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Home My WebLink AboutRES 1972-016RESOLUTION R 72-16 • MXQ I I WHEREAS, there came to • considered the returns • an election held on the 13th day of May, 1972, for the purpose of voting on various amendments to City Charter, and it appearing from said returns, duly and legally made that there were cast at said election 433 valid and legal votes; that each • the propositions in said election received the following votes: Should Section 3.01 of the City Charter be amended to change the number of City Councilmen from 5 to 6, 3 of which shall be elected each year, and to allow the Mayor to vote on all proposi- tions but denying him veto powers, said section to hereafter read as follows: FOR 350 AGAINST 69 PROPOSITION NO. 2 Should Section 3.10 of the City Charter be amended to increase a quorum of the City Council from 4 members to 5, in- cluding the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem, said section to hereafter read as follows: FOR 345 AGAINST 66 Should Section 4.04 • the City Charter be amended to change the name of the Corporation Court to Municipal Court as provided by State law, said Section to hereafter read as follows: FOR 355 AGAINST 49 Should Section 5.01 of the City Charter be amended to change the date of the Regular City Election from the First Tuesday in April to the first Saturday in April, said section to hereafter read as follows: FOR 361 AGAINST 55 180-01 E00.1 a ropen K rel 1 Should Section 5.05 of the City Charter be amended to provide that the Major and City Councilmen must be elected by a majority of votes cast, rather than a plurality, said section to hereafter read as follows: FOR 371 AGAINST 58 Should Section 9.19 of the City Charter be amended to change the date for returning tax rendition forms to the City Tax Assessor-Collector from April 15 to April 1 each year, said section to hereafter read as follows: FOR 363 AGAINST 130 Should Section 9.20 of the City Charter be amended to change the date the Board of Equalization meets from not later than June 1 to not later than August 1 each year, said section to hereafter read as follows: FOR 316 AGAINST 75 Should Section 11.19 of the City Charter be amended to provide that any newly created council position shall be filled by election; said election to hereafter read as follows: FOR 360 AGAINST 45 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: THAT, said election was duly called; that notice of said election was given in accordance with law, and that all of said propositions were approved and that each of said Sections of the City Charter amended will hereafter read as follows: THE CITY COUNCIL SECTION 3.01 NUMBER, SELECTION AND TERM: The Legislative and Governing body of the City shall consist of a Mayor, and Six (6) Councilmen, and shall be known and referred to as the City Council, of the City of Grapevine, Texas. (a) The Mayor, and the other members of the City Council, shall be elected from the City at large. (b) The Mayor shall preside at meetings of the City Council, and shall be recognized as head of the City Government for all ceremonial purposes, and by the Governor for purposes of military law, but shall have no regular administrative duties. He may participate in the discussion of all matters coming be- for the Council, and shall have the right to vote on all propositions, but shall not have any veto powers. (c) In each odd-numbered year, three Councilmen and Mayor shall be elected, and in each even-numbered year, three Councilmen shall be elected. (d) The Mayor and each Councilman shall hold office for a period of two years and until his successor is elected and qualified. All elections shall be held in the manner provided in Article 5 of this Charter. The City Council shall determine its own rules of procedure and may compel the attendance of its members. Five (5) qualified members of the City Council, including the Mayor, or Mayor Pro-Tem, shall constitute a quorum to do business, and the affirmative vote of a majority of those present shall be necessary to adopt any ordinance or resolution. Minutes of the proceedings of all meetings of the City Council shall be kept, to which any citizen may have access at all reasonable times, and which shall constitute one of the archives of the City. The vote upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions shall be taken by the "ayes" and "nays" and entered upon the minutes, and every ordinance or resolution, upon its final passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose under full caption, and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and the person performing the duties of the City Secretary. (a) There shall be established and maintained a Court, designated as a "Municipal Court" for the trial of misdemeanor offenses, with all such powers and duties as are now, or may hereafter, be prescribed by Laws of the State of Texas relative to Municipal or Recorder's Courts. (b) The Judge of said Court shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, and shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the City Council. (c) The City Secretary or an Assistant City Secretary may be ex- officio Clerk of said Court. (d) The Clerk of said Court and his deputies shall have the power to administer oaths and affidavits, make certificates, affix the seal of said Court thereto, and generally do and per- form any and all acts usual, and necessary to be performed, by the Clerks of Courts, in issuing process of said Courts, and conducting the business thereof. (e) In case of the disability or absence of the Judge of the Municipal Court, the Mayor shall act as Judge of said Court. SECTION 5.01 ELECTIONS: The Regular City Election shall be held annually on the First Saturday in April, at which time Officers will be elected to fill those offices, the terms of which expire in April of that year. The City Council shall fix the hours and place for hold- ing such election. The City Council may, by Resolution, order a Special Election, fix the time and place for holding same, and provide all means for holding such Special Election. Notice of the Election shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the City of Grapevine, the first of such publications to be not less than thirty-eight (38) days before the election. In the Order, Ordinance or Resolution of the City Council calling any election, at which more than one (1) Councilman shall be elected, the City Council shall, in calling such election, provide for a separate place on the ballot for each vacancy to be filled at such election, designating such places as Place No. One, Place No. Two, etc.; and in case an unexpired term is to be filled at such election, the place for the unexpired term shall be so designated. At any regular or special Municipal election, the candidates in each place on the ballot including the candidate for Mayor, who shall have received the majority of the total number of votes cast in such election for such place (including the candidate for Mayor who has received a majority of the total number of votes for such office) shall be declared elected. In the event no candidate receives a majority of the total votes cast, the Council shall cause to be held a runoff election between the two candidates receiving the most votes between thirty (30)to forty- five (45) days after said special or regular election. SECTION 9.19 PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAX: METHOD OF ASSESSMENT: All real and personal property within the City of Grapevine on the First day of January, not expressly exempted by Law, shall be Subject to annual taxation. On • before the first day • January each year, the City Assessor-Collector shall make available to each owner • property within the City, a Tax Rendition Form, on which form such property owner shall state the value of his property computed in a manner prescribed by the City Council and shall return said form to the City Assessor- Collector before the first day of April of that year. In all cases of failure to obtain a statement of real and personal property, from any cause, the Assessor-Colle ' ctor shall ascertain the amount and value • such property, and may assess the same at what he believes to be the true'value,.thereof, and, such assessment shall be as Valid and Binding as if such property had been rendered by the owner thereof. SECTION 9.20 BOARD OF EQUALIZATIOi I APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS Each year the City Council shall appoint no fewer than three (3) nor more than five (5) persons, who shall be qualified voters and real property owners in the City of Grapevine as the Board of Equalization; such members shall not be members of the City Council. At the same meeting that the City Council appoints such board, it shall fix the time of the first meeting of the board, which shall be not later than the first day of August. Members of the Board shall, while serving, receive such compensation as may be provided for them by the City Council. "From and after the date of the adoption of any amendment hereto in which a new place is created on the Council, then such place shall be filled by the calling of a special election to be held within forty-five (45) days after the election creating said new place to elect a person to fill the place for its unexpired term; providing, however, if such newly created place occurs within ninety(90) days prior to a general City election, no special election shall be held, but said position to be filled at the next general election. That the said above amendments - declared approved election and shall be incorporated into the City Charter as they appear above. PASSED AND APPROVED • DAY OF MAY, 1972. Mayor City Secretary A4--t�- City Attorney