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14 - Canvass of the ElectionItem No. 14 Memorandum TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk SUBJECT: GENERAL ELECTION CANVASSING OF RETURNS FOR DISTRICT 2, ACKNOWLEDGING RESULTS OF PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, 3, & 6; AND DECLARING CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1, 2,3 & 6 ELECTED TO OFFICE DATE: May 13, 2024 BACKGROUND: On January 22, 2024, by Resolution Number 2024-005, City Council ordered the Regular Municipal Election for the purpose of voters to elect Council Members from Districts 1, 2, 3 & 6. STATUS OF ISSUE: On February 21, 2024, the City Clerk issued a Certificate of Unopposed Candidates for Districts 1, 3, & 6. On May 4, 2024, a General Election was held in the City for the purpose of electing one Council Member to District 2. A total of 35 votes were cast, with Kelvin Hicks receiving a total of 10 votes and Reginald B. Hughes receiving a total of 25 votes. BUDGET: N/A RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution declaring Shatara Moore elected to serve as City Council Member for District 1; declaring Reginald B. Hughes elected to serve as City Council Member for District 2; declaring Gary Savage elected to serve as City Council Member District 3; and declaring Alix Putnam to serve as City Council Member for District 6. Summary Results Report May 4, 2024 Joint Election City Council Dist 2 City of Paris Vote For 1 Kelvin Hicks Reginald B. Hughes Total Votes Cast _ Contest Totals Trustee Chisum ISD Vote For 3 James Weems Paul Hutto,,, Cody Jones Judd Oats w Larry Rickman David Barnes Total Votes Cast Contest Totals Trustee, Place 1 Paris ISD Vote For 1 TOTAL Absentee Early Election 0 0 Voting Day 10 2 5 3 25 4 13 „ 8 35 6 18 11 35 6 18 11 TOTAL Absentee 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL Absentee LaWanda J. Ladell 6.4 4 Renae Stone 31 4 Total Votes Cast 95 8 Contest Totals, 95 8 School Board Trustee NLISD Vote For 2 TOTAL Absentee Clint Spencer 275 .... 45 Joel Sanders 151 27 Josh Craig 91 6 Emma Osborne Jones 62 .8 Total Votes. Cast 579 86 Contest Totals 666 114 Mayor, City of Blossom Vote For 1 Philip Bolton Jeff Stover , Total Votes Cast Contest Totals Early Election Voting Day 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Early Election Voting Day 43 17 22 5 65 22 65 22 Early Election Voting Day 167 63 92 32 58 .....27 41 13 358 .__....135 0 404 148 TOTAL Absentee Early Election Voting Day 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Election Summary - 05/04/2024 6:16 PM Report generated with Electionware Copyright © 2007-2020 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS Lamar County 2of2 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE MAY 4, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 2; DECLARING THE WINNER IN SAID ELECTION; ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESULTS OF PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION DECLARING CANDIDATES AS ELECTED TO OFFICE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1, 3, AND 6 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 22nd day of January, 2024, by Resolution No. 2024-005, order the regular municipal election for the City of Paris to be held on the 4th day of May, 2024 by the qualified voters in Districts 1, 2, 3, and 6 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 1, 3, and 6 were unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared and there were no propositions to appear on the ballot; and, WHEREAS, on February 21, 2024, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, by Ordinance No. 2024-010 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 1, 3, and 6 be declared elected to office and that no election should be held in those Districts; and, WHEREAS, as a consequence of said Ordinance No. 2024-010, the candidate for District 1, the same being Shatara Moore, the candidate for District 3, the same being Gary Savage, and the candidate for District 6, the same being Alix Putnam, were declared elected to office; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2024-005, an election was held by the qualified voters of District 2 of the City of Paris, Texas, on the 4th day of May, 2024 for the purpose of voting for and electing a Council Person to serve as a member of the City Council from District 2 for the ensuing two (2) years; and, WHEREAS, sealed returns of said election for District 2, made by the duly appointed and designated election officials of and for the respective voting box, having been made to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Paris as required by law, which returns after due and deliberate review and canvass thereof, show the results as summarized herein; 1 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 Council District 2 a total of 35 votes were cast for candidates for Council Member as follows: Total Kelvin Hicks 10 Reginald B. Hughes 25 Absentee Early Voting Election Dai 2 5 3 4 13 8 Section 3. That, from the above and foregoing canvass of the returns of the votes in Council Member District 2 for the respective voting box in such election, it is declared and determined that Reginald B. Hughes is the person receiving the highest number of votes cast at such election for Council Member from District 2 and is therefore elected to serve as a Council Member from District 2 of the City Council of the City of Paris for the next ensuing two (2) years. Section 4. That, in accordance with Ordinance No. 2024-010 (which, in compliance with state law and the certification of the City Clerk, declared elected to office the candidates for Council Districts 1, 3, and 6,), 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 1, 3, and 6 in accordance with state law for the next ensuing two (2) years, such terms to begin immediately following the adoption of this resolution as follows: Council Member from District 1 - Shatara Moore; Council Member from District 3 - Gary Savage; and Council Member from District 6 - Alix Putnam. Section 5. 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 13th day of May, 2024. 2 Reginald B. Hughes, Mayor ATTEST: Janice Ellis, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney