2004-093A-RES CANVASSING RETURNS FOR THE MAY 15, 2004 CITY-WIDE SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF EXEMPTING THE CITY AND THE PARIS FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF AND RETIREMENT FUND

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requirements of Article XVI, Section 66 of the Texas Constitution; and, WHEREAS, as required by order of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas, Paris Division, in Civil Action No. P-75-3-CA, and as provided in the Charter of the City of Paris and the laws of the State of Texas, such election was conducted and held at the specified and designated polling places for all seven (7) Districts and early voting of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas; and, WHEREAS, sealed returns of said election for all seven (7) Districts, made by the duly appointed and designated election officials of and for the respective voting boxes, having been made to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Paris, as required by law, which returns after due and deliberate review and canvass thereof, show the results as summarized herein; and, WHEREAS, following said election, a properly prepared Recount Petition was filed with the appropriate City election official; and, WHEREAS, beginning at 9:00 o'clock a.m., Monday, May 24,2004, a recount of the votes of said election was conducted in accordance with state law and the City Charter; and, WHEREAS, the results of said recount and the subsequent review and canvass thereof are as summarized herein; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That a special election was held city-wide in all Council Districts of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas on Saturday, May 15, 2004, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Paris one proposition on the question of exempting the City of Paris and the Paris Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund from the application of the requirements of Article XVI, Section 66 of the Texas Constitution, with the proposition expressed on the official ballot in accordance with Article XVI, Section 66 of the Texas Constitution in the form as follows: "Proposition No.1 o FOR That the City of Paris and the Paris Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund shall be exempted from the application of the requirements of Article XVI, Section 66 of the Texas Constitution, entitled Protected Benefits Under Certain Public Retirement Systems. o AGAINST