2026-025 - Appointing Tim DeWitt to fill the vacancy in the City Council District 2 and to serve as City Council Member for District 2 until the next regular election in May 2028.cRESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS, APPOINTING TIM DEWITT TO FILL THE CITY COUNCIL
VACANCY IN DISTRICT TWO AND TO SERVE AS COUNCIL PERSON
FOR DISTRICT TWO UNTIL THE MAY 2028 GENERAL ELECTION;
DECLARING THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE AFORESAID
CANDIDATE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2026, the City Council ordered the regular municipal
election for Districts 1,2, 3 & 6 of the City of Paris for the purpose of electing City
Council Members from said Districts; and,
WHEREAS, on February 18, 2026, the City Clerk certified in writing that the
candidates for election were unopposed and on February 23, 2026, the City Council
declared City Council Members for Districts 1, 2, 3 & 6 be declared to office and that no
election should be held in those Districts; and,
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2026, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas,
by Ordinance No. 2026-003 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, 2, 3, and 6 be declared elected to office and that no election
should be held in those Districts; and,
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2026, City Council Member for District 2, Mickey Ellis,
resigned effective May 11, 2026, leaving a vacant seat; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Ellis' term was due to expire in May of 2028, thereby creating a
vacancy on the membership of the City Council in District 2; and,
WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter of the City of Paris, Texas provides in
Section 20 that a vacancy on the Council shall be filled by a majority vote of the
remaining members of the Council by selection of a person possessing the
qualifications required by said Charter and State Law; and
WHEREAS, three (3) candidates applied for the appointment of Council Seat for
District 2; and
WHEREAS, after considering the qualifications of the candidates, on July 20,
2026, the City Council found it to be in the best interest of the people of District 2 and
the City as a whole to appoint Tim DeWitt to serve out the District 2 seat's unexpired
term ending May of 2028; and
WHEREAS, by this Resolution, the City Council approves said appointment;
THEREFORE,t OF
*F 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 appointment of Tim DeWitt as Council Member for District
2, and as such is a member of the City Council of Paris to serve until Council Members
are seated in May of 2028, is hereby approved.
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 immediately upon passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council this 27th day of June
2026.
ATTEST: = �,
Steph nie H. Harris, City Attorney
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Mi it Pankaj, Mayor