Austin Gears Up for Sales Tax Election
- City leaders convened a special meeting to appoint officials to oversee an upcoming election.
- The meeting's sole focus was preparing for a referendum on a proposed sales tax.
- Citizens were set to vote on the sales tax measure later that month, on September 30, 1967.
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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 13th day of September, 1967, at the Municipal Building, Eighth and Colorado, in Austin, Texas, at 2:00P.M. for the purpose of appointing Election Officials for the Special Election (Sales Tax) to be held on September 30, 1967. 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/ Travis LaRue 5/ Emma Long s/ Dick Nichols