Travis County Commissioners Court
May 22, 2007
Item 33
33. Canvass election returns and declare results for the may 12, 2007 general and special elections including: let's take this items that there are a lot of people here on then take the other up later. 33. Canvass election returns and declare results for the may 12, 2007 general and special elections including: a, . The constitutional amendment special election; b, the special election for the Travis County bee cave road district no. 1 (galleria); and c, the initial election for the board of Commissioners of the bastrop-travis counties emergency services district number 1.
>> thank you judge, good afternoon. To handle the first item, coming to you with the final report for the constitutional amendment election, that was held may 12th. We had a 6.37% turnout. Pretty small. I have the -- all of the precinct by precinct results available to turn into the court, so waive reading of precinct by precinct. And -- and I'll ask you to just work on this item first and we will do the others.
>> move that we waive the specific reading of the results and accept the summary as provided by county clerk.
>> second.
>> and that basically declared the results to be accurate. Will that cover it?
>> thank you, yes.
>> seconded by Commissioner Daugherty. Discussion? All in favor? That passes by unanimous vote. What we have to hand to the county clerk is what you just gave us.
>> I will give all --
>> I will get her a copy.
>> I am making her packet right here.
>> thank you. Okay. Are you ready to move to --
>> yes, ma'am.
>> okay. Especial election? Special election.
>> special election. The -- the election was held the, the motion to create the district was passed by voters in the district and I'll waive reading of the 2 precincts that were included and supply that for the caught's record.
>> that's my motion.
>> red flag here?
>> beg your pardon?
>> uh-huh.
>> [indiscernible]
>> ah right. Okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yes. I did b and c. This election was for bond funding for this particular jurisdiction. It was not creation. That's the next one. Sorry. That was for bond money.
>> okay, b is for bond funding?
>> correct.
>> move approval of the same.
>> second.
>> and that's approval of the order we have been provided and that order says order canvassing, election returns for b. Which is the Travis County cave road district no. 1 galleria. Discussion? All in favor? That passes by unanimous vote. C?
>> c is the creation of -- excuse me, I'm sorry, the election of the board of directors for the new bastrop-travis counties emergency services district number 1, a turnout of 4.15% in the district and Commissioners duly elected.
>> move that we approve the order canvassing the returns from the special election to elect the initial emergency services Commissioners for bastrop Travis County emergency services district number 1 that we waive the reading of all of the results and accept the summary given by the county clerk.
>> second.
>> discussion? All in favor? That passes by unanimous vote. Does in a too do it for us.
>> > thank you, we appreciate your patience. We know you want to learn more about housing in Travis County.
>> hang around for a while.
>> great glasses, thank you.
>> those are great glasses.
>> dana, why don't you stick around for a while?
>> [laughter]
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