18-DISCUSS AND ACT ON CALLING A SPECIAL BOND ELECTION

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included, said notice shall include the ballot provision to be submitted to the voters, and shall contain a listing of the location of each election day and early voting polling place for the election, the City Districts served by each polling place and the dates and hours that election day and early voting will be conducted. Notice of the election shall be given by posting the notice in both English and Spanish on the bulletin board in the City Hall of the City that is used for posting notices of ineetings of the City Council, and at three (3) other places in said City not later than the 21 st day before election day; and such notice shall be published in both English and Spanish on the same day in each of two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in said City, the date of the first publication to be not more than thirly (30) or less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for the election. Section 10. Russell Towers is hereby appointed to serve on the date of the election as the presiding judge of a three (3) member Early Voting Ballot Board, the other two members of which are to be appointed by said judge in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 87 of the Texas Election Code, as amended. Section 11. The City Manager or the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute an agreement with the Lamar County Elections Administrator, as approved by the City Attorney, to allow the Lamar County Elections Administrator to provide services in regards to the May 11, 2013 election. Section 12. In all respects, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the Code. Pursuant to the federal Help America Vote Act ("HAVA") and the Code, at each polling place there shall be at least one voting system that is equipped for disabled individuals, and each such voting system shall be a system that has been certified by the Texas Secretary of State as compliant with HAVA and the Code. Section 13. The meeting at which this Resolution was passed was conducted in strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551. Section 14. This Resolution shall be effective immediately from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this _ day of February, 2013. A.J. Hashmi, M.D. Mayor ATTEST: Janice Ellis City Clerk