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THE STATE OF TEXAS §
JOINT RESOLUTION
COUNTY OF TARRANT §
RESOLUTION NO. 85-6
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills will be conducting City
Council Elections and such other matters as may be placed upon the ballot by
the governing body of said City on April 6, 1985; and,
WHEREAS, on April 6, 1985, Tarrant County will conduct an election on
the question of confirmation of the creation of a County-wide 9-1-1 Emergency
Telephone Number District, and, the unincorporated portions of Tarrant
County will be conducting an election on the question of the formation of a
Rural Fire Prevention District; and,
WHEREAS, it is the finding of the governing bodies of the parties hereto
that the joint conduct of such elections would result in substantial savings to
the taxpayers of the governmental entities required to conduct such elections
and that such savings would be realized if the elections, where possible, be
held in the same location, utilizing the same personnel, and utilizing the same
voting machines, with the two governmental entities sharing the expenses
incurred in the conduct of this election; and,
WHEREAS, all the eligible voters of Tarrant County shall be entitled to
vote in the election to determine the question of corifirmation of the creation
of the County-wide 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone Number District, and all those
eligible voters of Tarrant County who are residents of the unincorporated
portions of said County shall be entitled to vote on the question of the
formation of a Rural Fire Prevention District;
NOW THEREFORE, be it hereby resolved jointly, by the City Council of
the City of North Richland Hills and the Commissioners' Court of Tarrant
County, Texas, that these two entities, where possible, shall conduct said
elections jointly on April 6, 1985, and that in the event there are election
precincts which include incorporated territory lying within the limits of the
said City and unincorporated territory, lying outside the limits of any city,
that said voters from the unincorporated territory shall be allowed to vote
only on the question of the Rural Fire Prevention District formation and the
question of the confirmation of the creation of the County-wide 9-1-1
Emergency Telephone Number District; while those voters who are residents
of the City shall be allowed to vote only on the City Council races and such
other matters as may be placed upon the ballot by the governing body of said
City and upon the confirmation of the creation of the 9-1-1 District; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED tl)a.t..the City of North Richland Hills and
the County of Tarrant share thè,:&;sts involv~q')Ïn the conduct of such joint
elections by the County making" av~e to th~·!~ty, at no charge, the
voting machines necessary, including"transportation of such machines, in
those Precincts where such elections. a..re to be cop@uctedjointly,andbythe
City's bearing the cost of such addi~i~~ ~1ìi~ pª~sonnel as may be
required by the joint conduct of such 'elections and the applicable charges for
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Joint Resolution
Resolution No. 85-6
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delivery to the County Clerk of the results of the 9-1-1 Telephone Number
District confirmation election and the rural Fire Prevention District formation
election.
SIGNED this the 25th day of February, 1985.
TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS
CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
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Dan Echols, Mayor
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Rex McEntire, City Attorney
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