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Home My WebLink About11444 ORD - 04/04/1973• JRR:HG:JRH:4 -4 -73; 1st . AN ORDINANCE • CALLING AN ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND SIX (6) COUNCILMEN IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, 1973; DESIGNATING PLACES OF HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; NAMING THE OFFICERS THEREFOR; PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF NOTICE OF ELECTION, AND ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the holding of a regular City election for Mayor and six (6) Councilmen in the City of Corpus Christi, on the first Saturday in May in odd- numbered years, the same being May 5 of 1973; and WHEREAS, it is provided in Article 4.06 of the Texas State Election Code that the governing bodies shall order elections pertaining to municipal affairs, give notice upon the election of officers to hold the election: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That a regular City election for the election of Mayor and six (6) Councilmen, in the City of Corpus Christi, shall be held in the City of Corpus Christi on May 5, 1973. SECTION 2. That at said election herein ordered all the qualified voters of the City of Corpus Christi shall be permitted to vote. SECTION 3. That the names of candidates for the office of Mayor and the names of candidates for the office of the City Councilmen shall be placed on said ballot in the manner and form prescribed by law. SECTION 4. That voting machines shall be employed at the election herein ordered in accordance with the provisions of Revised Civil Statutes of Texas Election Code, Article 7.14, and said election shall be held at the polling places in the regularly prescribed precincts of the City of Corpus Christi, such voting precincts, polling places, . and the officers hereby appointed to conduct the election thereat being as follows: :U444 • CITY VOTING PRECINCT COUNTY PRECINCT POLLING PLACe "JUDGE & ALTERNATE 1 1, 3, 4, 21* & 49 Judge i;estergren's Mrs . Gordon Grote Courtroom William E. Frey Mueces County Courthouse 2 30, 38 & 78 Crossley, School Mrs. Irene Cornelius 2512 Koepke Mrs. Lola W. Moore 3 7 & 8 Oak Park School Mrs. H. A. Tycer 3701 Mueller Mrs. C. 8. Guthrie 4 52, 82 & 99 Union Building Mrs. Frank Ryan 801 Omaha Cynthia A. Arnold 5 81, 51 & 24* Weldon Gibson School Mrs. EdwarJ Whelan 5723 Hampshire Mrs. Catherine 'Kelly 6 34* & 100* Tuloso Jr. High School Bob Gulley 1925 Tuloso Road Jimmy Till 7 29* & 103* Tuloso Midway High Sch. Mrs. D. D. Bramblett 9760 LaBranch J. Yeton Whitworth 8 9* & 101* County Building, Earl Hodges Annaville Mrs. Peggy A. 8ickham 11,000 Block Leopard 9 44, 79 & 76 Zavala School Santos de to Paz 925 Francesca Clara Salinas 10 33, 46 & 47 Lamar School Mrs. E. M. Jimenez 2212 Morris Mrs. Jack Mayfield 11 31, 32 & 45 Geo. Wiggins Recreation Mrs. Ralph Duran Center Mrs. Raul Santos 2320 Buford *That portion lying within the city limits. "First name listed is the Judge and the second name listed is the Alternate Judge. -2- • • CITY VOTING _COUNTY PRECINCT POLLING PL.ACI. * *JUDGE & ALTERNATE P1iHCINCT -- — 12 6, 39 & 40 Ayers St. Church of Frank Allen, Jr. Christ Elizabeth R. Clemons 2610 Lawnview 13 62, 85 & 88 Wynn Seale Jr. High Mrs. Lillie May Hurst Annex Mrs. Lawrence Perrigue 1800 S. Stales - 14 41 & 83 Nueces National Bank Mrs. Grady 0. Smith 1434 S. Port Mrs. Alejandro L. Ayala 15 75 David Crockett School Mrs. Robert M. Leal 3302 Greenwood Mrs. Moses S. De Alyandro 16 61 & 77 Lozano School George Elizondo 650 Osage Adelaide E. Aleman 17 60 Austin School Eliso Vasquez 3902 Morgan Nonnie Brown 18 42, 58 & 59 Incarnate Word Convent Mrs. Dolly Carroll Utilities Room Ruth B. Gill 2917 Austin 19 50 & 86 Lindale Recreation Center Mrs. Valerie Voeste 3133 Swantner AMrs. I. C. Kerridge 20 57 & 67 Del star Auditorium Mrs. M. H. Davis Baldwin & Ayern Mrs. C. E. Beardsley 21 43 & 56 Travis School Mrs. Ada J. Lane 1645 Tarlton Mrs. Marina Sanchez 22 74 Cunningham Jr. High Mrs. M. A. Ruiz 4321 Prescott Mrs" Rodolfo Gaana 23 80 Skinner Eleuentary Santos Golvan 1001 Bloomington Ofelia Keever 24 63 1st Christian Church Mrs. Anna J. Kuehm Scout Hut Agnes H. Gregory 3401 Santa Fe 25 66 Fischer School Mrs. Ivan H. Spoor, Jr. 601 Texan Trail Dewey A. Nix 26 69 Baker Jr. High Mrs. Jessie Jordan 3445 Pecan Elsie Spencer 27 68 & 96 Garage Mrs. Gladys Kirton 3013 Brawner Parkway Mrs. Joe L. Stephens 28 53 & 97 Sam Houston School Mrs. Yolanda R. Peronis 363 Norton Mrs. Ester Aleman 29 98 Prescott School Mrs. Vanilla Guy 1945 Collihar Mrs. Josue Quintanilla 30 73 Fannin School M. R. Zepeda 2730 Gollihar Mrs. Laura S. Cantu ** First name listed is the Judge and the second name listed is the, Alternate Judga. -3- CITY VOTING PRI{CINCT COUNTY PRr.CTNCT POLLING Pr,nct: * *JUDGE &ALTERNATE 31 71 Lexington School Mrs. J. P. Gonzalez 2901 McArdle Mrs. Cleo Fulton 32 15* & 20* Kostoryz School Mrs. Chas. Foyt 3602 Panama W. E. Brandesky 33 64 Santa Fe Suimming Club Mrs. M. A. Cage 4100 Santa Fe Mrs. C. B. Potter 34 5 & 93 Wilson Elem. School Mrs. Catherine Cox 3925 Fort Worth Mrs. A. C. Pierce 35 87 Carroll Lane School R. L. McComb 4120 Carroll Lane Mrs. Betty Marcom 36 94 Calk Elementary School Mrs. H. L. Ross 4621 Marie Mrs. William P. Smith 37 72 & 95 Central Park School Mrs. Victor Dlaboia 3602 McArdle Mrs. Lewis Polasek 38 106* Tom Browne Jr. High Miriam McDowell 4301 Schanen Mrs. Jesse Patton 39 112* Sanders Elementary School Judy Maples 4102 Congressional Mrs. Robert E. Walters 4C 48 & 84 Parkdale Elementary W. B. Loftin 4801 Everhart Catherine B. Arntz 41 2 Wirisor lark School Dorothy Corcoran 4525.5. Alameda Mildred Moore 42 65 Montclair School. Mrs. G. E. Mulle 5241 Kentner Mrs. J. M. Jordan 43 92 Cullen Place Sr. High F. L. Youngs 5225 Greely Cam Parsley 44 89 & 90 Fraser Elem. School Dorothy T. Sherwin Airline & McArdle Mrs. Robert L. Cline 45 70* Blanche Pfoore School William Hosford Williams Drive Dorothy N. Schmiedekamp 46 91 Woodlawn School Nancy Esparza 1110 Woodlawn Dr. Mrs. Leon Carr 47 17* Shannon Jr. high Mrs. August C. Allen Airline & Padre Island Dr. Mrs. Billy D. Deel 48 18* Fire Station John H. Kennedy Belma & Waldron Road Mrs. Margaret Kerbow *That portion lying within the city limits. ** First name listed is the Judge and the second name listed is the Alternate Judge. -4- • The presiding judges shall be authorized to select such clerks or other assistants provided by law, and as may be deemed neces- sary, and said election shall be held in accordance with the general election laws of the State of Texas. The polls shall be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., on the date of the said election. Absentee voting shall be conducted by the City Secretary at his office in the City Hall, and the results canvassed and returns made as is provided by law. A special canvass board is hereby appointed as follows: Mrs. Dora Vetters Mrs. Edna Meador Mrs. Dorothy Zahn SECTION 5. A substantial copy of this ordinance, signed by the Mayor of the City of Corpus Christi, attested by the City Secretary, shall constitute due notice of said general election, and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this ordinance signed by him to be posted at the City Hall and each of the voting places in each of the election precincts not less than twenty (20) days prior to said election, and to cause a copy of this ordinance signed by him to be published in the Corpus Christi Times, the official newspaper, being a newspaper in general circulation, published in the City of Corpus Christi, said publication to be made on the same day of two successive weeks prior to the date of election, the date of the first publication to be not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of said election. SECTION 6. The fact that it is necessary and essential that the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi shall order elections pertaining to municipal affairs and that the notice of such election should be promptly posted and that a regular city election for the elec- tion of the Mayor and six Councilmen in the City of Corpus Christi shall be held on the first Saturday in May, 1973, creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such ordinance or resolution 0-I! • shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of said Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 4th day of April, 1973. ATTEST: — -- "16.z City Secretar MAYOR THE CITY OF CORD ISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: 4TH DAY OF APRIL, 1973: AIA01V — ' City Att rney` CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY 19 •7L TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL —LCt. CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY .CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING - ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN- SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL DE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 11 THEREFORE, REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI- NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RE LY4CORPU • MAYOR 7HE CI I,, TEXAS TH.E CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: BONNIE SIZEMOR F. ? „ n CHARLES A. BONNIWELL �-•- (/� ._ . ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D. REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH . THOMAS V. GONZALES ----. 7- ' GABE LOZANO, SR. ' O- HOWARD STARK THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING • BONNIE S12EMORE CHARLES A. BONNIWELL ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D. REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH U , THOMAS V. GONZALES _ GABE LOZANO, SR. J. HOWARD STARK