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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, <br />1 <br />