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MINUTES Special City Council MetingApril 31978 400 PM MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT Mayor Bravenec CouncilmenRinger Gardner DozierHalter StephensonHazen Student G6vernment Liaison Brockman
City Manager Bardel City Enginer Ash Director of Finance Neley City Planer Mayo ComunityDevelopment Planer Calaway City Atorney Lewis None VISITORS PRESENT See guest register Agenda
Item No 1Canvasingof election results The Council scanedover the results and the Mayor read resolutionsconcerningthe charter amendment election and the City Council and Msayor races
CouncilmanDozier moved that the results concerning the charter election be aproved and the resolutionbe adopted CouncilmanHalter seconded the motion The motion pased unanimously and
the folowing resolutionwas adopted Resolution City of Colege Station There came on to be consideredthe returns of an election held on the 1st day of April 1978 for the purpose of amending
the city charter and it apearingfrom said returns duly and legaly made that there were cast at said election 2096 valid and legal votes that the amendments in said election received
the folowing votes Proposed Charter AmendmentNo 1 Section 1a8 of Article III presently states that the Mayor is eeledct at large and the six City Councilmenare elected from six Council
Districts Wards Do you favor an amendment that would change this provision and provide for the Mayor and six City Councilmento be elected at large FOR 1458 AGAINST 584 Proposed Charter
AmendmentNo 2
MINUTES Special City Council MetingApril 31978 400 PM Page 2 of the city begins on the first day of July and ends on the last day of June Do you favor an amendment alowing the City Council
to determine the csityfiscal year by ordinance FOR 1361 AGAINST 630 Proposed Charter AmendmentNo 4 The present city charter in Section 77 of Article VII requires that all checks must
be countersignedby the city manager Do you favor an amendment alowingthe city manager to designate some person to have authority to countersigncheckson his behalf FOR 1341 AGAINST 672
Proposed Charter AmendmentNo 5 Do you favor an amendmentto Section 6of Article II to provide that City Council shal anex upon petition in acordancewith the Municipal Anexation Act Article
970 Vsernon Anotated Texas Statutes FOR 1475 AGAINST 427 Proposed Charter AmendmentNo 6 Do you favor an amendmentto Section 7of Article II to provide that the City Council shal anex
teritoryon its own initiativein acordancewith the Municipal Anexation Act Article 970a Vernons Anotated Texas Statutes FOR 1281 AGAINST 623 Proposed Charter AmendmentNo 7 The present
city charter in Section 3of Article Icontainsametes and bounds descriptionof the teritory within the city Do you favor an amendment designating the boundariesof the city by referenceto
the articles of incorporationthe anexationordinancesand the oficial zoning map of the city FOR 1555 AGAINST 288