Austin Puts Sales Tax to Voters
- Austin city leaders held a special meeting to address a proposed sales tax.
- The primary decision was to pass an ordinance.
- This ordinance officially called for an election, allowing residents to vote on whether to implement a city sales tax.
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CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Austin will be held on the 28th day of August, 1967 at the Municipal Building, Eighth and Colorado, in Austin, Texas, at 10:00 A.M. for the purpose of passing an ordinance calling for an Election to be held on the question of a Sales Tax. S/ Elsie Woosley City Clerk ATTEST: S/ Elsie Woosley City Clerk S/ Harry Akin Mayor City of Austin, Texas CONSENT TO MEETING We, the undersigned members of the City Council, hereby accept service of the foregoing notice, waiving any and all irregularities in such service and such notice, and consent and agree that said City Council shall meet at the time and place therein named, and for the purpose therein stated. S/ R. E. Janes, Jr. S/ Dick Nichols S/ Emma Long s/ Travis LaRue