Notice of Election - EnglishNOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
To the Registered Voters of the City of Paris, Texas:
Notice is herby given that the polling place listed below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m. on November 8, 2022, for voting in the special election for the purpose of considering
the following proposed amendments to the City Charter:
Proposition A
Shall Sec. 17 of the Charter be amended to provide that a member of the Council shall
immediately forfeit his or her office if he or she fails to attend at least 75% of council meetings in
any year from the first meeting in May to the last meeting in April, unless excused by the
remaining members of the Council?
Proposition B
Shall Sec. 21(2) of the Charter be amended to provide that the City Council shall have authority
to establish administrative departments but not to distribute the work of divisions within such
departments, in order to reflect current operations and policy?
Proposition C
Shall Sec. 38 of the Charter be amended to delete outdated language related to retirement
pensions, insurance, and disabled employees, in order to reflect current operations and policy?
Proposition D
Shall Sec. 43 of the Charter be amended to clarify that the City Manager may distribute the work
of each administrative department without establishment of an ordinance, in order to reflect
current operations and policy?
Proposition E
Shall Sec. 48 of the Charter be amended to provide that the City Manager is not required to
cause copies of the City budget, to be copied and distributed to all interested persons?
Proposition F
Shall Sec. 49 of the Charter be amended to provide that the City Council shall fix the time and
place for a public hearing on the budget, but is not required to do so at the meeting at which the
budget is submitted, in order to reflect current operations and policy?
Proposition G
Shall Sec. 50 of the Charter be amended to delete unnecessary language referring to
adjournment of public hearings on the budget?
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Proposition H
Shall Sec. 52 of the Charter be amended to clarify that the City Council may provide for the use
of reserve funds, as necessary, when adopting the budget?
Proposition I
Shall Sec. 55 of the Charter be amended and updated to eliminate the outdated requirement to
file the City budget with the county clerk of Lamar County and the state comptroller and the use
of mimeographing to copy the budget?
Proposition J
Shall Sec. 59 of the Charter be amended to delete reference to the National Committee on
Municipal Accounting, which no longer exists?
Proposition K
Shall Sections 61 through 66 of the Charter be amended to delete outdated language regarding
the City's authority to borrow money and to replace it, as Sec. 61 only, with language that is
consistent with current law and financial practices?
Proposition L
Shall Sec. 67 of the Charter be amended to delete outdated language related to appointment of a
deputy director of finance?
Proposition M
Shall Subsection (5) of Sec. 69 of the Charter be amended to delete outdated language regarding
the Director of Finance's responsibilities of assessment of property in the City for taxation?
Proposition N
Shall Subsection 9 of Sec. 69 of the Charter, providing that the finance director act as a
purchasing agent, be deleted because it is outdated and reflects a practice that no longer exists?
Proposition O
Shall Sec. 79 of the Charter be amended to provide that the City Council shall determine the
appropriate date that tax anticipation notes shall mature and be payable?
Proposition P
Shall Sec. 80 of the Charter be amended to provide that the City Council shall determine the date
that negotiable notes of the City shall mature and be payable?
Proposition Q
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Shall Sec. 82 of the Charter be amended to delete outdated language related to surety bonds and
to replace the same with up-to-date language for how surety coverage for employees and the
limits of liability shall be procured?
Proposition R
Shall Sec. 83 of the Charter be deleted because it is outdated and ignores the existence of the
Lamar County Appraisal District?
Proposition S
Shall Sec. 100 of the Charter be amended to specify certain exemptions from the power of
initiative in order to protect against nuisance efforts related to initiative?
Proposition T
Shall Sec. 101 of the Charter be amended to specify certain exemptions from the power of
referendum in order to protect against nuisance efforts related to referendum?
Proposition U
Shall the language of Sections 119 through 130, regarding franchises and public utilities, be
replaced with new Sections 119 through 126 containing language that is consistent with current
state law regarding the City's authority to regulate rates and grant franchises?
Proposition V
Shall Sec. 142 of the Charter be amended to provide that the City shall not be obligated to
recognize any assignment of wages or funds by its employees, agents, or contractors except by
court order or as otherwise required by state law?
Proposition W
Shall Sec. 149 of the Charter be amended to provide that not less than every five years the City
Council shall appoint a Charter Commission to review the Charter to specify how the
Commission members shall be selected and to require Commission members to attend
Commission meetings?
Proposition X
Shall Sec. 151 of the Charter be amended to specify how its language is to be interpreted with
regard to gender, arrangement of articles, sections and subsections, and to eliminate references
to particular state statutes, as appropriate?
All qualified voters residing within the geographic boundaries of the City of Paris may vote
in the special election.
LOCATION OF THE POLLING PLACE: Lamar County Courthouse Annex, 231 Lamar
Avenue, Paris, Texas.
The polls shall be open on Election Day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Early Voting for the election shall be held each weekday at the Lamar County Courthouse
Annex, 231 Lamar Avenue Paris, Texas, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
beginning Monday, October 24, 2022 and ending Friday, November 4, 2022.
Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to Tricia Johnson, Early Voting Clerk, 231 Lamar
Avenue, Paris, Texas 75460.
ISSUED, this the 8th day of August, 2022.
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Paula Portugal, Mayor
City of Paris, Texas