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ORDINANCE NO. 2026-003
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<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS DECLARING
<br />UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, AND 6
<br />FOR THE MAY 2, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION BE ELECTED TO OFFICE;
<br />DETERMINING THAT NO GENERAL ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS 1,
<br />2, 3, AND 6; DIRECTING THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTED
<br />AT APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT A CERTIFICATE
<br />OF ELECTION BE ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; MAKING
<br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
<br />PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS
<br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 26th day of
<br />January, 2026, in Resolution No. 2026-004, order the regular municipal election for the City
<br />of Paris to he held on the 2nd day of May 2026, by the qualified voters in Districts 1, 2, 3,
<br />and 6 of the City of Paris; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Clerk, Janice Ellis, being the authority responsible for having the
<br />official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidates for Districts 1, 2, 3, and
<br />6 are unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared on the
<br />ballot; and,
<br />WHEREAS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it is
<br />deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 1, 2, 3, and 6 be declared elected to
<br />office and that no general election be held in those Districts;
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />PARIS, TEXAS:
<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby
<br />in all things approved and are incorporated herein for all purposes.
<br />Section 2. That, for the May 2, 2026 general election, the candidate for District 1,
<br />Stacy Laddell, the candidate for District 2, Mickey Ellis, the candidate for District 3, Gary
<br />Savage, and the candidate for District 6, Alix Putnam, having been certified by the City Clerk
<br />as being unopposed for election to office with no write-in candidates being declared, be,
<br />and are hereby, declared elected to office, which term shall begin on May 11, 2026.
<br />Section 3. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it is
<br />hereby determined that no elections be held in Districts 1, 2, 3, and 6.
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