HomeMy WebLinkAboutNOV 17 2025 - PACKET -SPECIAL MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY HALL 801 MAIN STREET
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025 2:00 PM
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
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REGULAR AGENDA
1.Council to consider approval of an ordinance canvassing the results of the November
4, 2025, Special Bond Election.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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TO:City Council
FROM:Kenneth R. Williams, City Manager
PREPARED BY:Tina Broussard, City Clerk
MEETING DATE:November 17, 2025
REQUESTED ACTION:Council to consider approval of an ordinance canvassing the results
of the November 4, 2025, Special Bond Election.
BACKGROUND
The Election Code, Section 67.003, states that each local canvassing authority shall convene to
conduct the local canvass at the time set by the canvassing authority's presiding officer not later
than the eleventh day after election day and not earlier than the latter of the third day after
election day; the date on which the early voting ballot board has verified and counted all
provisional ballots cast from addresses outside of the United States are counted, if a ballot to be
voted by mail in the election was provided to a person outside of the United States. Council shall
meet and canvass the returns and officially declare the results.
FUNDING SOURCE
None
RECOMMENDATION
Approval of the ordinance
ATTACHMENTS
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE SPECIAL
ELECTION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT HELD ON THE 4TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER 2025, FOR THE PURPOSE OF A BOND ELECTION;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont, in session, duly called the special
election to be held on the 4th of November 2025, and the election returns of the votes cast in said
election were canvassed for the following: Bond and Venue Tax; and,
WHEREAS, after duly canvassing said returns, the City Council finds that the votes cast
at said election for the Bond and Venue Tax:
Proposition A
The Issuance of $58,162,200 for Infrastructure, Drainage, Streets and Sidewalks
ForPercentages
6,35157.66%
AgainstPercentages
4,66342.34%
Proposition B:
The Issuance of $147,369,424 for Facilities and Public Safety
ForPercentage
4,92344.82%
AgainstPercentage
6,06055.18%
Proposition C:
The Issuance of $37,215,874 for Parks, Trails and Recreation
ForPercentage
5,23847.69%
AgainstPercentage
5,74552.31%
Proposition D:
The Issuance of $12,498,220 for Riverfront Park Extension
ForPercentage
4,09737.51%
AgainstPercentage
6,82662.49%
Proposition E:
The Issuance of $8,922,278 for Pointe Parkway North Extension
ForPercentage
3,51332.22%
AgainstPercentage
7,38967.78%
Proposition A:
For a 2% Venue Tax
ForPercentage
4,25338.91%
AgainstPercentage
6,67761.09%
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That the results of said special City election be and the same are hereby declared to have
been as set out herein, and the following Proposition passed:
Proposition A - The Issuance of $58,162,200 for Infrastructure, Drainage, Streets
and Sidewalks
Section 2.
The City Council of the City of Beaumont further finds that notice of said election was
duly and properly given as required by law, and that said election was duly held and returns thereof
were duly made by the proper officials of said election and in all things according to law.
Section 3.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance, or the
application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held
to be invalid or adjudged unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity
shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable; and the City Council of the City of
Beaumont, Texas, declares it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding
the omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, or whether there by
one or more parts.
Section 4.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith are, to the
extent of such inconsistency or conflict, hereby repealed.
The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in strict
compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 17th day of
November 2025.
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- Mayor Roy West -
ATTEST:
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Tina Broussard, City Clerk