(Published in The Norman Transcript August 4, 11, 18, 2016, 3t) SPECIAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION AND NOTICE Under and by virtue of the Statutes of the State of Oklahoma, and Acts complementary, supplementary, and enacted pursuant thereto, and a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Noble, Oklahoma, dated May 2, 2016, authorizing the calling of an election on the proposition hereinafter set forth, I, the undersigned Mayor of the City of Noble, Oklahoma, hereby call a special election and give notice thereof to be held in the City of Noble, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of August, 2016, for the purpose of submitting to the registered, qualified voters in said City, the following proposition: PROPOSITION Shall the City of Noble, Oklahoma be authorized to levy and assess a City excise tax (sales tax) of one-half of one percent (0.50%), in addition to all other City of Noble, Cleveland County, and State of Oklahoma excise taxes presently being levied or assessed, upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from all sales taxable under the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; providing that the proceeds of such tax shall be used to fund capital expenditures pertaining to public safety, including but not limited to police, fire, emergency medical services, and associated dispatch services, all for the use and benefit of the City and any public trust having the City as beneficiary thereof, and/or for the payment of debt service in connection with obligations heretofore issued or to be issued by the City and any public trust having the City as beneficiary thereof to finance said capital expenditures and related costs; provided that said excise tax shall be levied beginning January 1, 2017, and shall have no stated termination date; all as more specifically set out in Ordinance No. 543 of the City? /_______/ Yes - For the Above Proposition /_______/ No Against the Above Proposition That only the registered, qualified voters of the City of Noble, Oklahoma, may vote upon the proposition as above set forth. The polls shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock a.m. and shall remain open continuously until and be closed at 7:00 o'clock p.m. Such election shall be conducted by those precinct officers designated by the County Election Board of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, which officers shall also act as counters and certify the results thereof as required by law. The number and location of the polling places for the election shall be the same as prescribed by the County Election board for state and county elections and shall include all precincts totally or partially contained within the City limits of the City of Noble, Oklahoma. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Noble, Oklahoma, to be affixed hereto, this 2nd day of May, 2016. /s/ Gary Hayes Mayor, City of Noble, Oklahoma ATTEST: /s/ Marion Shaw City Clerk (SEAL)
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