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ORDINANCE NO. 2009 -014
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING UNOPPOSED
<br />CANDIDATES IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 4, 5, AND 7 FOR THE MAY 9,
<br />2009, GENERAL ELECTION BE ELECTED TO OFFICE; DETERMINING
<br />THAT NO ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS 4, 5 AND 7; DIRECTING
<br />THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTED AT APPROPRIATE
<br />POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION BE
<br />ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS
<br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER
<br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
<br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 9th day of
<br />February, 2009, in Resolution No. 2009 -010, order the regular municipal election for the
<br />City of Paris to he held on the 9th day of May 2009, by the qualified voters in Districts 4, 5
<br />and 7 of the City of Paris; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Clerk, Janice Ellis, being the authority responsible for having the
<br />official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidates for Districts 4, 5 and 7
<br />are unopposed for election to office with no write -in candidates being declared and that
<br />there are no propositions to appear on the ballot; and,
<br />WHEREAS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it is
<br />deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 4, 5 and 7 be declared elected to office
<br />and that no elections be held in those Districts;
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />PARIS, TEXAS:
<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby
<br />in all things approved.
<br />Section 2. That, for the May 9, 2009, general election, the candidates for the
<br />following Districts: District 4, Steve Brown; District 5, Will Biard and District 7, Rhonda
<br />Rogers, having been certified by the City Clerk as being unopposed for election to office
<br />with no write -in candidates being declared, be, and they are hereby, declared elected to
<br />office, which term shall begin on May 9, 2009.
<br />Section 3. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, and
<br />because there are no propositions to appear on the ballot, it is hereby determined that no
<br />elections be held in Districts 4, 5, and 7.
<br />Section 4. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, directed to post a copy of this
<br />Ordinance on Election Day at the polling place that would have been used in the election.
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