1998-020-RES A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR
RESOLUTION NO. 98-020
A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR
THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST SA TURDA Y IN
MAY, 1998, SAME BEING THE 2ND DAY OF MAY, 1998, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF
7:00 O'CLOCK A.M. AND 7:00 O'CLOCK P.M., BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF
DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, AND 6 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, WITH EARLY
VOTING FOR THE SAME BEING CONDUCTED IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX WEST
FROM THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 1998, THROUGH THE 28TH DAY OF APRIL, 1998,
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 O'CLOCK A.M. AND
5:00 O'CLOCK P.M., FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM EACH 01' SAID DISTRICTS TO SERVE AS MEMBERS 01' THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THE ENSUING TWO YEARS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
Section 1. That a regular municipal election for the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be held
by the qualified voters of Districts 1, 2, 3, and 6 of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, on the first
Saturday in May, 1998, same being the 2nd day of May, 1998, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock
A.M. and 7:00 o'clock P.M., for the purpose of electing four (4) members of the City Council
of the City of Paris for two year terms, as follows:
One Council Member from District One (I)
One Council Member from District Two (2)
One Council Member from District Three (3)
One Council Member from District Six (6)
as provided in Paragraphs 2,3,5,6, and 7 of Order entered March 15,1976, in Civil Action No.
P-75-3-CA, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas, Paris
Division, and as provided in the Charter of the City of Paris and the laws of the State of Texas
wherein they do not conflict with said Order.
Section 2. That the polling places and election officials of such election shall be as
follows:
District One (1)~
Polling Place:
Public Works Building
50 West Hickory
Officials:
Edith Bills, Presiding Judge
Frankie Dangerfield, Alternate Presiding Judge
District Two (2):
Polling Place:
City of Paris Police & Courts Building
811 Bonham Street
Officials:
Robert White, Presiding Judge
District Six (6):
Polling Place:
Paris Junior College
Applied Technology Building
2400 Clarksville
Officials:
Haruld...C.a.mp, Presiding Judge
~, Alternate Presiding Judge
Section 3. The Presiding Judge of the respective voting boxes shall designate and appoint
at least two (2) and not more than four (4) competent and qualified clerks for such respective
polling places and voting boxes as may be required for the efficient conduct of said election.
Section 4. That early voting for the election described in Section 1 above shall be
conducted under the direction of the City Clerk by herself and her deputies as ordered in separate
order herefrom, beginning on the 15th day of April, 1998, through the 28th day of April, 1998,
Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. and 5:00 o'clock P.M.
Section 5. That the polling place and election officials for early voting of said election
shall be as follows:
EARL Y VOTING.:.
Polling Place:
City Hall Annex West
150 1st Street S.E.
Officials:
Sue Gurl~, Presiding Judge
Betty Hanna, Alternate Presiding Judge
Section 6. There is hereby created an early voting ballot board which consists of the
presiding judge, the alternate presiding judge, appointed in Section 5 above, and at least two other
members to be appointed by said presiding judge. The early voting ballot board shall carry out
the duties enumerated in Chapter 87 of the Election Code of the State of Texas.
Section 7. Such election shall be held in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas
governing general and municipal elections, insofar as the same may be applicable, and with the
provisions of the City Charter and Ordinances of the City of Paris, wherein such laws and
ordinances do not conflict with the above described Order.
Section 8. The Chief of Police of the City of Paris is hereby directed and instructed to
post a properly executed Notice of Election pursuant to this order of election, signed by the Mayor
of the City of Paris and attested by the City Clerk, on the bulletin board in the City Clerk's
Office, on the board provided for notices at the City Hall door, at each of the polling places
designated above, which are within each district in which the election is to be held, at least twenty
(20) days before the election; further, a properly executed copy of such Notice of Election shall
be published at least one time not more than twenty-five (25) days nor less than ten (10) days
before the election in at least one daily newspaper published in the City of Paris, and a copy of
thp notir.p. ~h~1I he filed with the City Clerk of the City of Paris, together with the posting officer's
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Paris in regular meeting,
at the City Hall of said City, on this 9th day of February, 1998.
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ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
T. K. Haynes, City Attorney