30 - Adoption of Voter-Approved Amendments to the City's Home Rule Charter

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