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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12609 ORD - 05/07/1975 (2)jkh:5- 7- 75;1st AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HELD ON THE 3RD DAY OF MAY, 1975; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY_ WHEREAS, heretofore on the 9th day of April, 1975, the Mayor of the City of Corpus Christi caused to be published a proclamation announc- ing the general election to be held on the 3rd day of May, 1975; and WHEREAS, notice of said election was actually given as required by law and as directed in said proclamation, as is shown by affidavit properly filed in the office of the City Secretary; and WHEREAS, said election was duly and legally held on the 3rd day of May, 1975, in conformity with the election laws of the State of Texas, and the results of said election have been certified and returned by the proper judges and clerks thereof; and WHEREAS, this Council has today considered the returns of said election held on the 3rd day of May, 1975; and WHEREAS, it appears to the Council, and the Council so finds, that the said election was in all respects lawfully held; and WHEREAS, it appears to the Council, and the Council so finds, that the City Secretary has tabulated the results of said election and certi- fied such tabulation to the Council, and that such tabulation is correct: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the tabulation of votes cast in the general election held on the 3rd day of May, 1975, made and certified to by the City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, be and the same is hereby adopted as the official tabulation of the votes cast at said election and that said tabulation be filed and recorded in the official records of the City of Corpus Christi as the official canvass of said election. SECTION 2. That the said official canvass.of the returns of the said election reflects the following: 1.2609 i That the official canvass of the returns of said election reflects that the following were duly elected Council Members: Council Member, Place 2 Council Member, Place 6 Ruth Gill Eduardo DeAses That none of the candidates for the office of Mayor nor for the office of Council Member of Places 1, 3, 4 or 5 received a majority of all votes cast at said election for such respective office, thereby necessitating a runoff election, in compliance with the terms of the State law and the City Charter. SECTION 3. The necessity of making an official canvass of votes cast in the aforesaid election and declaring the said results of said. election 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 ordi- nance or resolution 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 the Charter rule and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 7th day of May, 1975. ATTEST: Secretary APPROVED: 7TH DAY OF MAY, 1975: aek_4�z Acting City Attorn y' Il MAY pja em T CITY OF CORPUS CH STI, TEXAS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi, Texas day of 19! 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 be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, 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. Respectfully, MAYOR K.TQ% IgAITY OF CORPUS C STI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark The above ordinance was passed by the fol owing vote: Jason Luhy James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark