10 - DECLARING NEW COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICTS 4, 5, & 7Item No. 10
memorandum
TO: Mayor & City Council
John Godwin, City Manager
FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk
SUBJECT: ACKNOWLEDGING RESULTS OF PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION
AND DECLARING CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS
4, 5, &7 ELECTED TO OFFICE
DATE: May 8, 2017
BACKGROUND: On February 13, 2017, by resolution number 2017 -007, City Council ordered
the regular municipal election for the purpose of voters to elect Council Members from Districts
4, 5, and 7.
STATUS OF ISSUE: On February 22, 2017, the City Clerk issued a certificate of unopposed
candidates for Districts 4, 5 and 7 and February 27, 2017, by ordinance number 2017 -008, City
Council declared Council Members for Districts 4, 5 and 7 elected to office.
BUDGET: N/A
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the resolution declaring Steven Clifford elected to serve as
City Council Member for District 4; declaring Linda Su Knox elected to serve as City Council
Member for District 5; and declaring Paula Martin Portugal to serve as City Council Member for
District 7.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTS OF PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION
DECLARING CANDIDATES AS ELECTED TO OFFICE FOR COUNCIL
DISTRICTS 4, 5, AND 7 AS A RESULT OF HAVING BEEN UNOPPOSED FOR
ELECTION TO OFFICE; DECLARING THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE
AFORESAID CANDIDATES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, did heretofore, on the 131h
day of February, 2017 by Resolution No. 2017 -007, order the regular municipal election for
the City of Paris to be held on the 6th day of May, 2017, 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 candidates for election as City
Council Members for Districts 4, 5, and 7 were unopposed for election to office with no
write -in candidates being declared; and,
WHEREAS, on February 22, 2017, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, by
Ordinance No. 2017 -008 did, pursuant to the authority granted in V.T.C.A. Election Code,
Section 2.053, deem it appropriate that the candidate for election as City Council Members
for District 4, 5, and 7 be declared elected to office and that no election should be held in
those Districts; and,
WHEREAS, as a consequence of said Ordinance No. 2017 -008, the candidate for
District 4, the same being Steven Clifford; the candidate for District 5, the same being
Linda Su Knox; and the candidate for District 7, the same being Paula Martin Portugal,
were declared elected to office;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby
in all things approved.
Section 2. That, in accordance with Ordinance No. 2017 -008 (which, in
compliance with state law and the certification of the City Clerk, declared elected to office
the candidates for Council Districts 4, 5, and 7), the following Council Members have been
previously declared elected to office, certified as having been authorized to serve in said
position, and are hereby designated as Council Members for Districts 4, 5, and 7 in
accordance with state law for the next ensuing two (2) years, such term to begin
immediately following the adoption of this resolution as follows: Council Member from
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District 4 - Steven Clifford; Council Member from District 5 - Linda Su Knox; and Council
Member from District 7 - Paula Martin Portugal.
Section 3. That the aforesaid action in canvassing the returns and declaring the
results and recognizing the prior declarations of election to office of the aforementioned
Council Members shall be and is hereby conditioned upon the aforesaid candidates
otherwise complying with all the requirements of state law and the City Charter, following
the administration of any and all necessary oaths and other requirements as shall be
specified by City Charter or State law.
Section 6. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris in
regular session convened pursuant to the directions of the Election Code of the State of
Texas and the Open Meetings Act of the State of Texas, this 15th day of May, 2017.
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney
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A.J. Hashmi, M.D., Mayor