridglea Methodist Church Mrs. J. E. Frazzell 6036 Locke 129 29-3 Ridglea West Elementary School E. Stanton Brown 7313 Kermit 120 29-E Bob White's Feed Store Mrs. J. Bob White 5500 Camp Bowie 125 30 Trinity Baptist 6hurch M. 0. Lawyer 620 Churchill 99 31-W Handley High School Mrs. J. P. Parker 12 31 E 2925 Haynie