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Home My Public Portal AboutCCPD Resolution and Order No. 001-24 01-08-2024 RICHLAND HILLS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT RESOLUTION AND ORDER NO. 001-24 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE RICHLAND HILLS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT; ESTABLISHING THE DATES AND TIMES OF EARLY VOTING FOR SUCH ELECTION; AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH TARRANT COUNTY TO FURNISH ELECTION SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT. WHEREAS, the voters, by a majority of the persons voting, previously created the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District, and voted to create a Crime Control and Prevention District sales tax for an additional five years; and WHEREAS, the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District will expire November 4, 2024 unless reauthorized by the voters of the city; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District is authorized under Section 363.251(b) to order a referendum on continuation of the district by majority vote; and WHEREAS, the uniform election date is May 4, 2024 and the holding of the Crime Control and Prevention District continuation election simultaneously with the city election will reduce the cost to taxpayers of such election; WHEREAS, the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District has determined that a contract with Tarrant County Elections Administration for election services and equipment is in the best interest of the City of Richland Hills. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF RICHLAND HILLS CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT, THAT: SECTION 1. Election Order for Special Election A referendum is hereby ordered to be held on the 411 day of May 2024, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. with early voting as provided herein and as provided by law, wherein the eligible voters residing within the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District shall be permitted to vote for or against the following proposition: Whether the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District should be continued for twenty (20) years and the Crime Control and Prevention District sales tax of three-eighth cent should be continued for twenty (20) years. SECTION 2. Joint Election Administration Contract The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute a contract with Tarrant County Elections Administrator for the purpose of having Tarrant County furnish all or any portion of the election services and equipment needed by the City Secretary to conduct the election. The contract document and election services provided therein shall conform to Chapter 31, Subchapter D, of the Texas Election Code and other applicable statutes and laws. SECTION 3. Voting Equipment The election services contract shall provide (a) the type of electronic voting equipment to be used for early voting by personal appearance and on election day, (b) notification and training for election judges and clerks, (c) an estimate and final payment terms for the election services provided, (d) agreements for early voting equipment and voting machine rental, and (e) other procedures to conduct the election. SECTION 4. Combined Ballots Combined ballots may be utilized containing all of the offices and propositions to be voted on at each polling place, provided that no voter shall be given a ballot or permitted to vote for any office or proposition on which the voter is ineligible to vote. Returns may be made on forms, which are individual or combined, and the Tarrant County Elections Administrator shall be designated as the custodian of the combined records. The order in which the names of the candidates are to be printed on the ballot shall be determined by a drawing by the City Secretary pursuant to state law. Notice of the time and place for such drawing shall be given in accordance with the Code SECTION 5. Early Voting Clerk Clint Ludwig, Tarrant County Elections Administrator, 2700 Premier Street, Fort Worth, Texas, 76111, or his successor, is hereby appointed as Early Voting Clerk and Lindsay Rawlinson, City Secretary, 3200 Diana Drive, Richland Hills, Texas, 76118, shall serve as Deputy Early Voting Clerk. Applications for ballot by mail must be received by 12 noon or close of business, whichever is later, by Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Mailing Address: Tarrant County Elections Attention: Early Voting Clerk PO Box 961011 Fort Worth, Texas 76161-0011 www.tarrantcounty.com Crime Control and Prevention District Resolution No. 001-24, Page 2 of 4 817-831-8683 Fax: 817-831-6118 electionsinfo(a�tarrantcounty.corn SECTION 6. Early Voting Early voting by personal appearance shall be conducted at the main early voting location at the Tarrant County Elections Center, 2700 Premier Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76111. Branch offices for early voting shall also be established as outlined in the joint election agreement with Tarrant County. Early voting by personal appearance begins on Monday, April 22, 2024, and ends on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, during the hours listed below: April 22 — 26 Monday— Friday 8:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. April 27 Saturday 7:00 a.m. — 7:00 p.m. April 28 Sunday 11:00 a.m. —4:00 p.m. April 29 — 30 Monday— Tuesday 7:00 a.m. — 7:00 p.m. Applications for early voting by mail shall be delivered to the Early Voting Clerk at the address set forth in Section 5 not later than 12 noon or close of business, whichever is later, by Tuesday, April 23, 2024. For purposes of processing ballots cast in early voting, the election officers for the Early Voting Ballot Board shall be appointed and designated in accordance with the provisions of the election agreement with Tarrant County. SECTION 7. Election Day All resident, qualified voters, determined by the laws of the State of Texas, the Charter, and ordinances of the City of Richland Hills shall be qualified to vote at such election. For the purpose of said election, the entire City is constituted into one voting precinct. Voting on Election Day, May 4, 2024, shall be conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The location of the polling places are designated pursuant to the Texas Election Code as those precincts designated by Tarrant County. This election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the aforesaid election agreement, election laws of the Texas Election Code, the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the Charter of the City of Richland Hills, and as may be required by law. All election materials and proceedings shall be printed in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Crime Control and Prevention District Resolution No. 001-24, Page 3 of 4 SECTION 8. Election Results The results of the election shall be certified, canvassed, and returned in the form and manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas and the charter and ordinances of the City of Richland Hills. SECTION 9. Election Notice The notice of the election hereby ordered and called shall be promulgated, published and posted in keeping with the laws of the State of Texas, and the charter and ordinances of the City of Richland Hills. SECTION 10. Election Officials The election judge, alternate election judge, and ballot board will be appointed by the Tarrant County Elections Administrator, as permitted by law. The presiding judge shall appoint elections clerks as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the election. The election judge, or the alternate election judge in the absence of the election judge, and the election clerks shall constitute the Early Voting Ballot Board. The election judge, and alternate election judge, and election clerks shall be qualified voters of the City. SECTION 11. Necessary Actions The City Manager and the City Secretary, in consultation with the City Attorney, are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions necessary to comply with the provisions of federal and state law in carrying out and conducting the election, whether or not expressly authorized herein. APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Richland Hills Crime Control and Prevention District on January 8, 2024, by a vote of / ayes, nays, and -) abstentions. APPROVED: ATTEST: T Ho, o le Edward Lopez,: LA�Q',%, indsay R li son, City Secretary P.... 0 y A' •'eP ---: "a, / Crime Control and Preventiorr.D rice f eso(1'utt:' No. 001-24, Page 4 of 4