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DRAFT S:\RESWORK\CURRENT\Special Election - Initiative Petition Ordering City-Wide Election RES 2011.docx RESOLUTION N0. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ORDERING A CITY-WIDE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF PARIS ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN MAY 2011, THE SAME BEING THE 14TH DAY OF MAY, 2011, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 0'CLOCK A.M. AND 7:00 0'CLOCK P.M., TO CONSIDER A PROPOSITION CALLING FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PRIVATIZATION OF THE COLLECTION, HANDLING, AND DISPOSITIOIV OF RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE, TRASH, AND RUBBISH, AND PROVIDING A METHOD OF FIXING CHARGES FOR SUCH SERVICE; PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF THE BALLOT; PERMITTING ONLY RESIDENT QUALIFIED VOTERS TO VOTE; PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING; PROVIDING FOR AN EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF THE ELECTION; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, an Initiative Petition was filed on January 5, 2011 with the City Clerk of the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of the aforesaid Petition was to call for the adoption by the City Council of an Ordinance prohibiting privatization of collection and disposition of residential garbage, trash and rubbish and providing for the method of fixing charges for such service, and making other findings and provisions related to the subject of residential garbage, trash, and rubbish collection, and providing for a penalty, and providing a severability clause, and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith and providing for an effective date; and, WHEREAS, under Charter requirement, the Petition was required to contain signatures of 370 qualified voters to bring the ordinance before the City Council, however, it only contained signatures of 320 qualified voters, thereby deeming the Petition insufficient; and, WHEREAS, because of aforesaid insufficiency a Certificate of Insufficiency was sent to the Committee of Petitioners on January 24, 2011; and, WHEREAS, a Supplemental Petition was filed on January 28, 2011 with the City Clerk containing an additional 111 signatures; and, WHEREAS, the City Clerk, in conformance with Sections 103 and 104 of the City Charter, completed her review of the signatures appended to the Supplemental Petition with regard to the validity of the aforesaid signatures, and their compliance with the requirements of the City Charter and the Texas Election Code as to whether or not they represented the signatures of qualified voters in a sufficient amount to qualify the Petition appended thereto; and, 'U