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Item No. 23 <br />TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & Council <br />Grayson Path, City Manager <br />FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk <br />SUBJECT: UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES <br />DATE: February 26, 2024 <br />BACKGROUND: In order to cancel the general election in a district, the candidate must be <br />unopposed. The candidates in Districts 1, 3 and 6 are unopposed and the deadline has passed to. <br />make application to run for City Council. These Council Members, as well as the elected <br />Council Member for District 2, will be administered the Oath of Office on May 13, 2024 at the <br />regular City Council meeting. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: Chapter 2 of the Texas Election Law governs the election of unopposed <br />candidates for political subdivisions. Under Section 2.052 of the Election Code, I have issued a <br />certification of unopposed status for Districts 1, 3 and 6. <br />BUDGET: NA. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve an Ordinance declaring Shatara Moore as an unopposed <br />candidate in Council District 1, Gary Savage as an unopposed candidate in Council District 3 and <br />Alix Putnam as an unopposed candidate in District 6; cancelling the General Election in Districts <br />1, 3 and 6; and declaring the unopposed candidates as elected to office pursuant to Election Code <br />Section 2.053. <br />