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97-E-8 Elections . ORDINANCE NO. 97-E-8 AN ORDINANCE CALLING A HOME RULE CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS ON MAY 3, 1997; MAKING PROVISION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION; AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO SUCH ELECTION. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.05 of the Home Rule Charter (the "Charter") of the City of Schertz, Texas (the "City"), a Charter Review Commission has submitted a report and has recommended amendments to the Charter; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City hereby determines to submit to the qualified voters of the City for their adoption or rejection certain proposed amendments to the Charter pursuant to the provisions of Sections 12.04 and 12.05 of the Charter and Section 9.004, as amended, Local Government Code; and WHEREAS, the Council hereby finds and determines that the Charter amendment election shall be held on May 3, 1997 which is the next uniform election date and the City's next regular municipal election date; and WHEREAS, the Council hereby finds and determines that holding the proposed Charter amendment election on the next uniform election date and the City's next regular municipal election date is in the best interests of the citizens of the City;' and .. WHEREAS, the City Secretary shall publish notice. of this election as required by applicable law; and . WHEREAS, the Council hereby finds and determines that it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City to submit, for adoption or rejection, the proposed amendments to the Charter, at the earliest possible date, in order for this Council to be advised of the wishes of the citizens of the City; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS THAT: SECTION 1. An election shall be held on the 3rd day of May, 1997, a uniform election date and the next regular municipal election date, in the City of Schertz, Texas, which date is not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days from the date of the final adoption of this ordinance (this "Ordinance"). The official ballots for the election shall be prepared in accordance with the Texas Election Code, as amended, and the Charter so as to permit the qualified voters of the City to vote "Yes" or "No" for each of the proposed Charter amendments which shall appear on the ballot substantially as provided below. On the date of the election the following amendments to the Charter shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the City: Charter Amendment No.1 "Shall the existing City Charter be amended to provide that in each and every place in the City Charter beginning with Section 1.02 where the words in the left-hand column are found, the words in the right-hand column be inserted in place thereof? "City of Schertz" the "City" "State of Texas" the "State" "Constitution and laws of Texas" or the "Constitution and "Constitution and laws of the State general laws of the of Texas" or "Constitution and State" Laws of the State of Texas" or "constitution and laws of the State of Texas" or "Constitution and laws of this State" or "State Constitution, State Statutes" "charter" this "Charter" "Federal Government" or "federal the "Federal government" government'! "Councils" the "Council" "Assessor and Collector" "Assessor-Collector" Charter Proposition No.1 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No.1?" Yes No Charter Amendment No.2 "Shall the existing City Charter be amended to delete all references to the section, article, or other identifying numbers of statutes of the State of Texas, certain of which have been changed by the Legislature?" -2- Charter Proposition No.2 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No.2?" Yes No Charter Amendment No.3 "Shall Section 1.02(b) and (c) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 1.02. Boundaries; Extension, Annexation and Disannexation. (b) Extension of boundaries: Annexation of Territory: The Council shall have the power by ordinance, to annex territory lying adjacent to the City, with or without the consent of the owners or inhabitants thereof, thereby extending and enlarging the bounds and limits of the City. Such annexations shall be limited and controlled by the applicable annexation laws of the State. (c) Disannexation: Any area hereafter annexed under this Charter and the law of this' State may be disannexed only in accordance with State law.'" ' Charter Proposition No.3 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No 3?" Yes No Charter Amendment No.4 "Shall Section 2.01 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 2.01. General Powers. The City shall have all the powers granted to cities by the Constitution and general laws of the State together with all of the implied powers necessary to execute such granted powers. The City may use a corporate seal; may sue and be sued; may contract and be contracted with; may cooperate with the government of the -3- State or any agency or any political subdivision thereof, or with the Federal government or any agency thereof, to accomplish any lawful purpose for the advancement of the interest, welfare, health, morals, comfort, safety, and convenience of the City and its inhabitants; may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose in fee simple, or in any lesser interest, or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation; may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, improve, and control such property as may now or hereafter be owned by it; may issue bonds upon the credit of the City for the purpose of making permanent public improvements or for other public purposes in the amount and to the extent permitted by applicable law, subject to the approval of the voters of the City as required by State law; and may pass ordinances and enact such regulations as may be expedient for the maintenance of good government, order, and peace of the City and the welfare, health, morals, comfort, safety, and convenience of its inhabitants. In addition to the powers enumerated herein, and subject only to the limitations imposed by the Constitution, the general laws of the State, and this Charter, the City shall have, without the necessity of express enumeration in this charter, each and every power, which by virtue of Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Texas, the people of the City are empowered by election to grant to or confer upon the City by expressly and specifically granting and enumerating the same herein." Charter Proposition No.4 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No.4?" Yes No Charter Amendment No.5 "Shall Section 2.02 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 2.02. Intergovernmental Relations. The City may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with anyone or more state or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or the Federal government or any agency thereof." -4- Charter Proposition No.5 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No.5?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 6 "Shall Section 4.01 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 4.01. Number, Selection and Term. The City Council shall be composed of the Mayor and five Councilmembers. Subject to Section 4.06(c)(l), the Mayor and all Councilmembers shall be elected from the City at large. The Mayor and Councilmembers shall be elected in the manner provided in Section 9.01 of this Charter for two-year terms. Each Councilmember shall occupy a position on the Council, such positions being numbered one through five. At the first general election held under this Charter and each odd-numbered year thereafter, Councilmembers to fill positions three, four and five shall be elected. The following year and each even- numbered year thereafter, the Mayor and the Councilmembers filing positions one and two shall be elected. " Charter Proposition No.6 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No 6?" Yes No . Charter Amendment No. 7 "Shall Section 4.02 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 4.02. Qualifications. The Mayor and each Councilmember must, at the time of filing for office, have attained the age of eighteen, be a qualified registered elector, and have been a resident of the City for at least -5- six consecutive months immediately preceding filing for office, and not be an obligor to the City on any obligation past due, provided, however, that a person may be elected and hold office if such obligation is being actively contested in the appropriate forum." Charter Proposition No.7 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No.7?" Yes No Charter Amendment No.8 "Shall the second paragraph of Section 4.05 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 4.05. Mayor and Mayor Pro-Term. The Mayor Pro-Tern shall be a councilmember appointed on a six-month rotational basis according to Place number by the Council at the first regular Council meeting following each regular City election. The Mayor Pro-Tern shall act as Mayor during the absence or disability of the Mayor, and in this capacity shall have the rights conferred upon the Mayor." Charter Proposition No.8 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No.8?" Yes No Charter Amendment No.9 "Shall Section 4.06(b)(3) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 4.06. Vacancies, Forfeiture, Filling of Vacancies. (b) Forfeiture: The Mayor or a Councilmember shall forfeit his or her office upon: -6- (3) Failure to regularly attend Council meetings without good cause. Good cause shall be illness or temporary disability, absence from the City, or family emergency. There shall be a presumption of regular failure to attend when more than three consecutive regular meetings are missed. " Charter Proposition No.9 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No 9?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 10 "Shall Section 4.07(c) and (d) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 4.07. Prohibitions (c) Interference with administration. Except for the purpose of inquiries, unless otherwise provided in this Charter, the City Council or its members shall deal with City officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the City Manager solely through the City Manager, and neither the City Council nor its members shall give orders to any such officer or employee, either publicly or privately. (d) Admission of liability. Neither the City Council nor any of its members or employees of the City shall accept or admit liability or pay any claim for damages asserted against the City without first obtaining a written opinion from the City Attorney regarding the City's liability therein." Charter Proposition No. 10 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 10?" Yes No -7- Charter Amendment No. 11 "Shall Section 4.10 of the existing City Charter, be amended to provide as follows? Section 4.10. Inquiry Powers. The Council shall have the authority to inquire into the affairs of the City and the conduct of any City department, office, or agency." Charter Proposition No. 11 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. II?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 12 "Shall Section 6.04 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 6.04. Judge of the Municipal Court. The Council shall establish a Municipal Court and shall appoint a Judge (and may appoint one or more deputy Judges) of the Municipal Court of the City and fIX their compensation. Sessions of the Municipal Court shall be held at such times as may be determined by the Judge of the Municipal Court. The dates of such court sessions and each change thereto shall be filed with the City Secretary. When the Judge is absent, disabled, or unable to perform his or her duties for any cause, or his or her office becomes vacant by reason of death, removal, or resignation, and no deputy Judge has been appointed, the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem shall be the Judge of said court, or the Council may appoint a special Judge of said court who shall serve until the Judge of said court returns to his or her duties or a successor is appointed and qualifies or a deputy Judge is appointed and qualifies." -8- Charter Proposition No. 12 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No 12?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 13 "Shall Section 6.06 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 6.06. City Secretary. The Council shall appoint a City Secretary and his/her deputy or deputies who shall act as Secretary of the Council and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Council. The City Secretary shall be the clerical officer of the City Council and shall keep the minutes, agenda, ordinances, and other official records of the City Council and the City. The City Secretary shall be the custodian of the official seal of the City and shall have such other duties and powers prescribed in this Charter and by the City Council. The City Council will set the compensation for the City Secretary. The City Secretary shall report administratively to the City Manager but may be removed from office only by the CounciL" Charter Proposition No. 13 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 13?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 14 "Shall Section 7.08 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 7.08. Purchase Procedures. The City Manager shall be responsible for the preparation of purchase procedures, and the procedures shall be submitted by him or her to the Council. The Council may accept and adopt such procedures as proposed or may adopt them with such amendments as the Council deems necessary or may reject them in their entirety and direct the City Manager to further consider the procedures and -9- present new proposals at a subsequent meeting. The purchase procedures may be reviewed periodically." Charter Proposition No. 14 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 14?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 15 "Shall Section 7.10(a) and (b)(ll) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 7.10. Director of Finance. (a) Surety bond: There shall be a department of finance, the head of which shall be the City Manager or his designee, who shall provide a bond with such surety and amount as the Council may require, except that such bond shall be in an amount of not less than twenty thousand dollars, the cost to be borne by the City. (b) Powers and duties: The City Manager shall have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the City and to that end he or she shall supervise the head of the department of finance (if other than the City Manager) and shall have authority and shall be required to: (11) Negotiate with all eligible bank(s), within thirty days from October first of each biennium and after advertising for depository bids in one issue of the official newspaper for the bank(s) to serve as City depository for all available funds except reserve funds for bonds for the next two years, or until such time as the successor depository(s) has been selected. The City Manager shall take into consideration in such negotiations the most favorable interest rates that can be obtained in the interest of the City on certificates of deposit for funds invested, and also on funds borrowed. The City Manager shall also take into consideration the services offered by the prospective depository(s) in serving the banking needs of the City, and shall make a recommendation to the Council as to the results of his or her negotiations. The Council shall approve which bank(s) is to serve as the city depository(s) during the next biennium. If the City Manager and the Council determine -10- that a satisfactory depository contract cannot be entered into with the local bank(s), then the City Manager shall advertise in a newspaper of general circulation within the greater Randolph area a request for sealed bids by banks to act as City depository for the next two years and the Council shall, prior to December first of each biennium as stated above, select one of the banks to serve as City depository. The bank(s) that has been selected to be the City depository(s) shall have adequate security pledged at all times to protect all City funds." Charter Proposition No. 15 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided. in Amendment No 15?" Yes No --'-- Charter Amendment No. 16 "Shall Section 9.01(c) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 9.01. City Elections. (c) Conduct of elections: The provisions of the general election laws of the State shall apply to elections held under this Charter. All elections provided for by this Charter shall be conducted by the election authorities established by law. For the conduct of City elections, the Council shall adopt all regulations which it considers desirable, consistent with the law, and this Charter ." Charter Proposition No. 16 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 16?" Yes No -11- Charter Amendment No. 17 "Shall Section 10.03(b) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 10.03. Petitions. (b) Form and content: All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and shall be assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature shall be executed in ink and shall be dated and followed by the complete address (including street address, zip code, County, and all other information required by law) of the person signing. Petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be reconsidered. The recall petition must distinctly and specifically state the reason or reasons upon which the petition is predicated." Charter Proposition No. 17 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 17?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 18 "Shall Section 10.07(c) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 10.07. Results of Election. (c) Recall: If the majority of the votes cast at a recall election shall be against the recall of the person named on the ballot, he or she shall continue in office for the remainder of his or her unexpired term. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be for the recall of the person named on the ballot, he or she shall be deemed removed from office and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in Section 4.06(c) of this Charter." -12- Charter Proposition No. 18 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No 18?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 19 "Shall Section 10.08 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 10.08. Limitation on Recall. No Councilmember shall be subject to recall within six months of his or her election to office nor more than once during one term of office. A recall election need not be ordered by the Council against any Councilmember on whom a petition is filed if his or her term of office is to expire within ninety days after the petition is filed with the City Secretary." Charter Proposition No. 19 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 19?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 20 "Shall Section 11.04(d)(I) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 11.04. Right of Regulation. All grants, renewals, or extension of public utility franchises, whether it be so provided in the franchise ordinance or not, shall be subject to the right of the City: (d)(I) To prescribe, for each franchised utility, the forms of accounts to be kept or that the system of accounts shall conform to those prescribed by the appropriate State and/or Federal utility regulatory agencies." -13- Charter Proposition No. 20 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 20?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 21 "Shall Section 12.02(a)(4) of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 12.02. Prohibitions. (a) Activities prohibited: (4) No person shall orally, by letter or otherwise, solicit or assist in soliciting any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or political purpose whatever from any person holding any compensated appointive position." Charter Proposition No. 21 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No 21?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 22 "Shall the first paragraph of Section 12.03 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 12.03. Liability for Personal Injuries or Death. The City shall be liable for money damages for personal injuries or death only to the extent required by the statutes of the State." Charter Proposition No. 22 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 22" Yes No -14- Charter Amendment No. 23 "Shall Section 12.04 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 12.04. Charter Amendment. Amendments to this Charter may be framed and submitted to voters of the City by a charter commission in the manner provided by law, by ordinance passed by a majority vote of the full membership of the Council, or by a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the City. When a charter amendment petition shall have been filed in conformity with Section 10.03 of this Charter, the Council shall, subject to applicable law, forthwith provide by ordinance for submitting such proposed amendment to a vote of the voters. Any ordinance for submitting a charter amendment to the voters shall provide for submission to the voters in accordance with applicable law. Not less than thirty days prior to such election, the City Secretary shall make available a copy of the proposed amendment or amendments to each qualified voter of the City. If a proposed amendment shall be approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon, it shall become a part of the Charter at the time fIXed therein. Each amendment shall be confined to one subject; and, when more than one amendment shall be submitted at the same time, they shall be submitted so as to enable the voters to vote on each separately." Charter Proposition No. 23 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No. 23?" Yes No Charter Amendment No. 24 "Shall Section 12.05 of the existing City Charter be amended to provide as follows? Section 12.05. Charter Review Commission. At its first regular meeting in June, 1980, and periodically thereafter, the Council shall appoint a Charter Review Commission of five citizens of the City. It shall be the duty of the Commission to: -15- (a) Inquire into the operation of the City government under the Charter provisions and determine whether any such provisions require revision and, to this end, public hearings may be held and the Commission shall have the power to compel the attendance of any officer or employee of the City to require the submission of any of the- City records which it may consider necessary to the conduct of such hearing. (b) Make any recommendations it considers desirable to insure compliance with the provisions of this Charter by the several departments of the City. (c) Propose amendments to this Charter to improve its effective application to current conditions. (d) Report its findings and present its proposed amendments, if any, to the Council. The Council shall receive and have published in the official newspaper of the City any report submitted by the Charter Review Commission, shall consider any recommendations made, and, if any amendment or amendments be presented as a part of such report, will order such to be submitted to the electors of the City in the manner provided in Section 12.04. The term of office of the Charter Review Commission shall be three months, and, if during this term no report is presented to the Council, then all records of the proceedings of the Commission shall be filed with the City Manager and shall be a public record." Charter Proposition No. 24 "Shall the City be authorized to amend the City Charter as provided in Amendment No 24?" Yes No -16- SECTION 2. Paper ballots shall be used for voting on the date of the election. Paper ballots shall also be used for early voting by personal appearance and by mail. SECTION 3. The City shall constitute one election precinct for holding the election. The polling places hereby designated for holding the election shall be the Schertz Community Center, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas, the Cibolo Municipal Building, 109 S. Main, Cibolo, Texas, and Rosegarden Elementary, 506 North Blvd., Universal City, Texas. lJoseph Smith is hereby appointed Presiding Judge and Janesti ne Kvapi 1 is hereby appointed Alternate Presiding Judge. The Presiding Judge shall appoint not less than two (2) nor more than four (4) qualified clerks to serve and assist in conducting the election. However, if the Presiding Judge appointed actually serves, the Alternate Presiding Judge shall serve as one of the clerks. The appointment of such clerks must include a person fluent in the Spanish language to serve as a clerk to render oral aid in the Spanish language to any voter desiring such aid at the polls on the day of the election. In the absence of the Presiding Judge, the Alternate Presiding Judge shall perform the duties of the Presiding Judge of the election precinct. On election day, the polls shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. J. R. Perez will serve as the Early Voting Clerk and his mailing address is 307 West Court, Seguin, Texas 78155. Applications for early voting ballots may be directed to the City Secretary at P.O. Drawer 1, Schertz, Texas 78154. The main place for early voting by personal appearance shall be the Schertz Community Center, located at 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas. Early voting by personal appearance shall also be conducted at the Cibolo Municipal Building, 109 S. Main, Cibolo, Texas. With the exception of Saturdays, Sundays, and official State holidays, these offices shall remain open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for early voting. An Early Voting Ballot Board is hereby established for the purpose of processing early voting results. Marv Helen TUlma is appointed the Presiding Judge of the Early Voting Ballot Board. The Presi ing Judge shall appoint not less than two (2) nor more than four (4) resident qualified voters of Guadalupe County to serve as members of the Early Voting Ballot Board. The election shall be conducted as a joint election with the Schertz-Cibolo- Universal City Independent School District and the City of Cibolo by authority of Section 271.002, Texas Election Code, as amended, administered by the Guadalupe County Elections Administrator. SECTION 4. All resident qualified voters of the City shall be permitted to vote at the election and on the day of the election, such voters shall vote at anyone of the designated polling places. The election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Texas Election Code, as amended, and the provisions of Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated Chapter 1 of Title 22, as amended, and as may be -17- required by any other law. All election materials and proceedings shall be printed in both English and Spanish. SECTION 5. A substantial copy of this Ordinance shall serve as a proper notice of the election. This notice, including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be posted on the bulletin board used for posting notices of the meetings of the Council at least twenty one (21) days prior to the date the election is to be held, and shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City not more than thirty (30) days, and not less than ten (10) full days prior to the day of the election. SECTION 6. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes and are adopted as a part of the judgment and findings of the Council. SECTION 7. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions of this Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters ordered herein. SECTION 8. This Ordinance shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America. SECTION 9. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and this Council hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision. SECTION 10. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Ordinance is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Ordinance, was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended. [The remainder of this page intentionally left blank.] -18- PASSED AND APPROVED, on first reading, this the 4th day of February, 1997. PASSED AND APPROVED, on final reading, this the 12th day of February, 1997. Mayor ATTEST: ~-~ 12L~_~ City Secretary (CITY SEAL) -19- . to PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT ~~~ ~~~ VU #;ol/~ .' THE STATE OF TEXAS, County of Guadalupe Before me, the undersigned authority, on this date personally appeared L . A. REYNOLDS known to me, who, being by me duly sworn, on his oath deposes and says that he is the Publisher of The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and foregoing AD was published in said newspaper 2 times before the return day named therein, such publications being on the following dates: FEBRUARY 16, 1997 FEBRUARY 20, 1997 and a newspaper copy of which is hereto attached. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 21 st day of FEBRUARY AD., 19 97 .................i.a>"L~~~...\.. .P.~U"'" <; 1~7*t' ..,---"'\'~\ RUTH AYfRS :: i * i :.-:: 1 * I Notary Pu~~r St~1~ (/ T3)rjS ',', \, ..~\. - ~ j My Commission E.~i,jr1)S '!2"2';.'!'?:tJ 1 I" ~~..- ~"I->'ff ,,\\~~~~ ........'. Notary Public, Guadalupe County, Texas ... o 1. '93 ~otlces ORDtNANCE NO. 97-E-8 An ordinance, calling a Home Rule Charter Amendment election to be held in the City of Schertz, Texas on May 3, 1997; making provision for the conduct of the election; and resolving other matters in- cident and related to such election. Passed, Approved and Adopted the 12th day of Fe- bruary, 1997. Norma Althouse, City Secretary ~ .' .. ORDINANCE NO. 97-E-8 An ordinai'lce ,calling a Home Rule Charter Amendnfent election to be held in the City of Schertz, Texas on May 3, 1997; making provision for the conduct of the election; and resolving other matters in- cident and related to such election. Passed,Approved and Ad.opted the 12th day of Fe- bruary, 1997. ' Norma Althouse, City Secretary PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT r County of Guadalupe fl) ~ ~d. e,~g u~ ~-J ;j;J. . fJ-t:. . ()~ /JtL/1.... 1: &p~ ~~r:~ t~~# ;5," THE STATE OF TEXAS, Before me, the undersigned authority, on this date personally appeared L. A. REYNOLDS known to me, who, being by me duly sworn, on his oath deposes and says that he is the Publisher of The Seguir Gazette-Enterprise, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and foregoing AD was published in said newspaper 2 times before the return day named therein, such publications being on the following dates: FEBRUARY 9, 1997 FEBRUARY 13, 1997 and a newspaper copy of which is hereto attached. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 18th day of FEBRUARY O 97 A .,19 .$"~?y''p''U\\'\l 60'" '::.....--....,s()., F"'/*""'O~' RUTH AYERS ; .: ,\ ~ . ~ * 1-,,-- : * ~ Notary Public, Stale olTexas ~ \. f' / ~ My Commission Expires 12-21-1999 ""'llj1;:;~.................;'~~ ./ 1,\\ ,.~ or ~~ _..':" \\'"",_..........-r .,,,,,,,,,,,,.~ Notary Public, Guadalupe County, Texas 11 0 Leg~ jr .Ices AN ORDINANCE An Ordinance calling a Home Rule Charter Amendment Election to be held in the City of Schertz Tex~s on May 3, 1997; making provision for the condu~ of the election; and resolving other matters in- cident and related to such election. ' Approved on ijrst reading the 4th day of February, 1997. Norma Althouse City Secretary. ., .. 11 0 L.ej~1 ';o':'ps ----~- - --- - ~ ). NlORDINANCE n Ordinance caning a ome Rule Charter mendment Election to be eld in the City of Schertz, exas on May 3, 1997; aking provision for the Oduct of the election; and lving other matters in- Ident and related to such lection. , roved on first reading the th day of February. 1997. orma Althouse Ity Secretary