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ORDINANCE NO. 2017 -008
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS DECLARING
<br />UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 4, 5 AND 7 FOR
<br />THE MAY 6, 2017 GENERAL ELECTION BE ELECTED TO OFFICE;
<br />DETERMINING THAT NO GENERAL ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS 4,
<br />5 AND 7; DIRECTING THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTED AT
<br />APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT A CERTIFICATE OF
<br />ELECTION BE ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; MAKING
<br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
<br />PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS
<br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 13th day of
<br />February, 2017, in Resolution No. 2017 -007, order the regular municipal election for the
<br />City of Paris to he held on the 6th day of May 2017, by the qualified voters in Districts 4, 5
<br />and 7 of the City of Paris; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Clerk, Janice Ellis, being the authority responsible for having the
<br />official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidates for Districts 4, 5 and 7
<br />are unopposed for election to office with no write -in candidates being declared on the
<br />ballot; and,
<br />WHEREAS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it is
<br />deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 4, 5 and 7 be declared elected to office
<br />and that no general election be held in those Districts;
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />PARIS, TEXAS:
<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby
<br />in all things approved.
<br />Section 2. That, for the May 6, 2017 general election, the candidate for District 4,
<br />Steven Clifford; the candidate for District 5, Linda Su Knox; and the candidate for District 7,
<br />Paula Martin Portugal, having been certified by the City Clerk as being unopposed for
<br />election to office with no write -in candidates being declared, be, and are hereby, declared
<br />elected to office, which term shall begin on May 15, 2017.
<br />Section 3. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it is
<br />hereby determined that no elections be held in Districts 4, 5 and 7.
<br />Section 4. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, directed to post a copy of this
<br />Ordinance on Election Day at the polling place that would have been used in the general
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