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13 - General Election Canvassing of Returns for District 4Item No. 13 TO: Mayor & City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk SUBJECT: GENERAL ELECTION CANVASSING OF RETURNS FOR DISTRICT 4, ACKNOWLEDGING RESULTS OF PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 & 7; AND DECLARING CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS 4, 5, &7 ELECTED TO OFFICE DATE: May 10, 2021 BACKGROUND: On January 25, 2021, by Resolution Number 2021-001, 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, 2021, the City Clerk issued a Certificate of Unopposed Candidates for Districts 5 and 7. On March 8, 2021, by Ordinance Number 2021-005, City Council declared Council Member Linda Su Knox, District 5 and Council Member Paula Portugal, District 7 elected to office. On May 1, 2021, a General Election was held in the City for the purpose of electing one Council Member to District 4. A total of 205 votes were cast, with James O'Bryan receiving a total of 79 votes and Mihir "Mark" Pankaj receiving a total of 126 votes. BUDGET: N/A RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution declaring Mihir "Mark" Pankaj 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 Portugal to serve as City Council Member for District 7. Summary Results Report 20210501 _City of Paris March 25, 2021 City of Paris District No. 4 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS Lamar County, Texas Statistics TOTAL Absentee Early Election Voting Day Registered Voters - Total 0 Ballots Cast -Total 205 5 128 72 Ballots Cast - Blank 0 0 0 0 Voter Turnout - Total 0.00% CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Vote For 1 James O' Bryan Mihir "Mark" Pankaj TOTAL Absentee 79 1 126 4 Precinct Summary - 05/01/2021 6:09 PM Report generated with Electionware Copyright © 2007-2020 Early Election Voting Day 47 31 81 41 1 of 1 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 5 AND 7, AS A RESULT OF HAVING BEEN UNOPPOSED FOR ELECTION TO OFFICE; DECLARING CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS 4, 5, AND 7 ELECTED 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 25th day of January, 2021, by Resolution No. 2021-001, order the regular municipal election for the City of Paris to be held on the 1st day of May, 2021, 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, on February 22, 2021, the City Clerk, being the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared, certified, in writing, that the candidates for election as City Council Members for Districts 5 and 7 were unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared and that there were no propositions to appear on the ballot; and, WHEREAS, on February 22, 2021, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, by Ordinance No. 2021-005 did, pursuant to the authority granted in the Texas Election Code Section 2.053, deem it appropriate that the candidates for election as City Council Members for Districts 5 and 7 be declared elected to office and that no election should be held in those Districts; and, WHEREAS, on May 1, 2021, a General Election was held in the City of Paris for the purpose of electing one Council Member to District 4; and WHEREAS, a total of 205 votes were cast, with James O'Bryan receiving a total of 79 votes and Mihir "Mark" Pankaj receiving a total of 126 votes. 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 the City Council hereby declares the candidate for District 4, the same being Mihir "Mark" Pankaj; the candidate for District 5, the same being Linda Su Knox; and the candidate for District 7, the same being Paula Portugal; are declared elected to office. Section 3. 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 10th day of May, 2021. ATTEST: Janice Ellis, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney 2 Steven J. Clifford, M.D., Mayor