2002-020-ORD DECLARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN DISTRICTS 1, 2 AND 6 FOR MAY 4 2002 GENERAL ELECTION
ORDINANCE NO. 2002-020
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN
DISTRICTS 1, 2, AND 6 FOR THE MAY 4, 2002, GENERAL ELECTION
ELECTED TO OFFICE; DETERMINING THAT NO ELECTIONS BE HELD
IN DISTRICTS 1, 2, AND 6; DIRECTING THAT A COPY OF THIS
ORDINANCE BE POSTED AT APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACES;
DIRECTING THAT CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION BE ISSUED TO THE
UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS RELATED TO
THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL 8, 2002.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 11th day of
February, 2002, in Resolution No. 2002-029, order the regular municipal election for the City of
Paris to be held on the 4th day of May, 2002, by the qualified voters in Districts 1, 2, 3, and 6
of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the Assistant City Clerk, Thomas E. Haynes, on behalf of the City Clerk,
being the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that
the candidates for Districts 1, 2, and 6 are unopposed for election to office, with no write-in
candidates being declared, and that there are no propositions to appear on the ballot; and,
WHEREAS, under the authority granted in V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, it
is deemed appropriate that the candidates for Districts 1, 2, and 6 be declared elected to office and
that no election be held in those Districts; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That, for the May 4,2002, general election of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas,
the candidate for District 1, Joe McCarthy; for District 2, Willie J. Weekly, Sr.; and for District
6, Francine Neeley, having been certified by the Assistant City Clerk as being unopposed for
election to office, with no write-in candidates being declared, be, and they are hereby, declared
elected to office, which terms shall begin on May 9, 2002.
Section 3. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, and the
findings in the preamble to this ordinance, and because there are no propositions to appear on the
ballot, it is hereby determined and directed that on May 4,2002, no municipal elections shall be
held in Council Districts 1, 2, and 6.
Section 4. That the City Clerk, or her assistant, be, and he or she is hereby, directed to
post a copy of this Ordinance on election day at the polling places for Council Districts 1, 2, and
6 that would have been used in the election, and at such other places as required by State law.
Section 5. That a certificate of election shall be issued to each candidate deemed elected
under this ordinance in the same manner as provided for a candidate elected at the election.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall become effective on April 8, 2002.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of April, 2002.
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ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: