2000-019-ORD DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN DISTRICTS 2, 3, 6 FOR MAY 6 2000 GENERAL ELECTION ELECTED TO OFFICE
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN DISTRICTS
2,3, AND 6 FOR THE MAY 6, 2000, GENERAL ELECTION ELECTED TO
OFFICE; DETERMINING THAT NO ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS
2, 3 AND 6; DIRECTING THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE BE
POSTED AT APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT
CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION BE ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED
CANDIDATES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 14th day of
February, 2000, in Resolution No. 2000-013, order the regular municipal election for the City of
Paris to he held on the 6th day of May, 2000, by the qualified voters in Districts I, 2, 3, and 6
of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham, being the authority responsible for
having the official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidates for Districts 2, 3,
and 6 are unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared and that there
are no propositions to appear on the ballot; and,
WHEREAS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it
is deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 2, 3, and 6 be declared elected to office and
that no election be held in those Districts; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That, for the May 6, 2000, general election of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas,
the candidate for District 2, Kevin Gray; for District 3, Bennie Plata; and for District 6, John
Carter, having been certified by the City Clerk as being unopposed for election to office with no
write-in candidates being declared, be, and they are hereby, declared elected to office, which term
shall begin on May 11, 2000.
Section 3. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, and the
findings in the preamble to this ordinance, and because there are no propositions to appear on the
ballot, it is hereby determined and directed that on May 6, 2000, no municipal elections shall be
held in Council Districts 2, 3, and 6.
Section 4. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, directed to post a copy of this
Ordinance on election day at the polling places for Council Districts 2, 3, and 6 that would have
been used in the election, and at such other places as required by state law.
Section 5. That a certificate of election shall be issued to each candidate deemed elected
under this ordinance in the same manner as provided for a candidate elected at the election.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall become effective on April 10, 2000.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of April, 2000.
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: