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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 7TH DAY OF APRIL, 1979; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, heretofore on the 21st day of February , 1979,
the Mayor of the City of Corpus Christi caused to be published a proclamation
announcing the general election to be held on the 7th day of April, 1979; 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 7th day of
April, 1979, 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 7th day of April, 1979; 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 certified
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 7th day of April, 1979, 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 tabu-
lation 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:
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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 4
Council Member, Place 5
Edward L. Sample
Cliff Zarsky
Dr. Jack Best
That none of the candidates for the office of Mayor nor for the
office of Council Member of Places 1, 3 and 6
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 resolu-
tion shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such
ordinance 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 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 /1 day of April, 1979.
ATTEST:
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APPD:
DAY OF APRIL, 1979:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
MAYOR
THE CITY OF
CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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70 THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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 suspension 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 ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
Respectfully,
MA
THE CITY
CHRISTI,. TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the—following vote:
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
The above ordinance was
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
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passed by the following vote:
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