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DRAFT :/attorney/election/resolution canvassing election & calling a runoff election RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE MAY 14, 2011, GENERAL ELECTION FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS 4 AND 7; DECLARING THE WINNERS IN SAID ELECTION; ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTS OF PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION DECLARING THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 5 ELECTED TO OFFICE; ORDERING A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCIL MEMBER TO DISTRICT 7; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on January 24, 2011, by Resolution No. 2011-003, the City Council of the City of Paris ordered the regular municipal election for the City of Paris to be held on May 14, 2011, by the qualified voters in Districts 4, 5, and 7 of the City of Paris, for the purpose of electing City Council Members from said Districts; and, WHEREAS, the City Clerk, being the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared, has previously certified, in writing, that the candidate for election as City Council Member for District 5 was unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared; and, WHEREAS, on April 11, 2011, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, enacted Ordinance No. 2011-007, pursuant to the authority granted under Section 2.053 Texas Election Code, and declared Matt Frierson the unopposed candidate from Districts elected to office and cancelled the election for District 5; and, WHEREAS, as required by order of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas, Paris Division, in Civil Action No. P-75-3-CA, and as provided in the City Charter of the City of Paris and the laws of the State of Texas, such election was conducted and held at the specified and designated polling places for Districts 4 and 7 and early voting was conducted at the Lamar County Courthouse Annex, of the City of Paris, Texas; and, WHEREAS, on May 14, 2011, pursuant to Resolution No. 2011-003, the general election was held by the qualified voters of Districts 4 and 7 of the City of Paris, Texas, for the purpose of electing a person to serve as City Council Member for City Council Districts 4 and 7 for the ensuing two (2) years; and, WHEREAS, Richard Grossnickle was the candidate receiving the majority of the votes cast at the regular election for Council District 4; and 1 44