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Present:
Joe Farmer Mayor
Council Members:
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ALLEN CITY COUNCIL
CALLED - SPECIAL SESSION
Jerry Wilson, Mayor Pro Tem
Bobby Glass
Jim Wolfe
Jim Pendleton
Gary Edstrom
Absent:
Rex Womack
City Staff:
Jon McCarty City Manager
Marty Hendrix City Secretary
FEBRUARY 6, 1989
With a quorum of the Council Members present, the called - special session
of the Allen City Council was called to order by Mayor Farmer at 7:00 p.m. on
Tuesday February 6, 1989, in the Conference Room of the Allen Municipal Annex,
One Butler Circle, Allen, Texas.
Canvass of Election Returns Related
to the February 4, 1989 - Special
Rollback Tax Election
(Agenda Item II -A)
City Secretary Marty Hendrix reviewed for the City Council the election
returns for the called - special rollback tax election held on Saturday Feb-
ruary 4, 1989. Ms. Hendrix pointed out to the Council that in the handout
materials there was the summary of precinct returns and the return sheets for the
absentee voting and the regular polling place at Rountree Elementary School. Ms
Hendrix advised that 75 votes were cast during absentee voting and 1346 were cast
at the regular polling place The results were as follows.
"For' Reducing the tax rate 663
in the City of Allen
for the current year
from 594 to 57 845Q
"Against" Reducing the tax rate 757
in the City of Allen
for the current year
from 59¢ to 57.845¢
ALLEN CITY COUNCIL
CALLED - SPECIAL SESSION
FEBRUARY 6, 1989
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Resolution No. 902-2-89(R) A
Resolution of the City Council
of the City of Allen, Collin
County, Texas, Declaring the
Results of the Special Rollback
Tax Election Held on Saturday,
February 4, 1989. (Agenda Item II -B)
City Secretary Marty Hendrix advised the Council that the proposed
resolution showed the total cumulative votes cast in the election, being 1 420, with
663 voting "for" reducing the tax rate in the City of Allen for the current year
from 59R to 57 845 and 757 voting "against" reducing the tax rate in the City of
Allen for the current year from 59$ to 57 845¢.
MOTION Upon a motion made by Councilman Wolfe and seconded by Councilman
Glass the Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to approve
and adopt Resolution No. 902-2-89(R) declaring the official results of
the special rollback tax election held on Saturday February 4, 1989
as captioned previously The motion carried.
Items of Interest
-City Manager Jon McCarty distributed to the Council a draft of the
proposed agenda for the upcoming meeting on February 13, 1989 between the Allen
City Council and the Allen Independent School District Board of Trustees.
-City Manager McCarty advised of the information that he had received from
the city's attorney in Austin regarding the results of a recent Supreme Court Case
that related to the city's Extended Area Service case.
-City Manager McCarty also advised of the information that he had received
on the "Texas First Plan" which is a new plan developed by Southwestern Bell
Telephone for providing telephone service and maintaining current rates
-Mayor Farmer reminded the Council Members of their workshop session on
the work of the subcommittees scheduled for Tuesday, February 7 and the
workshop session to discuss the water and sewer rates scheduled for Wednesday
February 8.
-Councilman Wolfe commended the City Secretary and all election officials on
the work on the election. He also advised that his subcommittee would be going
forward with the work on the update of the city's comprehensive plan update.
-Councilman Pendleton also provided comments on the work on the election
and the need to communicate better with the citizens.
-Mayor Pro Tem Wilson advised of the work of the consulting firm of LWFW
and that they are going forward with the survey for the Economic Development
Alliance.
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FEBRUARY 6, 1999 Page g
Adjourn (Agenda Item III)
MOTION Upon a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Wilson and seconded by
Councilman Pendleton, the Council voted six (6) for and none (0)
opposed to adjourn the called - special session of the Allen City
Council at 7 22 p.m. The motion carried.
APPROVED•
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JoFe Farmer MAYOR
ATTEST -
Marty Hendrix, TC CITY SECRETARY
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