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RESOLUTION NO.
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
<br />CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE MAY 11, 2013, GENERAL
<br />ELECTION FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 5; DECLARING THE WINNER IN SAID
<br />ELECTIOIV; ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTS OF PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION
<br />DECLARIIVG CANDIDATES AS ELECTED TO OFFICE FOR COUNCIL
<br />DISTRICTS 4 AND 7 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 PROVIDI11iG AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, did heretofore, on the 11th
<br />day of February, 2013, by Resolution No. 2013-006, order the regular municipal election
<br />for the City of Paris to be held on the 11th day of May, 2013, by the qualified voters in
<br />Districts 4, 5, and 7 of the City of Paris, for the purpose of electing City Council Members
<br />from said 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 4 and 7 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 April 8, 2013, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, by
<br />Ordinance No. 2013-010 did, pursuant to the authority granted in V.T.C.A. Election Code,
<br />Section 2.053, deem it appropriate that the candidate for election as City Council Members
<br />for District 4 and 7 be declared elected to office and that no election should be held in those
<br />Districts; and,
<br />WHEREAS, as a consequence of said Ordinance No. 2013-010, the candidate for
<br />District 4, the same being Richard Grossnickle and the candidate for District 7, the same
<br />being A.J. Hashmi, were declared elected to office; and,
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to prior Resolution No. 2013-006, an election was held by the
<br />qualified voters of District 5 of the City of Paris, Texas, on the 11th day of May, 2013, for the
<br />purpose of voting for and electing a Council Person to serve as a member of the City Council
<br />from District 5 for the ensuing two (2) years; and,
<br />WHEREAS, as required by order of the District Court of the United States for the
<br />Eastern District of Texas, Paris Division, in Civil Action No. P-75-3-CA, and as provided in
<br />the Charter of the City of Paris and the laws of the State of Texas, such election was
<br />conducted and held at the specified and designated polling place for District 5 and early
<br />voting of the City of Paris, Texas; and,
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