RESOLUTION NO. 2016 -017
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
<br />CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE MAY 7, 2016, GENERAL ELECTION
<br />FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 6; 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, 2, AND 3 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 25th
<br />day of January, 2016, by Resolution No. 2016 -004, order the regular municipal election for
<br />the City of Paris to be held on the 7th day of May, 2016, 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, 2, and 3 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 March 14, 2016, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, by
<br />Ordinance No. 2016 -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 1, 2, and 3 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. 2016 -010, the candidate for
<br />District 1, the same being Aaron Jenkins; the candidate for District 2, the same being Billie
<br />"Sue" Lancaster; and the candidate for District 3, the same being Billy Trenado, were
<br />declared elected to office; and,
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2016 -004, an election was held by the
<br />qualified voters of District 6 of the City of Paris, Texas, on the 7th day of May, 2016, for the
<br />purpose of voting for and electing a Council Person to serve as a member of the City Council
<br />from District 6 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 6 and early
<br />voting of the City of Paris, Texas; and,
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