HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 88-15 RESOLUTION N0. R88-15
A RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE
RESULTS OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, ON MAY 7, 1988, REGARDING TWENTY-
SIX (26) PROPOSITIONS RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE
HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY.
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WHEREAS , a special election was held in the City of
Friendswood, Texas, on May 7, 1988, at which twenty-six (26)
propositions relating to the amendment of the Home Rule Charter
of the City were submitted to the duly qualified, resident
electors of the City for their action thereon ; and
WHEREAS , there were cast at said special election 2, 840
votes, of which number there were cast :
PROPOSITION N0. 1
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH 1
OF SUBSECTION C OF SECTION 3. 06 OF ARTICLE
III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2301 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH 1
OF OF SUBSECTION C SECTION 3. 06 OF ARTICLE
III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
OF PARAGRAPH 1 OF SUBSECTION C SECTION OF
3. 06 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Z045 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 2
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3. 09
OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1926 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3. 09
OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHAR.TER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 3. 09 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 1299 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 3
FOR THE PROPOSED AP�ENDMENT OF SECTION 3. 10
OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1651 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 3. 10 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 775 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDr�ENT OF
SECTION 3. 10 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 876 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 4
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH THREE
OF SUBSECTION B OF SECTION 3. 11 OF OF ARTICLE
III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2185 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH
THREE OF SUBSECTION B OF SECTION 3. 11 OF
ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBSECTION B OF SECTION
3. 11 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1842 votes
PROPOSTION N0. 5
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION
D OF SECTION 3. 11 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . 1442 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION
D OF SECTION 3. 11 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CHARTER. . . 1007 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SUBSECTION D OF SECTION 3. 11 OF ARTICLE III
OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 6
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION
E OF SECTION 4. 01 OF A_RTICLE IV OF THE CHARTER. . . . 2146 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION
E OF SECTION 4. 01 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE CHARTER. . . . 377 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SUBSECTION E OF SECTION 4. 01 OF ARTICLE IV �F
THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1769 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 7
FOR THE PROPOSED AMFNDMENT OF SUBSECTION
E OF SECTION 4. 06 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE CHARTER. . . 1212 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION
E OF SECTION 4. 06 OF A��TICLE IV OF THE CHARTER. . . 893 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SUBSECTION E OF SECTION 4. 06 OF ARTICLE IV
OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 votes
PROPOSITION N�. 8
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6. 01
OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2093 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6. 01
OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 6. 01 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . 1932 votes
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PROPOSTION N0. 9
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION
A OF SECTION 6. 02 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . 1064 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION
A OF SECTION 6. 02 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . 1164 votes
MAJORITY AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SUBSECTION A OF SECTION 5. 02 OF ARTICLE VI
OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 10
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6. 03
OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2092 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6. 03
OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHA.RTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 6. 03 OF .ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . 1986 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 11
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION C
OF SECTION 6. 04 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . 2155 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION C
OF SECTION 6. 04 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . 97 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SUBSECTION C OF SECTION 6. 04 OF ARTICLE VI
OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2058 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 12
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 7. 01
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1531 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 7. 01
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 7. 01 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 948 vot�s
PROPOSITION N0. 13
FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION 7. 03
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1195 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION
7. 03 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF
SECTION 7. 03 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 372 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 14
FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION 7. 04 OF
ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION
7. 04 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024 votes
MAJORITY AGAINST THE PROPOSED DELETION OF
SECTION 7. 04 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 11 votes
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PROPOSITION N0. 15
FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTZON 7. 05
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1292, votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION
7. 05 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF
SECTION 7. 05 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 585 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 16
FORL THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION 7. 06
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1283 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION
7. 06 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF
SECTION 7. 06 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 370 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 17
FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION 7. 07
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION
7. 07 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF
SECTION 7. 07 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 246 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 18
FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION 7. 09 OF
ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1212 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION 7. 09
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF
SECTION 7. 09 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 270 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 19
FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION 7. 10
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1188 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED DELETION OF SECTION
7. 10 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED DELETION OF
SECTION 7. 10 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 247 votes
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PROPOSITION N0. 20
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH 2 OF
SUBSECTION C OF SECTION 8.03 OF ARTICLE VIII OF
THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2154 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH
2 OF SUBSECTION C OF SECTION 8 .03 OF ARTICLE
VIII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
PARAGRAPH 2 OF SUBSECTION C OF SECTION 8.03
OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1971 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 21
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION E OF
SECTION 8 .03 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . 1698 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION E
OF SECTION 8 .03 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CHARTER. . . . 510 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SUBSECTION E OF SECTION 8.03 OF ARTICLE VIII
OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1188 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 22
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION F OF
SECTION 8.03 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . 1110 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION F
OF SECTION 8.03 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CHARTER. . . . 1047 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SUBSECTION F OF SECTION 8.03 OF ARTICLE VIII
OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 23
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9.09 OF
ARTICLE IX OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9.09
OF ARTICLE IX OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136 votes
MAJORITY AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 9.09 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . 145 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 24
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 11. 04
OF ARTICLE XI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1896 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION
11.04 OF ARTICLE XI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 11.04 OF ARTICLE XI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . 1558 votes
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PROPOSITION N0. 25
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION B
OF SECTION 11. 09 OF ARTICLE XI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . 2161 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION
B OF SECTION 11. 09 OF ARTICLE XI OF THE
CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMFNDMENT OF
SUBSECTION B OF SECTION 11. 09 OF ARTICLE
XI OF THE CHARTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 votes
PROPOSITION N0. 26
FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER
TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO OFFICE HOLDERS BY
SEX OR GENDER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1758 votes
AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CHARTER TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO OFFICE
HOLDERS BY SEX OR GENDER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 votes
MAJORITY FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THE CHARTER TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO OFFICE
HOLDERS BY SEX OR GENDER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1095 votes
and
WHEREAS , the above and foregoing totals are shown in the
official election returns of said special election heretofore
submitted to the City Council an� filed with the City
Secretary; and
WHEREAS , sai.d special election was ca�.led and held in all
respects under and in strict conformity with the Constitution
and laws of the State of Texas and of the United States ; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS :
Section l. The matters and facts set forth in the
preamble of this Resolution are hereby found to be true and
correct.
Section 2. The special election held in the City of
Friendswood, Texas, on May 7, 1988, which is more fully
described in the preamble of this Resolution, was called and
notice thereof was given in accordance with law. Only
qualified, resident electors of the City voted in the special
election; returns of the special election have been lawfully
made by the proper officials ; the special_ election has resulted
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unfavorably to the adoption of Proposed Amendment Nos. 9, 14,
and 23 to the Home Rule Charter of the City with more than a
majority of the qualified voters voting at the special election
having voted against Propose� Amen�ment Nos . 9, 14, and 23
stibmitted at such election; and the special election has
resulted favorably to the adoption of Proposed Amendment Nos .
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21 , 22, 24, 25, and 26 to the Home Rule Charter of the City
with more than a majority of the qualified voters voting at the
special election having voted in favor of Proposition Nos . l,
2, 3, 4, S, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 , 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 24, 25, and 25 submitted at such special election.
Section 3. Proposed A.mendment Nos. 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 , 22, 24, 25, and
26 as approved and adoptecl by a majority of the qualified
voters voting at such special election, shall become a part of
the Charter of said City, and it is hereby declared that each
of said amendments to said Charter, as fully set out in the
Resolution calling said charter amendment election, are hereby
adopted.
Section 4. It is hereby found and determined that the
NOTICE OF MEETING, relating to the regular meeting of the City
Council at which this Resolution was resolved, and heretofore
posted by the City Secretary, and the posting thereof, was
proper and said notice and posting are hereby authorized,
approved, resolved, ratified, and confirmed.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND RESOLVED this 9th day of May, 19$8.
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