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ORDINANCE N0. 2022-084 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br /> CANVASSING A CITY-WIDE SPECIAL ELECTIOIV HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, <br /> 2022 TO COIVSIDER PROPOSITIONS CALLING FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE <br /> CITY CHARTER; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED <br /> TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> WHEREAS,the City of Paris,Texas is a home rule municipal corporation governed by <br /> a Home Rule Charter (the "Charter"); and <br /> WHEREAS, said Charter was adopted by the qualified registered voters of the city in ; <br /> 1948,and the voters have revised the Charter many times thereafter,including a substantial � <br /> revision in 2007 and a minor revision in 2011; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council appointed a charter review commission in 2015 which <br /> proposed no new amendments the Charter; and <br /> WHEREAS, on August 9, 2021, by Ordinance No. 2021-024, the City Council <br /> appointed a charter review commission (the "Commission") to conduct a comprehensive <br /> review of the existing Charter and to make recommendations as to any amendments deemed <br /> necessary thereto; and <br /> WHEREAS, said Commission met several times during the months of September, <br /> October, and November of 2021 and presented its report to the City Council on December <br /> 13, 2021 recommending substantial changes to the Charter; and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to state law and Sec. 149 of the Charter, amendments to the <br /> Charter A-X as attached hereto in Exhibit "A". were submitted to the qualified voters in a <br /> city-wide election and all were approved except for Proposition E as attached hereto in <br /> Exhibit"B"; and <br /> WHEREAS, in conformance with the Texas Election Code, said election was <br /> conducted at one of the uniform election dates set out in the Election Code,being November <br /> 8, 2022,with early voting being Monday October 31, 2022 through Friday November 4, 2022 <br /> as ordered by the City Council on August 8, 2022 in Ordinance 2022-049; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the election was administered by the Lamar County Elections <br /> Administrator in accordance with the terms of the City's contract with Lamar County, the <br /> City Charter of the City of Paris, Texas, Texas Election Code, and Paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 <br /> of the District Court Order entered March 15, 1976, in Civil Action No. P-75-3-CA, in the <br /> United District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,Paris Division,and the laws of the State <br /> of Texas wherein they do not conflict with said Order. <br /> WHEREAS,the Lamar County Election Administrator did use the Election Systems & <br /> Software direct recording electronic voting systems for this election, which has been <br />