2003-013-ORD DECARING UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN DISTRICTS 4 AND 5 FOR MAY 3 2003 GENERAL ELECTION
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-013
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING
UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES IN DISTRICTS 4 AND 5 FOR THE MAY 3,
2003, GENERAL ELECTION ELECTED TO OFFICE; DETERMINING
THAT NO ELECTION BE HELD IN DISTRICTS 4 AND 5; DIRECTING
THAT A COpy OF THIS ORDINANCE BE POSTED AT APPROPRIATE
POLLING PLACES; DIRECTING THAT CERTIF1CATES OF ELECTION
BE ISSUED TO THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; MAKING OTHER
FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
OF APRIL 10, 2003.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 10th day of
February, 2003, in Resolution No. 2003-027, order the regular municipal election for the City of
Paris to he held on the 3rd day of May 2003, by the qualified voters in Districts 4, 5, and 7 of
the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham, being the authority responsible for
having the official ballot prepared, has certified, in writing, that the candidates for Districts 4, and
5 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 4, and 5 be declared elected to office and
that no elections 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 3,2003, general election, the candidates for District 4, Jay
Guest, and for District 5, Curtis Fendley, having been certified by the 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 term shall begin on May 3, 2003.
Section 3. That, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Election Code, Section 2.053, and
because there are no propositions to appear on the ballot, it is hereby determined that no elections
be held in Districts 4 and 5.
Section 4. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, directed to post a copy of this
Ordinance on election day at the polling place that would have been used in the election.
Section S. That a certificate of election shall be issued to the candidate in the same
manner as provided for a candidate elected at the election.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall become effective on April 10, 2003.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of April, 2003.
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Mattie Cunningham, City Cler