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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-031 <br />---------------- <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />APPOINTING MICKEY ELLIS TO FILL THE CITY COUNCIL VACANCY IN <br />DISTRICT TWO AND TO SERVE AS COUNCIL PERSON FOR DISTRICT TWO <br />UNTIL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SEATED AFTER THE MAY 2025 <br />ELECTION; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO <br />THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, on May 4, 2024, Council Member Reginald B. Hughes was re-elected to <br />represent the Council Seat in District 2; and, <br />WHEREAS, on May 20, 2024, Mr. Hughes resigned from City Council District Two, <br />leaving a vacant seat. <br />WHEREAS, Mr. Hughes' term was due to expire in May of 2026; and <br />WHEREAS, there Mr. Hughes' resignation created a vacancy on the membership of <br />the City Council of the City of Paris in District No. 2; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter of the City of Paris, Texas provides, in Section 20 <br />thereof, that a vacancy in the Council shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining <br />members of the Council by the selection of a person possessing the qualifications required <br />by said Charter and by state law; and <br />WHEREAS, 5 (five) candidate(s) applied for the appointment to the Council Seat for <br />District 2; and <br />WHEREAS, after considering the qualifications of the candidate, on July 2, 2024, the <br />City Council found it to be in the best interest of the people of District 2 and of the city as a <br />whole to appoint Mickey Ellis to serve out the District 2 seat's unexpired term ending in May <br />of 2026; and <br />WHEREAS, by this Resolution, the City Council approves said appointment; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: <br />Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. That the appointment of Mickey Ellis as Council Member for District 2, <br />and as such is a member of the City Council of the City of Paris to serve until Council Members <br />are seated in May of 2026, is hereby approved. <br />