Ord 037-2007 4/17/2007 . ,
ORDINANCE NO. � '
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 25-2007, AUTHORIZING
A GENERAL-SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY
12, 2007; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2007, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 25-2007,
authorizing a General-Special Municipal Election to be held on May 12, 2007, for the purpose
of electing a Councilor-at-Large, Councilor District 1, and Councilor District 2, and submitting
a proposition on Meet and Confer and prescribing the form of the proposition; and,
WHEREAS, the City has received a request from Wichita County to conduct its
Constitutional Amendment election within the City limits of Wichita Falls. Such Constitutional
Amendment election is for the purpose of submitting to the voters a proposed Constitutional
amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total
amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for public school purposes on the
residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those
taxes for the 2006 and 2007 tax years; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has agreed, by Letter of Agreement, to conduct this
County election within the city limits of Wichita Falls; and,
WHEREAS, in order for the County to comply with State law requirements, it will be
necessary for the City to schedule May 7, 2007, as one of the finro 12-hour days for early
voting by personal appearance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. A General-Special Municipal Election is hereby ordered to be held on the
12th day of May, 2007, for the purpose of electing a Councilor at Large, Councilor District 1,
and Councilor District 2, and to submit to the voters a Constitutional Amendment election for
the purpose of submitting to the voters a proposed Constitutional amendment authorizing the
Legislature to provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes
that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence homesteads of the elderly
or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those taxes for the 2006 and 2007 tax years.
SECTION 2 . Furthermore, that this General-Special Election be held for the purpose of
submitting to the qualified voters the proposition of whether the City of Wichita Falls may
meet and confer under Section 142 of the Loca� GovERNMENT Co�E. The meet and confer
proposition shall be submitted to the qualified voters on the ballot in the following form, with
the words "for" and "against" printed to the left of the proposition on the ballot:
"Authorizing the City of Wichita Falls to operate under the state
law allowing a municipality to meet and confer and make
agreements with the association representing municipal police
officers as provided by state law, preserving the prohibition
against strikes and organized work stoppages, and providing
penalties for strikes and organized work stoppages."
SECTION 3 . Such election shall be held at the polling places with the election judges
and alternate election judges shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto for all purposes. The polls
for said election shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is expressly authorized to obtain election supplies and
equipment required by law and necessary to conduct said election.
SECTION 5. The judges and clerks shall be compensated at the rate of nine dollars
($9.00) per hour. No judge or clerk shall be paid for more than one hour of work before the
polls open and no period of time subsequent to one hour after voting is concluded by atl
voters offering themselves for voting during regular voting hours, whichever is later. The
judge who delivers the returns of the election shall be paid an additional twenty-five dollars
($25.00), provided he/she also returns unused ballots, election supplies, and ballot boxes
when he/she makes delivery of the returns of the election.
SECTION 6. iVotronic Voting System (Direct Recording Electronic {DRE}) equipment
shall be used for voting at the foregoing election precincts, and electronic counting devices
and equipment shall be used for counting the ballots at said election.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk is designated as the Early Voting Clerk. Early voting shall
be conducted at the Municipal Building, 1300 Seventh Street, Wichita Falls, Texas. Optical
scan ballots shall be used for early voting by mail and iVotronic (Direct Recording Electronic
{DRE} voting machines shall be used for early voting by personal appearance. Early voting by
personal appearance for the election shall commence at 8:00 a.m. on April 30, 2007, and end
at 7:00 p.m. on May 8, 2007. Early voting by personal appearance shall be conducted during
the regular business hours of the City Clerk's Office each weekday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00
p.m., except for May 7, 2007, and May 8, 2007 of the early voting period. On those two days
of early voting by personal appearance, the City Clerk's regular business hours are hereby
designated as 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
SECTION 9. An Early Ballot Board is hereby designated to canvass the early votes
cast by mail and provisional ballots. Iwilda Mitchell is duly appointed as Presiding Judge of
said Board, and she shall appoint such other members as provided in the TExas E�ECTiotv
CoDE, Section 87.002(b).
SECTION 10. The County Clerk's Office, located in the County Courthouse, 700
Seventh Street, Wichita Falls, Texas, is hereby established as the Central Counting Station to
receive and tabulate votes and ballots cast in said election.
SECTION 11. The following persons are hereby authorized and approved as persons
employed and designated to handle the ballots, operate the tabulating equipment, count the
ballots, and be present in the Central Counting Station:
a. Central Counting Station Presiding Judge - Gordon Wallace
b. Central Counting Station Manager - City Clerk Lydia Ozuna
c. Tabulation Supervisor — Sharon Kaufhold
d. Clerks - to be named by Presiding Judge.
e. Consultant for Election Systems & Software, if required.
SECTION 12. A committee is hereby established of the following persons to hold three
computer accuracy tests. The first test shall be conducted at least 48 hours before the count
of voted ballots. The second test shall be conducted immediately prior to the start and the
third test immediately subsequent to the count of voted ballots to ascertain that the computer
will accurately count the votes cast for the offices to be voted upon in said election:
a. Gordon Wallace
b. Lydia Ozuna
c. Sharon Kaufhold
d. Consultant for Election Systems & Software, as needed.
SECTION 13 . The election materials as outlined in Section 272.005 TEXAS ELECTION
CODE shall be printed in both English and Spanish for use at the polling places and for early
voting for said election.
SECTION 14. The Mayor is authorized to sign an Order of Election and a Notice of
General-Special Municipal Election prescribed by the State of Texas and attached hereto.
The Notice of General-Special Municipal Election shall be published in accordance with the
provisions of the TExas E�ECTioN Co�E and the City Charter.
SECTION 15. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which
this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 17 day of April, 2007.
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MAYOR
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Cit Clerk
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Exhibit A
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS
SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
MAY 13, 2006
1 40, 43 Sam Houston School � Irene�Wallace �
2500 Grant Street Don Huston
2 35, 36, 41 Region IX Education Center Cheryl Craig
301 Loop 11
3 45 Crockett School Steve Draper
3015 Avenue I Beriy Welch
4 37, 38 Martin Luther King Center Louise Dibble
1100 Smith May Green
5 30, 34 Washington/Jackson Lallora Taylor
1300 Harding Tommie Walker
6 31 WFISD-Education Center Wanda Lame
1104 Broad Street Celia Davis
7 10, 12 M.S.U. Hardin Admin. Bldg. Ramona Rodriguez
3400 Taft Frances Shaw
8 42, 44 Cunningham School Ann Harper
4107 Phillips Wanda Williams
9 11, 46 Jefferson School Lisa Talley
4628 Mistletoe Dr Cherith Talley
10 16 Fowler School John Enriquez, Jr.
5100 Ridgecrest Ruby Selvidge
11 18 TXDOT-W.F. Training Ctr. Nel Enriquez
1601 Southwest Parkway Will Ibarra
12 15 Fain School Sue Ramser
1562 Norman Dewayne Robertson
13 13 McGaha School Bill Fortune
1615 Midwestern Parkway Dot Fortune
14 20, 32, 39 City View High School Annella Evans
1600 City View Drive Frances Munoz
15 21, 22 Kate Haynes School Ella Mae Smith
1705 Katherine John Ritchie