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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7125 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL HOME-RULE ELECTION IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, THE 8TH DAY OF APRIL, 1975, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY, FOR ADOPTION OR REJECTION, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE THE PLACES AT WHICH SAID ELECTION IS TO BE HELD; PRE- SCRIBING PRESIDING OFFICERS THEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, in the exercise of the sound discretion reposed in it by the Constitution and laws of this State, and more particularly Articles 1165 through 1174, inclusive, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, relating to the amendment of city charters by cities having more than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants, deems it wise and expedient to submit proposed amendments to the exist- ing charter of said City, hereinafter set forth, at a special election to be held in said City on Tuesday, the 8th day of April, A. D. 1975; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That a special election be held in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, the 8th day of April, 1975, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City, for adop- tion or rejection, the following proposed amendments to the existing Charter of the City of Fort Worth: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS I. Shall Section 1, Chapter III, The City Council, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that same shall hereafter read and be as follows: "Section 1. The powers of the City Govern- ment shall be vested in a body to be known as the city council, composed of nine members. Their term of office after the first election under this amendment shall be for a period of four years and until the election and qualifi- cation of their successors; provided that at the first election after the adoption of this amend- ment, there shall be elected a full Council, four of whom shall hold office for a period of only two years and four of whom shall hold office for a period of four years. The Mayor shall be elected and hold office as hereinafter provided in Section 2. The Council shall determine by lot which members of the said body shall serve for the two year and four year periods, respectively. Two years after the first election, there shall be held another election, at which the successors to the four two-year Coun- cilmen shall be chosen. Thereafter, elections shall be held every two years to elect members of the City council whose terms are expiring."? II. Shall Section 1, Chapter IV, Method of Nominating and Electing Members of the City Council, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that same shall hereafter read and be as follows: "Section 1. Councilmen -- Eligibility -- As provided by Article 1.05-1, V.T.C.S., as amended, only qualified electors under the laws of Texas who are residents of the City and twenty-one (21) years of age or more shall be eligible to hold the office of Councilman or Mayor."? III. Shall Section 3, Chapter IV, method of Nominating and Electing Members of the City Council, of the Charter of the City of Fort worth be amended so that same shall hereafter read and be as follows: "Section 3. With the exception of Place No. 1 to be held by the Mayor as provided for in Section 2 of Chapter III of this Charter, the City Council shall provide by ordinance for eight (8) single mem- ber districts so that with the exception of the Mayor, one member of the City Council shall be elected from each of such defined districts by the voters resid- ing therein, and each candidate therefrom shall be -2- a qualified elector of the City and shall have re- sided in the district from which he seeks election for a period of at least six months next preceding the election. "The City Council shall, as often as census data is available, determine as nearly as practica- ble the population of the respective districts and shall, by ordinance, revise the boundaries of any or all of said districts to maintain a substantial equality of population in each. Within sixty (60) days after passage of this amendment, the City Coun- cil shall, by ordinance, designate the original dis- trict limits."? IV. Shall Sections 1 through 8, inclusive, of Chapter VII, Corporation Court, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall hereafter read and be as follows: "Section 1. Municipal Court -- Municipal Court System -- There is hereby established and created a municipal court system for the City of Fort Worth, which shall have jurisdiction and au- thority in cases arising under ordinances of the City and applicable statutes of the State of Texas. "Section 2. This Chapter is hereby declared to be cumulative of any laws that may now or here- after be passed by the Legislature regulating or increasing the jurisdiction of the municipal courts in cities of the grade and size of the City of Fort Worth."? V. Shall Section 1, Chapter VIII, Administrative Depart- ments to Be Controlled and Administered by the City Manager, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that same shall hereafter read and be as follows: "Section 1. Number of Administrative Depart- ments to Be Controlled and Administered by the City Manager -- There is hereby created and placed under control of the City Manager six administra- tive departments of the City Government as follows: -3- (1) Department of Finance (2) Department of Police (3) Fire Department (4) Department of Public Works (5) Department of Public Health (6) Water works Department "The City Council shall have power to estab- lish by ordinance such other departments, divisions and offices as it deems necessary for the efficient operation of the municipal government. The City Council may discontinue any department or office established by ordinance and may prescribe, com- bine, consolidate, distribute or abolish the func- tions and duties of departments, divisions or of- fices. No administrative department, division or office created by ordinance, and no consolidation as hereinbefore provided, shall be established or discontinued until the recommendation of the City Manager thereon shall have first been heard by the Council. "The Directors of the departments appointed by the City Manager shall be immediately responsible to the City Manager for the administration of their departments, including the preparation of reports and recommendations concerning their departments as required by the City Manager."? VI. Shall sections 1 through 9, inclusive, of Chapter IX, Department of Finance, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall hereafter read and be as follows: "CHAPTER IX. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE "The City Council is authorized to provide by ordinance for the creation of a Department of Finance, which department shall be charged with the administration of the financial affairs of the City, including the keeping and supervision of all accounts, the custody and disbursement of City funds and moneys according to ordinances and regu- lations of the City Council, the assessment and col- lection of all taxes, including special assessments, the issuance of licenses and the collection of li- cense fees, and such other duties as the City Coun- cil may, by ordinance, require."? -4- VII. Shall Section 11, Chapter X, The Budget and Financial Procedure Relating Thereto, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, which section reads as follows: "Section 11. Limitations on Expenditures Contained in Sections 8 and 10 of this Chapter Not to Apply to Purchases by Park Board and Recreation Board in Certain Extraordinary Cases When Approved by the City Council -- The limita- tions and restrictions contained in Section 8 and 10 of this Chapter shall not be applicable to the Park Board where an advantageous opportunity is presented to said Board to purchase an additional park for any year upon a cash payment out of the appropriation set apart to the Park Department for that year and the contract or agreement to pay the balance of the purchase price for the said park in not to exceed ten annual installments; provided, that such contemplated purchase of park property shall first be reported to the City Council and ap- proved by the Council. When so approved, the said purchase may be consummated, and thereafter pro- vision shall be made in the annual budget for the payment of the annual installment with interest thereon, to be charged against the annual appro- priation for such department. "The said restrictions and limitations shall not apply to an expenditure on the part of the Recreation Board for an improvement, such as a swimming pool, playgrounds or golf course, or other improvements of a permanent character, beyond the appropriation made for such purpose in the annual budget, where the Council shall deem it advantageous to the interest of the said department to authorize the creation of an indebtedness for such character of improvements, covering a period of not to exceed ten years, in annual payments, after applying there- on the amount provided therefor in the annual budget for the year in which such outlay is made; but such investment may be made by the Recreation Board when approved and ordered by the City Council. Each year thereafter the said annual installment with inter- est shall be provided for and paid out of the annual budget appropriation for said department.", be repealed and deleted from the Charter of the City of Fort Worth? VIII. Shall Sections 1 through 7, inclusive, of Chapter XI, -5- Department of police., of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall hereafter read and be as follows: "CHAPTER XI. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE "The City Council shall provide by ordinance for the establishment and regulation of a Depart- ment of Police."? IX. Shall Sections 1 through 9, inclusive, of Chapter XII, Fire Department, of the Charter of the City of Fort worth be amended so that said Chapter shall hereafter read and be as follows: ..The City Council shall provide by ordinance for the establishment and regulation of a Fire Department."? X. Shall Sections 1 through 5, inclusive, of Chapter XIII, Department of Engineering, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall hereafter read and be as follows: "CHAPTER XIII. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS "The City Council shall provide by ordinance for the establishment and regulation of a Depart- ment of Public Works, which department shall be in lieu of the 'Department of Engineering' formerly provided for in Chapter XIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth."? Xi. Shall Sections 1 through 3, inclusive, of Chapter XIV, Water Works Department, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall hereafter read and be as follows: "CHAPTER XIV. WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT "The City Council shall provide by ordinance for the establishment and regulation of a Water Works Department, which department shall have jurisdiction and control over the water and sani- tary sewerage systems of the City of Fort Worth."? XII. Shall Sections 1 through 19, inclusive, of Chapter XV, Department of Public Health and Welfare, of the Charter of the City of Fort worth be amended so that said Chapter shall hereafter read and be as follows: "CHAPTER XV. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH "The City Council shall provide by ordinance for the establishment and regulation of a Depart- ment of Public Health."? XIII. Shall Sections 1 through 11, inclusive, of Chapter XVII, Department of Public Libraries, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall hereafter read and be as follows:: .CHAPTER XVII. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 'LIBRARIES "The City Council shall provide by ordinance for the establishment and regulation of a Department of Public Libraries."? XIV. Shall Section 4, Jurisdiction of Park Board -- Scope of Activities, of Chapter XVTTT, Department of Public Parks, and Section 4, Powers and Duties of Public Recreation Board ***, of Chapter XTX, Department of Public Recreation, and Section 42 of Chapter XXVTTT, Miscellaneous, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be repealed and a new chapter sub- stituted therefor to read as follows: -7- "CHAPTER XVIII. PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT "The City Council shall provide by ordinance for the establishment and regulation of a Park and Recreation Department."? XV. Shall Chapter XXIV, Civil Service, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be repealed and a new chapter sub- stituted in lieu thereof to read as follows: "CHAPTER XXIV. DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND CIVIL SERVICE "Section 1. organization -- The City Council may provide by ordinance for the establishment, organization and regulation of a Department of Personnel and Civil Service and a Civil Service Board or commission. "Section 2. No person in the employ of the City or seeking admission thereto shall be appointed, reduced or removed, or in any way favored or dis- criminated against because of political or religious opinions or affiliations. No officer or employee of the City shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription or contri- bution for any political party or for any political purpose whatever. No person in the employ of the City shall take part in political management or affairs, or in political campaigns, further than to cast his vote or express privately his opinion. "Section 3. Relating to City Councilman Accept- ing Different office and Providing for Forfeiture of offices and Positions of Aspirants for office -- No person elected to the City Council shall, during the term for which he was elected, be appointed to any office or position in the service of the city. if a member of the Council shall become a candidate for nomination or election to any public office, other than that of his present place in the Council, he shall immediately forfeit his place in the Council; and any appointive officer or employee of the City who shall become a candidate for nomination or elec- tion to any public office shall immediately forfeit the office or employment held under the City. XVI. Shall Section 2, Chapter XXV, Assessment and Collection -a- of Taxes -- Provisions Relative to Issuance and Sale of Bonds, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that same shall hereafter read and be as follows: "Section 2. Board Of Equalization -- The City Council shall each year prior to the first day of July appoint a Board of Equalization, to be composed of three members to be selected by the Council, who may or may not be members of the Council, and who are taxpaying citizens, well ac- quainted with real estate values, one of whom shall be designated as Chairman of the said Board and another as Vice-Chairman. The said Board shall con- vene as near as practicable on the first day of July and continue their labors until their said work is completed, but not to continue longer than the 15th day of the August following. it shall be the duty of the Council, as soon as the assessment of rolls of taxes due the City are completed, to refer the same to the Board of Equalization, whose duty it shall be to equalize the taxes assessed on said rolls and to make all necessary corrections and ad- justments to that end; and, in addition to the powers granted them by this Charter, they shall also have the same powers and perform the same duties as the County Commissioners' Courts of this State in regard to the assessment of property for taxation and the equalization thereof, and shall be governed in their procedure and acts in this respect as now provided by the laws of this State relating to the equalization of State and County taxes by said Com- missioners' Courts. in addition to the foregoing, the said Board shall have the power, when sitting, to compel the production of all books, documents, stocks, bonds and other papers pertinent to the in- vestigation, to be produced before them in the inves- tigation of the taxable values of any person or per- sons, firm or corporation having or owning property within the corporate limits of the City subject to taxation. Said Board shall have full power to cor- rect any mistake or injustice or inequality in the assessment of property, the rendition of same, or in the payment of taxes, and shall have power to correct such mistake and make redress therefor; and the said Board may add to the rolls any property omitted there- from, either for the current year or for previous years, and lawfully taxable within said City. A majority of the said Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The City Secretary or his assistant shall he ex-officio the clerk of said Board. The members of the Board selected by the City Council, while serving on the said Board of Equalization, shall receive such compensation as may be provided for them by the Council. immediately upon completion of said work, the said Board of Equal- ization shall place their certificate upon the said -9- Rolls, with a brief statement of the work done by them, and return the said rolls to the Council, who shall thereupon either approve the said rolls as returned to them by the Board, or make such cor- rections and changes therein as they may deem ad- visable, and thereupon adopt the same as the assess- ment rolls to be used for the collection of taxes for the current year."? XVII. Shall Section 23, Chapter XXVIII, Miscellaneous, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be repealed and Sec- tion 14, Chapter XXV, Assessment and Collection of Taxes ***, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that same shall hereafter read and be as follows: "Section 14. Rate of Taxation -- Real and Personal Property Defined -- The City Council shall have power to levy for general purposes an annual ad valorem tax on all real, personal and mixed property within the territorial limits of the City of Fort Worth not exempt from taxation by the Con- stitution and laws of the State of Texas, based upon the fair cash value thereof, to the extent of the constitutional limit now permitted by the Constitution of the State of Texas to cities of over five thousand population, the same being Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) on each one hundred dollars of valuation. The meaning of the term 'real property, ' as used in this Chapter, shall be construed to mean lots, lands, and all buildings or machinery and structures of every kind located upon or affixed to the same; and the meaning of the term 'personal property, ' as used in this Chapter, shall be construed to include all household furni- ture, money, goods, chattels and capital, and all franchises subject to taxation under this Chapter of the Charter, all stocks of corporations, moneyed or otherwise, and generally all property which is not real, including all buildings and improvements, machinery and fixtures of every kind upon lots and lands not owned by the owner of the said improvements."? XVIII. Shall Section 15, Chapter XXV, Assessment and Collec- tion of Taxes -- Provisions Relative to Issuance and Sale of Bonds, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that same shall hereafter read and be as follows: -10- "Section 15. Delinquent Taxes -- Interest -- The taxes herein and hereby authorized to be levied shall become due and payable in two equal annual installments. The first installment, which amount shall be fifty per cent of the total sum of the taxes due and payable for the current year, shall be due and payable on the first day of October of each year, and the second installment, which amount shall be the remaining fifty per cent of the total sum due and payable in taxesfor the current year, shall become due and payable on the first day of April of the ensuing year. No demand for such taxes shall be necessary in order to insure or enforce their collection; but it is made the duty of the taxpayer to attend at the office of the Assessor and Collector of Taxes and make payment of such taxes in cash as herein provided. The first installment of taxes required to be paid by virtue of this Charter for the current year shall become delinquent on the first day of December of such year, and the second installment of taxes required to be paid by virtue of this Charter for the current year shall become delinquent on the first day of June next succeeding. Should any taxpayer. permit his taxes to become de- linquent, that is to say, shall fail or refuse to pay the first installment, and said installment be- ing fifty per cent of the total amount of taxes due for the current year, before the first day of Decem- ber of such current year as above specified, then and in that event the second installment shall also immediately become due and delinquent and interest shall attach to the payment of such taxes at the rate of one per cent per month, or fraction thereof, for each month thereafter; and should any taxpayer pay the first installment of his taxes as hereinabove provided but should permit the second installment of his taxes to become delinquent, that is to say, shall fail or refuse to pay said second installment before the first day of June of the next ensuing year as above specified, then interest shall Attach to the payment of the second installment at the rate of one per cent per month, or fraction thereof, on each month thereafter, and in addition to the interest above de- scribed, such delinquent taxpayer shall be subject to the payment of all costs and expenses that may be in- curred in the advertisement of such delinquent property and the collection of said taxes through any of the methods prescribed by this Charter or any of the stat- utes or laws of the State of Texas."? XIX. Shall Section 16, Chapter XXV, Assessment and Collection of Taxes -- Provisions Relative to Issuance and Sale of Bonds, -11- of the Charter of the city of Fort worth, which section reads as follows: "Section 16. Poll Taxes -- The City Council shall have power to levy annually and collect a poll tax of one dollar of and from every inhabitant in the City of Fort Worth over the age of twenty- one years, and under sixty years of age, who shall be a resident therein on the first day of January of the year for which such tax may be levied, and the same shall go to the public school fund, unless otherwise directed by the City council.", be repealed and deleted from the Charter of the City of Fort Worth? SECTION 2. That said election shall be held at the following places with the following named persons appointed Judge of said election, to wit: PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE I Mt. Gilead Baptist Church Will Ford 600 Grove Street 2 Lobby - Civil Courts Bldg. J. L. Haight 4 Westcreek Elementary School Harold D. Levy 3401 Walton 5 East Van Zandt Elementary Dr. A. I. Harris School - 615 Missouri 6 Goodwill Baptist Church Mrs. W. A. Matthews 312 West Cannon 6 Educational Building Mrs. Gladys G. Randles College Avenue Baptist Church 1329 College 10 R. Vickery Elementary School Mrs. Lena B. Reynolds 1905 East Vickery 11 Fire Hall - 3401 Avenue I Mrs. J. W. Simmons 12 East Handley Elementary Timothy S. Stewart, Jr. School - 2617 Mims Street 14 Hubbard Elementary School Roscoe Turner 1333 West Spurgeon -12- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 15 Brooklyn Heights Elementary Webb M. Joiner School - 3800 Valentine 16 W. C. Stripling Middle School Nat M. Wilson 2100 Clover Lane 17 W. J. Turner Elementary School James W. Lyon 3001 Azle Avenue 19 Riverside Methodist Church C. H. Linton 326 North Riverside Dr. 22 J. T. Stevens Elementary School Robert M. Chenault 6161 Wrigley way 24 Garden Acres Baptist Church Y. S. Morgan Stone Road 36,139, Terminal Building Mrs. Mary stults 160,166 Greater Southwest Inter- & 175 national Airport 48 Greines Furniture Store Joe M. Lazo 1332 North Main 49 Dub's Surplus Store W. T. Fuller 2527 North Main 50 Washington Heights Elemen- Hillery T. Hardeman, Sr. tary School - 3215 N. Houston 51,18,40, Diamond Hill Jarvis High Louie I. Pratt 43,72 & 93 School - 1411 Maydell 53 & 138 Northwest Baptist Church David Choate 5500 Boat club Road 54 & 57 Fort Worth Carpet Company Mary Bryne 1524 Pennsylvania Avenue 56 First St. John Baptist Church Sidney A. Whitaker 1108 East 19th Street 58 New Bethel Church Mrs. Fred G. Cox 1035 East Annie 59 Carter Metropolitan Church Mrs. L. M. Williams 1115 Illinois 60 Carpet Center Charles S. Martinez, Jr. 1608 8th Avenue 61 Progressive Baptist Church 011ie Reed 1702 Carver -13- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 64 School Administration Annex Jesse D. Sandoval 1200 University Dr. 66 Tandy Elementary School John H. Sparks, IIT 3400 Purington 67 Denver Avenue Elementary Vincent Perez School - 1412 Denver Ave. 68 Sam Rosen Elementary School R. H. (Bob) Bogard 2613 Roosevelt 70 Carter Blood Center Cecil B. Collyns 1263 West Rosedale 71 & 84 Fire Hall - 1601 Lipscomb Mrs. Joe D. Calloway 73 Mt. Pisgah Baptist church Harold Butler 1801 Evans Ave. 75 William James Middle School Bill Bass 1101 Nashville 76 Lily B. Clayton Elementary Mary S. Johnson School - 2000 Park Place 77 Fire Hall - 2804 Lipscomb Joy Pyle 79 Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Mrs. Mable Newton 960 East Baltimore 80 Greater Harvest Church of God John E. Kinney in Christ - 2902 Mitchell 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary Mrs. Margaret Shiels School - 3320 West Cantey 82,102 Riverside Elementary School Richard E. Johnson & 109 420 North Riverside Drive 83 OaRlawn Elementary School Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 3220 Hardeman 85 Rosemont middle School Mrs. Harry Miller 1501 West Seminary Dr. 86 Fire Hall - 1908 Carleton David 0. Belew, Jr. 88 Sagamore Hill Elementary Art Brender School - 701 Hughes 89 & 78 morningside Elementary Mrs. Marie N. Brooks School - 2601 Evans 90 Progressive church of God R. C. Johnson in Christ - 1349 E. Baltimore -14- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 91 Lake Worth Boat & Ski Club Mrs. Eva Pruitt 4001 Marina Drive 92 Fire Hall - 24th & Prospect Mrs. Ernest Boswell 94,115 Arlington Heights Elementary Mrs. Harry Laue & 144 School - 5100 E1 Campo 95 Tillery Grocery & Market Mrs. George Merrill 2202 Forest Park Blvd. 96 & 62 E. M. Daggett Middle School Doren Pulliam 1108 Carlock 97 George C. Clarke Elementary Joe J. Johnson, Jr. School - 3300 S. Henderson 98 & 74 S. S. Dillow Elementary School Frank A. Escalante 4000 Avenue N 99 Handley Middle School Frank Barron 2925 Haynie 101 Amon G. Carter High School J. D. "Buddie" Thompson 3301 Yucca 103 North Hi-Mount Elementary Joe L. Orr School - 3801 W. 7th St. 104 Bradley Center Gerald Summerford 2601 Timberline Dr. 105 Southwest High School T. Grover Swift, Jr. 4100 Alta Mesa 106 & 152 A. M. Pate Elementary School Charles Grays 3800 Anglin Dr. 107 Trinity Room Town Hall Dick E. Salinas Seminary South Shopping Center 108 R. L. Paschal High School Harry G. Steinert 3001 Forest Park Blvd. 110 & 87 North Side Recreation Center Mrs. George Haynes N. W. 18th & Harrington 113 & 65 Providence Baptist Church Mrs. C. C. Witt Rt. 8, Lake Worth (9604 Heron Drive) 116 Central Christian Church Ralph M. Hester 451 N. Bailey -15- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 117 Bluebonnet Elementary School victor Tinsley 3201 South Hills Avenue 118 Mary Louise Phillips Elementary Mrs. Frank Taylor School - 3020 Bigham. 119 Corinth Baptist Church Grace Bass 2704 Ennis 120 Como Elementary School Sopora Hicks 4000 Horne 122 Salvation Army Store J. E. Nelson 2408 Azle Avenue 123 H. V. Helbing Elementary Mrs. Charlie F. Blackwood School - 3524 N. Crump 124 Mid-Town Church of Christ wade L. Banowsky 1701 Oakhurst Scenic Dr. 125 Sleepy Hollow Mobile Home Park Mrs. 0. H. Benton Clubhouse - 1170 Sleepy Hollow Dr. 126 Y.M.C.A. Building J. Harry Bruton 1501 Sandy Lane 127 Dunbar middle school Mrs. Thelma Jones 5100 Willie 129 Ridglea Hills Elementary Gene Stockton School - 6817 Cumberland Rd. 130 Central Methodist Church Darla Mortensen 5001 Briarhaven Rd. 132 Eastland Elementary School Robert J. Carpenter 4108 Eastland 133 Christ Lutheran Church Lloyd Scurlock 4625 old Granbury Rd. 134 Westcliff Elementary School Lawrence J. Weber 4300 Clay 135 & 69 Westridge Baptist Church Mrs. Bob Warren 9001 Weatherford Highway 136,9 & 21 Wycliff Elementary School L. M. (Jack) Blanks, Jr. 4920 Dilworth 137 Crestwood Elementary School J. Holt Smith 3600 White Settlement Rd. -16- PRECINCT LOCATION JUDGE 142 Bruce C. Shulkey Elementary Mrs. Robert Perry School - 5533 Whitman 146 Eastern Hills High School R. Allan Dillard 5701 Shelton 149 & 184 Glen Park Elementary School Buster W. Terry 3601 Pecos 150,23,25, Ray Elementary School W. G. Beasley 29 & 153 7309 Sheridan Rd. 151 White Lake Private School John Wood 501 Oakland Blvd. 154 East St. Paul's Baptist Church Barbara T. Williams 1305 Savage 155 Rosemont Church of Christ Max Falkowitz 4041 Ryan Ave. 162 Bonnie Brae Elementary Mrs. B. F. Stapleton School - 3600 Fossil Dr. 163 J. P. Moore Elementary Mrs. Mary Jane Walters School - 4212 Belden 165 South Hills Elementary School Stanley Zinn 3009 Bilglade 167 Edgepark Methodist Church Maurice J. Puma 5616 Crowley Rd. 170 Meadowbrook Middle School Leona K. Seeman 2001 Ederville Rd. 178 Gates of Spain Apts. Mrs. Albert Diano 2300 Ridgmar 179 R. D. Evans Recreation Center John C. Peterson 3200 Lackland Rd. 182 Tanglewood Elementary School Mrs. Gloria Dunson 3060 Overton Park Dr. West 185 Meadowbrook Recreation Center Mrs. Don Gladden 1815 Jenson Road ABSENTEE BALLOT CANVASSING BOARD Mrs. James Kahlke Tom Land Blakeney H. Sanders -17- SECTION 3. That said election shall be held and conducted in the manner and within the hours prescribed for general elections by the laws of the State of Texas insofar as they may be applicable, 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 each proposed charter amendment shall be separate and distinct so that the voters shall pass upon each one separately and apart from another and so that each voter may vote "Yes" or "No" on any amendment or amendments without voting "Yes" or "No" on all of said amendments. That absentee voting shall be on paper ballots, and such ballots shall conform to the requirements of Article 6.05 of the Election Code of the State of Texas, as amended, which provides that a square shall be placed beside the proposed amendment, in which the w ter is requested to place an "X" or other clear mark to indicate the way he wishes to vote, but which also provides that failure of a voter to mark his ballot in strict conformity with the instructions on the ballot shall not invalidate the ballot, and the ballot shall be counted if the intention of the voter is clearly ascertainable, except where the law expressly prohibits the counting of the ballot. It is specifically provided that the election officers shall not refuse to count a ballot because of a voter having marked his ballot by scratching out the amendment for which he does not wish to vote. The ballot shall include substantially the following: -18- OFFICIAL BALLOT (Place an "X" in the square beside the statement indicating the way you wish to vote.) F-1 Yes Shall Charter be amended as pro- posed? (Set out a concise summary F-1 No of each proposed Charter amendment on ballot with a "Yes" or "No" square on the left-hand side of each propo- sition.) SECTION 5. That voting machines approved by the Commissioners, Court of Tarrant County, Texas, if available, may be used at the charter amendment election on the 8th day of April, A. D. 1975, in strict compliance with the applicable pro- visions of Article 7.14 of the Election Code of the State of Texas, as amended, and all other applicable provisions of such Election Code. SECTION 6. That the official ballots to be used shall be in com- pliance with applicable provisions of Article 6.05 of the Election Code of the State of Texas, as amended, and shall have written or printed thereon the following: CHARTER AMENDMENTS Place an "X" in the square beside the statement indicating the way you wish to vote. I. F-1 YES Shall Section 1, Chapter III, The City Council, of the Charter of the City of F-1 NO Fort Worth be amended so that same shall provide for staggered four-year City Council terms of office? XIX. YES Shall Section 16, Chapter XXV of the charter of the City of Fort Worth, authorizing the F] NO levy of an annual poll tax be repealed? SECTION 7. That the City Secretary is hereby ordered and directed to prepare and issue ballots for absentee voting and for the special election and to stamp same "Official Ballot, " on which ballots shall be printed the proposed charter amendments here- inabove set forth. SECTION 8. That the City Secretary shall furnish election officials said ballots, together with any other forms, blanks or in- structions in accordance with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the laws of the State of Texas insofar as same are applicable, and the provisions of this ordinance unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders otherwise. SECTION 9. That the way and manner of holding this election, the notice to be given therefor, the polling places, the personnel of the officers, precinct judges and substitutes therefor who are to hold the same, and all details connected with the hold- ing of the election shall be determined and arranged by the City Council and administered under the direction of and by the City Secretary, SECTION 10. That this ordinance shall constitute the election order for such special election, a substantial copy of which shall serve as the notice of election under Article 1170 of the Re- vised civil Statutes of the State of Texas. -23- SECTION 11. That the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice of said election to be given by posting a substantial copy of this election order in each of the election precincts of said City and also at the City Hall; and that this notice of said election shall also be published on the same day in each of two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published within said City, the date of the first publication to be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said election, and the City Secretary shall see that proper publication is made and proper notice of this election is given, in full conformity with the applicable statutes of the State of Texas. SECTION 12. That the proposed amendments as hereinabove set forth, if approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting upon said amendments, shall become a part of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth as soon as an official order has been entered on the Council Minutes of said City by the City Council there- of, declaring the same adopted. SECTION 13. That this ordinance, election order and notice shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. ATTE Mayorj>e the City of Fort Worth, Texas 't ecretary of the City OY Fort Worth, Texas APPRO�EDAS TO FORM AND LEGALIT irr47 +� c City Attorney of the City of Fort Worth, Texas -24- THE STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF TARRANT X I, ROY A. BATEMAN, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 7125, duly presented and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at a regular session held on the 3rd day of February, A. D. 1975, as same appears of record in Minute Book H-2, Pages 48 through 62. WITNESS MY HAND and the Official Seal of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, this the 7th day of February, A. D. 1975. C ty cretary of the ety Vf Fort Worth, Texas II. F�YES Shall Section 1, Chapter IV, Method of Nomi- nating and Electing Members of the City NO council, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended to reduce the age of eligi- bility to serve on the City Council from age twenty-five (25) to age twenty-one (21)? III. F-1 YES Shall Section 3, Chapter IV, Method of Nomi- nating and Electing Members of the City NO council, of the charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that hereafter the City Council shall provide by ordinance for eight (8) single member districts so that with the exception of the Mayor, the members of the City Council shall be elected from defined districts? IV. YES Shall Sections 1 through 8, inclusive, of Chapter VII, Corporation Court, of the Charter F-1 NO of the City of Fort Worth he amended so that hereafter the Municipal Courts shall be gov- erned solely by State statutes? V. ❑YES Shall Section 1, Chapter VIII, Administra- tive Departments to Be Controlled and Ad- F]NO ministered by the City Manager, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that the City Council may, by ordinance, prescribe, combine, consolidate, distribute or abolish departments other than Finance, Police, Fire, Public works, Public Health and Water Works? VI. F-1 YES Shall Sections 1 through 9, inclusive, of Chapter IX, Department of Finance, of the NO Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that the City Council may provide by ordi- nance for the creation and regulation of a Department of Finance? -20- VII. F—I YES Shall Section 11, Chapter X, The Budget and Financial Procedure Relating Thereto, of the F�NO Charter of the City of Fort Worth, which section deals with the purchase of Park and Recreation Board property, be repealed and deleted from the Charter so that ordinance provisions may be substituted therefor? VIII. YES Shall Sections 1 through 7, inclusive, of Chapter XI, Department of Police, of the NO Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall require the City Council to provide by ordinance for the es- tablishment and regulation of a Police De- partment? IX. YES Shall Sections 1 through 9, inclusive, of Chapter XII, Fire Department, of the Charter NO of the City of Fort worth be amended so that the said Chapter shall require the City Coun- cil to provide by ordinance for the establish- ment and regulation of a Fire Department? X. YES Shall Sections 1 through 5, inclusive, of Chapter XIII, Department of Engineering, of NO the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall require the City Council to provide by ordinance for the establishment of a Department of Public Works? XI. YES Shall Sections 1 through 3, inclusive, of Chapter XIV, Water Works Department, of the NO Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended so that said Chapter shall require the City Council to provide by ordinance for the estab- lishment and regulation of a Water Works De- partment? XII. r—I YES Shall Sections 1 through 19, inclusive, of Chapter XV, Department of Public Health and FINO Welfare, of the Charter of the City of Fort worth be amended so that said Chapter shall require the City Council to provide by ordi- nance for the establishment and regulation of a Department of Public Health? -21- XIII. YES Shall Sections 1 through 11, inclusive, of Chapter XVII, Department of Public Libraries, NO of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be repealed and the chapter amended so that said Chapter shall require the City Council to pro- vide by ordinance for the establishment and regulation of a Department of Public Libraries? XIV. YES Shall Section 4 of Chapter XVIII, Department of Public Parks, and Section 4 of Chapter XIX, F-I NO Department of Public Recreation, and Section 42 of Chapter XXVIII, Miscellaneous, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be repealed and a new chapter substituted therefor requiring the City Council to provide by ordinance for the estab- lishment and regulation of a Park and Recreation Department? Xv. YES Shall Chapter XXTV, Civil Service, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be repealed FINO and a new chapter substituted therefor authoriz- ing the City Council to provide by ordinance for a Department of Personnel and Civil Service and a Civil Service Board or Commission? XVI. F-I YES Shall Section 2, Chapter XXV, Assessment and Collection of Taxes ***, of the Charter of the NO City of Fort Worth be amended to provide that the Tax Assessor-Collector shall no longer be a member of the Board of Equalization? XVII. 17 YES Shall Section 23, Chapter XXVIII, Miscellaneous, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be F-I NO repealed and Section 14, Chapter XXV, Assessment and Collection of Taxes ***, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth be amended to authorize the City Council to levy taxes not to exceed Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) on each one hundred dollars of valuation? XVIII. F-I YES Shall Section 15, Chapter XXV, Assessment and Collection of Taxes ***, of the Charter of the NO City of Fort Worth be amended by deleting the word "penalties" and substituting therefor the word "interest" with respect to the late charge for delinquent taxes? -22- ORDINANCE No. 712 Title'L �" Adopted_�r V � Final Adoptio City Council Minute Bookage Nos.'Ark w.2 I Publish ' 1 FiledDay of City Secretary