14- RECEIVING AND ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF TJHE CITY CLERKS CERTIFICATION OF THE INITIATIVE PETITION

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DRAFT S:\RESWORK\CURRENT\Special Election - Initiative Petition Certification RES 2011.docx RESOLUTION N0. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, RECEIVING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE CERTIFICATION BY THE CITY CLERK OF AN INITIATIVE PETITION CALLING FOR THE ADOPTION BY CITY COUNCIL OF AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE COLLECTIOIV AND DISPOSITION OF RESIDENTIAL TRASH IN THE CITY OF PARIS AND PROVIDING A METHOD OF FIXING CHARGES FOR SUCH SERVICE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, an Initiative Petition was filed on January 5, 2011 with the City Clerk of the City of Paris and a Supplemental Petition was filed on January 28, 2011; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of the aforesaid Initiative Petition and Supplemental Petition, is to call for the adoption by the City Council of an ordinance prohibiting the privatization of the collection and disposition of residential trash in the City of Paris and providing a method of fixing charges for such service; and, WHEREAS, the City Clerk has completed her review of the signatures appended to the Initiative Petition and Supplemental Petition to determine whether the signatures comply with the requirements of the City Charter and the Texas Election Code as to whether or not they represent the signatures of qualified electors in sufficient amount to certify the Initiative Petition to the City Council; and, WHEREAS, the City Clerk has certified that there are sufficient signatures appended to said Petition and Supplemental Petition and has so advised the City Council; and, WHEREAS, the City Council desires to receive and accept the Certification of Sufficiency presented by the City Clerk; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. In accordance with Sections 103, 104 and 105 of the City Charter, the City Clerk has presented a Certificate of Sufficiency for the Initiative Petition filed January 5, 2011 and amended by Supplemental Petition filed January 28, 2011 to the City Council, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, that sufficient signatures of qualified electors have been appended to an Initiative Petition filed January 5, 2011 and a Supplemental Petition filed with the City Clerk on January 28, 2011 to satisfy the requirements of the City Charter to qualify the aforesaid Petition and its Supplement as an Initiative Petition under the City Charter and the Texas Election Code. ~ ~