Ord 2017-006/Calling Bond Election

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CITY PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSITION I FOR ( ) THE ISSUANCE OF $17,450,000 TAX BONDS FOR CITY AGAINST ( ) PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES TO INCLUDE THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND RELATED EMERGENCY AND TRAINING FACILITIES. CITY LIBRARY PROPOSITION II FOR ( ) THE ISSUANCE OF $14,750,000 TAX BONDS FOR CITY LIBRARY FACILITIES AND PROJECTS. AGAINST ( ) Section 11. CONDUCT ACCORDING TO TEXAS ELECTION CODE. In all substantive respects, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the Texas Election Code and any other applicable statutes. Section 12. ELECTION RESULTS. The Hays County Elections Administrator shall conduct an unofficial tabulation of results after the closing of the polls on May 6, 2017. The official canvass and tabulation of the results of the bond election shall be conducted in accordance with the Election Code. Section 13. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable; and in case any one or more of the provisions of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance should be held to be invalid, unconstitutional, or ineffective as to any person or circumstance, the remainder of this Ordinance nevertheless shall be valid, and the application of any such invalid provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour,place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all in accordance with and as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and the Act.