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Home My WebLink AboutR80-238DO 145 RESOLUTION NO. R80-258 A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AND ORDERING A RUN-OFF ELECTION IN AND FOR THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY IN ~CAY OF 1980, THE SAME BEING THE 13TH DAY OF MAY, 1980 AS THE DATE FOR THE RUN-OFF ELECTION BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVED, IN THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL, 1980, BEING APRIL 5, 1980, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES FOR PLACE 2 ON THE CITY COUNCIL.~SAID OFFICE TO BE FILLED BEING ALDERMAN FOR PLACE 2 ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS: DESIGNATING THE PLACES WHERE SAID ELECTION IS TO BE HELD AND PRESIDING OFFICIALS THEREOF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS: SECTION 1: In accordance with the Statutes provided and the Charter of the City of Plainview, a run-off election shall be held in and for the City of Plainview on the second Tuesday in May, 1980, the same being the 13th day of said month, for the purpose of conducting a run-off election between Andy Taylor, Sr. and Paul Butler, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for Alderman for Place 2 on the City Council of the City of Plainview at the regular election of said City for the election of officers held on the first Tuesday in April, 1980, neither of them having received a majority of the votes cast for said office at said election. SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Plainview finds that said candidate Andy Taylor, Sr. and that said candidate Paul Butler received the highest number of votes of all of the candidates for said office at said election, but that neither of them received a majority of the votes, and therefore it is nec- essary to call a run-off election to comply with the Charter of the City of Plainview and the Statutes of the State of Texas. SECTION 3: That said election shall be held in each of the election precincts within the City of Plainview and at the designated polling places within each precinct as provided in Res01u~i°n~N°~ RSQ~207 . SECTION 4: That the City Hall of the City of Plainview, 901 Broadway, Plainview, Texas, is hereby designated as the polling place within Precinct No. 1. The City of Plainview, Texas, Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development Build- ing, 710 West 5th Street, Plainview, Texas, is hereby designated as the polling place within Precinct No. 2. SECTION 5: Ail qualified electors shall vote in the election precinct in which they reside. SECTION 6: Said election shall be conducted by the follow- ing who are-h-~eby appointed to hold said election: of the ele-~-tzon. shall act as Presiding Judge PREC!NC~T 1 (_1). Gerald Peters . ~ (2')' ~ sara CTader and (~3)' To'm Ba~er : : ~ : ~ ,are 'hereby appointed as the election officials ~~1.- ' ' Gerald Peters ........... shall act as Presiding Judge ~ sara Crader .......... hereby appointed first a!ter-nate ~ act .as ~n~Sjudge of Precinct 1 in the event that_Gerald P&t6rs ..... .is-.for any reason unable to serve as such~Presiding Judge; and Tom B~aker ....... 'is hereby appointed second alternate judge to serve as~Presl lng Judge-.of--Precinct..1 in the' 'event that both Gerald Peters' and ' $kra~Crader ' ' are for any reason una_-_~l-~-to serve as such~~ Judge. The Presiding Judge of said precinct shall appoint not less than two clerks and as many additional clerks within the author- ized limit a~ he 'deems necessary for proper conduct of the election. ' ' P'~PfE,~CTNCT 2, and ~3) Sallie Dam, on ...... ,are here~y appointed as the electio~fici'als of Precinct'~-~. ' ' .Be~Royal ...... shall act as Presiding Judge of Precin~ ' Ton~:Ly~ch: ; : : : : : : ~ ' : · ~-. is 'hereby appointed' first alternate' judg~'"to act..as Pres:i~[ing Judge 'of Precinct 2 in the event .that · Betty R0yal:' ~ : - 1. :. : : is for any reason unable to serve aS su~e~iding ~u~'ge: and ' ' satl:ie Dam, On ........ : .... : ' · ~ is hereby appointed second~t'e 'judge to~-act _as-P--~ding-.Judge of..Prec'inct 2 in the event that .bo~h ' ' ' : :Betty RoyaI ...... and' Toni' Lynch'' are for any, reason unab~-~o serve as such 'Presiding Judge.' The PreSiding ~udge 'of said precinct shall appoint not less than t~ clerks and as many additional clerks' wi'thi'n the' author- ized liJait as .he deems necessary for proper conduct of the eleCtion. SEC~'ION 7: This election is called pursuant to the Charter of the~Plainview and the statutes of the' state 'of Texas aS 'a run-off election between candidates' Andy Taylor, Jr and Paul Butler, ~¢ho are ·the candida.tes for Alder'man, Place 2 of the City of 1 ' ' '~ - P a&nvlewr they receiving th'e 'most vote'S -for said office at the regular city election held ~n and for the City of Plainview O0 147 on the 1st Saturday in April, and neither of said candidates having received a majority of the votes cast for said office at said election. SECTION 8: Said election shall be held under and in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of Plainview and all persons qualified to vote in said City under the Election Laws of the State of Texas shall be allowed to vote therein. Said election shall be held and the polls shall be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., and all electors shall vote in the voting precinct in which said voter resides and at the place provided for vot- ing in said voting precinct, as provided in Resolution No. R80-207 of the City of Plainview. SECTION 9: Notice of said election shall be given by posting and by publication of a copy of this Resolution, and at the top of which shall appear the words "Notice of Run-Off Election for the Purpose of. Electing an Alderman for Place 2 on the City Council of the City of Plainview". Thirty days' previous notice of said election shall be given by posting a copy of this Resolution in three (3) public places in said City of Plainview in each of the voting precincts provided for in Resolution No. R80-207 of the City of Plainview, Texast one of whic~ notices shall be posted at the polling place designated for City Election Precinct 1 and one of which shall be posted at the polling place designated for City Election Precinct 2. Notice by publication shall also be made by publishing notice of said election in the Plainview Daily Herald (a newspaper of general circulation in Plainview, Texas), said publication to be not more than twenty-five (25) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the election. SECTION 10: A copy of this Resolution shall also be served upon each of the three election officials who have been designated to hold the election. SECTION 11: The fact that the Run-off election above mentioned must be called immediately in order that proper notice and posting may be given prior to election date, constitutes and creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity, requir- ing that any rule providing for Resolutions to be read and vo~ed upon at more than one meeting of the City Council be suspended, and requiring that this Resolution be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and such rules and provisions are accordingly suspended, and this Resolution is passed as an emergency measure, and shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1980. 8th day of April , Dodson r City Clerk City of Plainview, Texas ~L/j. Rober~ WaylaY, Mayor