1990-015-RES A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL FOR THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS TO BE HELD
RESOLUTION NO. 90-015
A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION
FOR THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST
SATURDAY IN MAY, 1990, SAME BEING THE 5TH DAY OF MAY, 1990,
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7: 00 0' CLOCK A .M. AND 7: 00 0' CLOCK
P.M., BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3 AND 6 OF
THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, WITH ABSENTEE VOTING FOR
THE SAME BEING CONDUCTED IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX WEST, FROM
THE 16TH DAY OF APRIL, 1990, THROUGH THE 1ST DAY OF MAY,
1990, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00
0' CLOCK A.M. AND 5: 00 0' CLOCK P.M., FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING THE COUNCILMEN FROM EACH OF SAID DISTRICTS TO SERVE
AS MEMBERS OF 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 fir s t Saturday in May, 1990, same be ing the
5th day of May, 1990, 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 Councilman from District One (1)
One Councilman from District Two (2)
One Councilman from District Three (3)
One Councilman 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: T. G. Givens School
655 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Officials: ~h Rodgers, Presiding Judge
Clabon Steward, Alternate Presiding Judge
District Two (2):
Polling Place: City of Paris Public Works Building
50 W. Hickory
Officials: Edith Bills, Presiding Judge
Veola Bradford, Alternate Presiding Judge
District Six (6):
Polling Place: Crockett Middle School
655 South Collegiate Drive
Officials: Martha E. (Sunny) Thomas, Presiding Judge
W. J. Thomas, 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 absentee voting for the election
descr i bed in Sec t ion 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 16th
day of April, 1990, through the 1st day of May, 1990, 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 absentee voting of said election shall be as
follows:
ABSENTEE VOTING:
Polling Place: City Hall Annex West
150 1st S.E. Street
ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD:
Officials: Martha E. Thomas, Presiding Judge
W. J. Thomas, Alternate Presiding Judge
Section 6. There is hereby created an absentee ballot
board which consist 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 absentee 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
Of f ice, on the board prov ided for not ice at the City Hall
Door, at each of the poling places designated above, which
are within each district in which the election is to be
Section 9. The pay of the judges and clerks of said
election is hereby authorized and established as follows:
$5.00 per hour for each judge and clerk; the election judge
who delivers the returns of said election immediately after
the votes have been counted to the proper office shall be
paid an additional sum of $25.00 for that service, provided
also, he shall make return of all election supplies not used
when he makes returns of such election.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Paris in regular meeting, at the City Hall of said City, on
this 12th day of February, 1990.
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Eric S. Clif r ~ Mayor
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