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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-026
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
<br />CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE MAY 4, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION
<br />FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 2; DECLARING THE WINNER IN SAID ELECTION;
<br />ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTS OF PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION
<br />DECLARING CANDIDATES AS ELECTED TO OFFICE FOR COUNCIL
<br />DISTRICTS 1, 3, AND 6 AS A RESULT OF HAVING BEEN UNOPPOSED FOR
<br />ELECTION TO OFFICE; DECLARING THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE
<br />AFORESAID CANDIDATES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
<br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, did heretofore, on the 22nd
<br />day of January, 2024, by Resolution No. 2024-005, order the regular municipal election for
<br />the City of Paris to be held on the 4th day of May, 2024 by the qualified voters in Districts 1,
<br />2, 3, and 6 of the City of Paris for the purpose of electing City Council Members from said
<br />Districts; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Clerk, being the authority responsible for having the official
<br />ballot prepared, has previously certified, in writing that the candidates for election as City
<br />Council Members for Districts 1, 3, and 6 were unopposed for election to office with no
<br />write-in candidates being declared and there were no propositions to appear on the ballot;
<br />and,
<br />WHEREAS, on February 21, 2024, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, by
<br />Ordinance No. 2024-010 did, pursuant to the authority granted in the Texas Election Code
<br />Section 2.053, deem it appropriate that the candidates for election as City Council Members
<br />for Districts 1, 3, and 6 be declared elected to office and that no election should be held in
<br />those Districts; and,
<br />WHEREAS, as a consequence of said Ordinance No. 2024-010, the candidate for
<br />District 1, the same being Shatara Moore, the candidate for District 3, the same being Gary
<br />Savage, and the candidate for District 6, the same being Alix Putnam, were declared elected
<br />to office; and,
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2024-005, an election was held by the
<br />qualified voters of District 2 of the City of Paris, Texas, on the 4th day of May, 2024 for the
<br />purpose of voting for and electing a Council Person to serve as a member of the City Council
<br />from District 2 for the ensuing two (2) years; and,
<br />WHEREAS, sealed returns of said election for District 2, made by the duly appointed
<br />and designated election officials of and for the respective voting box, having been made to
<br />the Mayor and City Council of the City of Paris as required by law, which returns after due
<br />and deliberate review and canvass thereof, show the results as summarized herein;
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