HomeMy WebLinkAbout17809 ORD - 08/31/1983AN ORDINANCE
CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE
RUNOFF ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING FOUR (4)
COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HELD ON THE
27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1983; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, on the 15th day of August, 1983, the Mayor and the City
Council by Ordinance No. 17779 ordered a runoff election to be held on
August 27, 1983; and
WHEREAS, notice of said election was given as required by law and
as directed in said ordinance, as is shown by affidavit properly filed in the
office of the City Secretary; and
WHEREAS, said election was duly held on the 27th day of August 1983
in conformity with the election laws of the State of Texas, and the results
of said election have been certified and returned by the judges and clerks
thereof; and
WHEREAS, this Council has today canvassed the returns of said
election held on the 27th day of August, 1983; and
WHEREAS the Council finds that the said election was in all
respects lawfully held and that the City Secretary's tally and certification
of results to the Council are correct:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the tally of votes cast in the regular election
held on the 27th day of August, 1983, 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
tally of the votes cast at said election and that said tally 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 results of such canvass are declared to be:
That the following were duly elected Council Members:
District 1 Frank Mendez
District 2 David Berlanga, Sr.
District 4 Mary Pat Slavik
District 5 Joe McComb
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SECTION 3. The necessity of making an official canvass of votes
cast in the aforesaid election and declaring the said results of said runoff
election immediately so that the above elected officials may take office and
so that City business may continue without interruption, creates a public
emergency 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 shall be read at three several meetings of the
City Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such emergency exists,
having requested the suspension of the Charter rule 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 ACCORDING SO ORDAINED,
this the 03 1 day of August, 1983.
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APPROVED: %4'J" DAY OF AUGUST, 1983
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MAYOR
THE CIT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
Of day of
, 1985
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas -
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance
or resolution, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule
as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three
regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule
and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is introduced,
or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
MAYOR
Council Members
THE CI Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
.Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
the following vote:
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