2025-023 - 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 of ofRESOLUTION NO. 2025-023
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 27th
day of January, 2025, by Resolution No. 2025-004, order the regular municipal election for
the City of Paris to be held on the 3rd day of May, 2025, 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 there were no propositions to appear on the ballot;
and,
WHEREAS, on February 19, 2025, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, by
Ordinance No. 2025-006 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 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. 2025-006, the candidate for
District 4, the same being Mihir Pankaj, the candidate for District 5, the same being Rebecca
Norment, and the candidate for District 7, the same being Tracy Attebury, were declared
elected to office; and,
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. 2025-006 (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
District 4 - Mihir Pankaj; Council Member from District 5 - Rebecca Norment; and
Council Member District 7 - Tracy Attebury.
Section 3. That the aforesaid action 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 4. 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 12th day of May, 2025.
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APPkOV,ED AS TO FORM:
tp anie H. Harris, City Attorney
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Mihir Panaj, Mayor