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ORDINANCE NO. 1981-48 96 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON AUGUST 8, 1981, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTI~S A MAYOR OF SAID CITY AND SUBMITTING Ai~LNE~7i~ TO ~ ~ OF SA~D CITY; M3~KING PROVISIONS FOR THE CC6KYJCT OF T5~ ELECTION AND DECLARING AN E~.~GENCf. WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of San Marcos, Texas, Kenneth V. Kraus, elected for a two year term on May 10, 1980, resigned said position on March 4, 1981; and, WHEREAS, the first date authorized by the Texas Election Code on which an election may be held to elect a person to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor Kraus is August 8, 1981; and, WHEREAS, Article 1165, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, provides that amendments to an existing charter of a home rule city may not be submitted to the resident qualified voters more than once every two years; and, WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos, Texas, a home rule city by virtue of a home rule charter adopted February 24, 1967, last amended its charter on April 9, 1979; and, WHEREAS, Article 1170~ Texas ~evised Civil Statutes, provides that a governing body wishing to sub~it amendments to an existing charter must do so at an election to be held not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days after the passage of the ordinance providing for said sub- mission; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos desires to submit amendments to the San Marcos City Charter to the resident qualified voters of the city on August 8, 1981, a date not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days hence; nc~, therefore, BE IT ORD~ BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTICN 1. That a special election is hereby called and ordered for August 8, 1981 for the purposes of electing a mayor of the City of San Marcos and sutkmit~g amendments to the city charter to the resident qualified voters of said city. SECTION 2. That the following propositions to amend the City Charter shall be submitted to the resident qualified voters of the City of San Marcos, Texas, on said date for their action thereupon: FOR/AGAINST: Proposition No. 1 Amend Section 4.02 to require city council approval for the city manager to assign duties to the city secretary. FOR/AGAINST: Proposition No. 2 Amend Section 4.03(e) to change the title of the alternate judge of the municipal court to that of associate judge. FOR/AGAINST: Proposition No. 3 Amend Section 7.01 to delete the requirement that members of the city planning and zoning commission Own real property .in the city. FOR/AGAINST: Proposition No. 4 Amend Section 7.05(f) to require the planning and zoning ccumission to submit to city council a recom~anded list of capital improvements at least ninety days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year.