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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 11941' l ` 1 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. 5 BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THAT DISTRICT, ON SATURDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF MAY, A.D. 1995, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCILMEMBER FOR THAT DISTRICT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION I. That, in compliance with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth and in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, a runoff election be and the same is hereby called and ordered for Saturday., May 27, 1995, as authorized by Section 41.001 of the Texas Election Code, as amended, at which election the qualified voters of City Council District No. 5 may vote for the purpose of electing a Councilmember from said district. SECTION II. That the City Secretary of said City shall prepare ballots to be used in said election, on which ballots shall be printed the names of the runoff candidates. SECTION III. That the order in which the names of such candidates are to be printed on the runoff ballot shall be determined by a drawing to be conducted by the City Secretary. The City Secretary shall post in her office a notice of the date, hour and place of the drawing. The notice must remain posted for 24 hours immediately preceding the scheduled time of the drawing. Upon receipt of a candidates written request, accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope, the City Secretary shall mail written notice of the date, hour and place of the drawing to the candidate. Each candidate affected by the drawing is entitled to be present or to have a representative present at the drawing. SECTION IV. That Robert Parten, Tarrant County Elections Administrator, shall conduct and shall be the clerk for early voting at said election. That Alice Church, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, will serve as chief deputy early voting clerk. Early voting shall be conducted by two methods: A. Voting by personal appearance; and B. Voting by mail. Early voting shall be by use of an electronic voting system as prescribed by Paragraph VII hereof. SECTION V. Early voting by personal appearance shall be conducted beginning on May 15, 1995, and shall continue through May 23, 1995. Such early voting shall be conducted at the following locations at the following times: Location Fort Worth Municipal Building South Lobby 1000 Throckmorton Street Fort Worth, Texas Polytechnic Subcourthouse 3212 Miller Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76119 County Annex West (Muller Building) 600 West Weatherford Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Time 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. -2- Handley-Meadowbrook Recreation Center 6201 Beaty Street Fort Worth, Texas 76112 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition to the above, early voting by personal appearance will be conducted at all of the above locations from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 20; Monday, May 22; and Tuesday, May 23, 1995; and from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, 1995. SECTION VI. The Early Voting Ballot Board is hereby created to process early voting results, and Jeanne Lyons is hereby appointed as Presiding Judge. The Presiding Judge shall appoint at least two other members to such Board. SECTION VII. A. An electronic voting system, as defined in Chapter 121 of the Texas Election Code, as amended, shall be used for voting at the regular polling places at said election and for counting the ballots and the tabulation of the results. The conduct of the election and the use of the electronic voting system shall be in accordance with the Texas Election Code, as amended. B. The Office of the Tarrant County Elections Administrator, Tarrant County Courthouse, 100 Weatherford, Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby established as the Central Counting Station for the ballots cast in said election. C. Robert Parten, having knowledge and experience in the conduct of elections with the electronic voting system for which the Central Counting Station is established, and being a registered -3- voter of the City of Fort Worth, is hereby appointed as the Manager of the Central Counting Station. The Manager shall be in charge of overall administration of the Central Counting Station and the general supervision of the personnel working at said Station. D. Germaine Williams, being trained in the operation of the automatic tabulating equipment installed at the Central Counting Station, is hereby appointed Tabulation Supervisor. The Tabulation Supervisor shall be in charge of the operation of the automatic tabulating equipment. E. The appointments of Lynda Schafer, Donna Marks, and Linda Funkhouser as Assistants to the Tabulation Supervisor are hereby approved. They shall assist the Tabulation Supervisor in the operation of the automatic tabulating equipment as directed by the Tabulation Supervisor. F. Patricia Benavides is hereby appointed as Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station. She shall maintain order at the Central Counting Station and shall have such authority as may be prescribed by the Texas Election Code, as amended. SECTION VIII. That the City Secretary is hereby ordered and directed to prepare and issue ballots for electronic voting and to mark same "Official Ballot." Said ballots shall be printed in English and in Spanish for use in said runoff election. SECTION IX. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth shall furnish election officials said ballots and voting equipment, together with any other forms, blanks or instructions in accordance -4- with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the laws of the State of Texas, insofar as same are applicable. SECTION X. That the polls shall be kept open from seven o'clock A.M. until seven o'clock P.M., on May 27, 1995, and that due return shall be made to the City Council showing the number of votes cast for each candidate for membership on the City Council. SECTION XI. That the candidate receiving a majority of all the votes cast for the office for which he or she is a candidate shall be elected to such office; but that., in the event of a tie, the candidates for that office shall cast lots to determine the winner. The casting of such lots shall be supervised by the Mayor. SECTION XII. That the single member district in which the runoff election will be conducted (described and defined with particularity in Ordinance Nos. 7323, as amended by City Ordinance Nos. 7392, 7441, 7869 7963 8047 8261 8682 8712 8719 8909 9304 9548 9618 ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ , ~ ~ 9804, 10257, 10532, 10796, 11158, and 11242), and the precincts therein, are set out with particularity on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. SECTION XIII. Only qualified electors residing within the boundary of District No. 5 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 5. -5- SECTION XIV. That the location of the polling places for the runoff election of City Councilmember for District No. 5, except insofar as they may be changed by the City Council, are set forth on Exhibit "B" attached hereto and made a part hereof. SECTION XV. That the City Council shall appoint a Presiding Judge and an Alternate Presiding Judge for each precinct or portion thereof within City Council Single Member District No. 5. Each Presiding Judge shall appoint not less than two nor more than eight qualified election clerks to serve and assist in conducting said election, provided that, if the Presiding Judge actually serves as expected, the Alternate Presiding Judge shall be one of such clerks. SECTION XVI. That said election shall be held under the provisions of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, insofar as same may be applicable. SECTION XVII. This ordinance shall constitute the proclamation, call, notice and ordinance calling and ordering said runoff election. SECTION XVIII. That insofar as permitted by the time limitations prescribed by the City Charter and the Texas Election Code, notice of said election shall be given by: (1) publishing a copy of this ordi- nance, in English and in Spanish, at least once, as soon as practicable after the canvassing of the votes from the first -6- election, in a newspaper published in said City; and (2) within the time limitations permitted by the City Charter and the Texas Election Code, posting a copy of this ordinance, in English and in Spanish, on the City's bulletin board used for posting notices of the meetings of the Fort Worth City Council. SECTION XIX. That the way and manner of holding said election, the notice to be given therefor, the polling places, the personnel and the officers who are to hold same,. and all details connected with the holding of the election shall be provided for and arranged by the City Secretary; that the proper notice and publication of this notice, proclamation and ordinance shall only be cumulative of and in addition to the statutory notice of said election as herein provided; and that any omission or irregularity in the posting and publication of this notice, proclamation and ordinance, or in the signing of same, and any noncompliance with the Texas Election Code due to conflicting City Charter provisions or other conflicting provisions within the Texas Election Code, shall not in any way affect or invalidate such election. SECTION XX. That in all respects, and insofar as time requirements of the City Charter and the Texas Election Code permit, said election shall be conducted in accordance with the Texas Election Code, as amended. SECTION XXI. That it is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this ordinance was adopted and said election was -7- called was open to the public and public notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given, all as required by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. SECTION XXII. That this ordinance, election order, proclamation and notice shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. K G n r Mayor o the City of Fort Worth ATTEST: ~~~~ Alice Church, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: l~/~/,.~ Deputy City Attorney of the City of Fort Worth, Texas Date : ~ q;~'~' ADOPTED• EFFECTIVE• -8- PASSED AND ADOPTED this, the 9th day of May, 1995, at a regular, public meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth. THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § I, Alice Church, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. a~, duly presented and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at a regular session held on the 9th day of May, A.D. 1995, as same is of record in the minutes of said City Council. WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, this, the ~ day of , A.D. 1995. ~~~-~f/ City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas -9- ~ JT ti ~' ~~ ~~: ;~ ~ L;~~ / FORT WORTH PRECINCTS BY SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FEBRUARY 1995 District Voting Precincts ~ 1074, 1098, 1099, 1106, 1127, 1132, 1149, 1152, 3175, 1184, 1188, 1211, 1270, 1297, 1299, 1311, 1312, 1346, 3388, 3409, 1415, 3428, 3455, 3456, 1477, 3489, and 3490 EXHIBIT °~" CITY COUT~ICIL DISTRICT NO. 5 FOLLING PLACR LOCATIOrIS Pct. s Dist. Location 1074 #5 D McRae Elementary Sch. 3316 Avenue N Fort Worth, Texas 76105 1098 #5 S. S. Dillow Elementary Sch. 4000 Avenue N Fort Worth, Texas 76105 1099,1312,1415 #5 Handley-Meadowbrook Rec Center 6201 Beaty Street Fort Worth, Texas 76112 1106 #5 East Berry Branch Library 4300 East Berry Street Fort Worth, Texas 76119 1127 #5 Martin Luther King Center 5565 Truman Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76112 Exhibit "B" Pct. (s) Dist. Location 1132,1477 #5 Truevine Baptist Church 3732 Miller Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76119 1149 #5 W M Green Elementary Sch. 4612 David Strickland Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76119 3175,3409,2420-0 #5 St John Baptist Church 3324 House Anderson Road Euless, Texas 76040 1188 #5 Paul Laurence Dunbar High Sch 5700 Ramey Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76112 1211,1152,1184 #5 Sunrise Elementary Sch 3409 Stalcup Road Fort Worth, Texas 76119 1270 #5 Fort Worth Fire Station#24 3101 Forrest Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76112 Pct. s Diet. Location 1297 #5 A M Pate Elementary Sch. 3800 Anglin Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76119 1299 #5 Glen Park Elementary Sch. 3601 Pecos Street Fort Worth, Texas 76119 1311,3428,3489 #5 Handley Middle Sch 3490,2514-0 2801 Patino Road Fort Worth, Texas 76112 1346 #5 Dunbar - 6th Grade Middle Sch 5100 Willie Street Fort Worth, Texas 76105 3455,3388,3456 #5 Fort Worth Fire Station#33 14650 Statler Boulevard Fort Worth, Texas 76155