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101 Regular Meeting February 8, 1988 Page 7 Mayor Younger introduced Item 15 on the Agenda, adoption of an Ordin- ance on emergency, the caption which was read as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ORDERING A SPECIAL AND A JOINT GENERAL ELECTION BY SAID CITY AND THE SAN MARCOS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS ON MAY 7, 1988 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE FIVE, AND A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE SIX, SUBMITTING TO THE VOTERS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF SAID CITY" A PROPOSITION FOR OR AGAINST SINGLE-MEMBER DIS- TRICTS FOR THE ELECTION AND SERVICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, A PROPOSITION REGARDING THE TYPE OF SINGLE- MEMBER DISTRICT SYSTEM IF SAID CITY ADOPTS A SINGLE- MEMBER DISTRICT PLAN, A PROPOSITION REGARDING THE METHOD OF SELECTION OF THE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECO~D OF SAID CITY, A PROPOSITION REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF A PARKLAND RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN CITY PROPERTY AND A PROPOSITION CONCERNING A STREET ASSESS- MENT PROGRAM; SAID JOINT GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER, PLACE ONE, AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER, PLACE TWO; ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF COMPENSATION TO BE PAID JUDGES, CLERKS AND ASSISTANTS TO THE TABULATION SUPERVISOR FOR SERVICES RENDERED DUR- ING SAID ELECTION; MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION AND OTHER PROVISIONS INCIDENT TO THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Mr. Guerra moved for adoption of the Ordinance on emergency and Mr. Hernandez seconded the motion. Mr. Guerra moved to amend the Ordin- ance to add r'Proposition No. 20. The returns of every municipal elec- tion shall be delivered by the election judges to the city secretary not later than twelve (l2) hours after the closing of the polls. Re- turns of the elections, general and special, shall be presented to the city council on any date permitted by the Texas Election Code, at which time the council shall canvass and declare the results of such elec- tion," [Ordinance wording for ballot: FOR/AGAINST Amend Section 5.07 of the City Charter to require that canvassing of election returns be conducted at times permitted by the Texas Election Code] and Mr. Brown seconded the motion. On roll call the following vote was re- corded: AYE: Brown, Guerra, Younger, Hernandez. NAY: None. ABSTAIN: Nicola. (Mr. Farr not present to vote on this item - 9:00 p.m. and did not return to the meeting until lO:15 p.m.). Mr. Guerra moved to amend the Ordinance to renumber all non-binding referendums and group them together at the end of the propositions to be numbered 2l, 22 and 24 and Mayor Younger seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Younger moved to amend the Ordinance to number Section 5.07 as Proposition 21 and to renumber the proposi- tions Qn Page 4, and Mr. Guerra seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Henry Kyle advised the Council he was opposed to the