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Travis County Commssioners Court
May 25, 2004

The Closed Caption log for this Commissioners Court agenda item is provided by Travis County Internet Services. Since this file is derived from the Closed Captions created during live cablecasts, there are occasional spelling and grammatical errors. This Closed Caption log is not an official record the Commissioners Court Meeting and cannot be relied on for official purposes. For official records please contact the County Clerk at (512) 854-4722.

Item 38

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Going back to 38 a. 38. A. Conduct local canvass of election returns for the special election on the creation of a Travis County hospital district; and appropriate action on order canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the special election on the creation of a Travis County hospital district.
>> the results for the may 15th election, waive reading of the precinct by precinct results to be included in your records. The cumulative result of the proposition is for the creation of a hospital district 31,920 votes. Against the creation of a hospital district, 26,406 votes. The measure passed by 54.73%.
>> do you recall what kind of turnout this was of the total registered voters?
>> 10.26%.
>> okay.
>> about a 10% turnout.
>> uh-huh.
>> questions, comments?
>> move approval and do we have the same notation about this going into the deed records, tamara.
>> yes.
>> move approval of the order that the county attorney has prepared for us and the motion includes filing the deed record of the county clerk. Seconding the motion. Any more discussion? All in favor? That passes by unanimous vote. An enthusiastic court.
>> thank you, have a nice day.
>> dana, I want to say congratulations. The returns came in flawlessly, early, I got a lot of good compliments back on how good the election was. Especially considering there were so many moving parts.
>> nine clients to keep happy and informed thank you very much for the good words, I will share it with my staff.
>> good.


Last Modified: Friday, May 26, 2004 7:00 PM