HomeMy WebLinkAbout024416 ORD - 04/10/2001AN ORDINANCE
ORDERING A RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 21, 2001, IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL
MEMBER DISTRICT ONE AND COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT THREE;
DESIGNATING POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS; ENACTING PROVISIONS
INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the regular City election for Mayor, eight (8) Council Members and the
ballot measure to repeal Ordinance No. 024270 was held in the City of Corpus Christi, on
April 7, 2001, in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, the official canvass of said election reveals that none of the candidates
for the offices of Council Member District One and Council Member District Three received
the number of votes required for election; and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 3, of the City Charter sets the runoff election for the
second Saturday following the regular election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. A runoff election for the offices of Council Member District One, and
Council Member District Three in the City of Corpus Christi shall be held April 21, 2001,
with the names of the following candidates for the respective office(s) as follows:
Council Member, District One:
Bill Kelly
Anna Mercado-Flores
Council Member, District Three:
Jesse Noyola
Woody Riley
SECTION 2. That at said election herein ordered, all the qualified voters of the City
of Corpus Christi eligible to vote in the runoff election shall be permitted to vote.
SECTION 3. The names of candidates for said office shall be placed on said ballot
in the manner and form prescribed by law.
SECTION 4. Precinct ballot counters shall be employed at the election in
accordance with the Texas Election Code and the Election shall be held at the polling
places in the regularly prescribed precincts of the City of Corpus Christi, as set forth on
Attachment A hereto incorporated by reference and made part of this ordinance. The
Election shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the State of Texas. The polls
shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the day of the Election. Testing of the
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precinct ballot counting equipment shall be conducted as prescribed by the Secretary of
State's directive "Alternate Method of Testing Precinct Ballot Equipment".
SECTION 5. The City Secretary shall conduct the Election as directed by ordinance
of the City Council and by law.
SECTION 6. Paper ballots and precinct ballot counters shall be used for the
conduct of the Election on election day and for early voting. Early voting in person at each
of the temporary branch polling places shall be conducted from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday and Tuesday, on April 16 and 17, 2001, contingent upon the receipt and disbursal
of ballots. Such early voting in person may be conducted at the main early voting polling
place located in the lobby of City Hall, in the Collections Section, 1201 Leopard, or at the
temporary polling places hereby established as follows:
Westside Site
Northwest Site
Central Site
4040 Greenwood
11425 Leopard
901 Leopard
Greenwood Senior Citizen Center
Hilltop Community Center
Nueces County Courthouse
In addition, early voting in person may be conducted at the mobile temporary branch
polling places set forth in the attached Exhibit B. The City Secretary is authorized to adjust
the mobile temporary branch polling place schedule as required.
Each branch polling place and the main early polling place shall serve all election
precincts.
SECTION 7. The City Secretary is directed to post and publish such election notices
as are required by the Election laws of the State of Texas. The City Secretary is further
appointed as the authority and officer responsible for the conduct of said election and is
hereby authorized and directed to make all necessary arrangements for the holding of said
election in accordance with and subject to the laws of this State including but not limited
to contracting with Nueces County for the use of tabulation equipment, supplies and
printing of ballots.
SECTION 8. By approving and signing this ordinance, the Mayor officially confirms
as his action all matters recited in this ordinance which by law come within his jurisdiction.
SECTION 9. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final
judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section,
paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, work, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the
definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 10. The fact that it is necessary and essential that the governing body
of the City of Corpus Christi order elections pertaining to municipal affairs, that the notice
of such election should be promptly posted and published, that a runoff City election shall
be held on the second Saturday following the regularly scheduled election, and that the
requirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be timely met, and immediate action
is necessary for the efficient and effective administration of the city's affairs, creates a
public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the
charter rule that no ordinance shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that
such ordinance shall be read at two meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having
declared that such emergency and necessity exist, having required 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, the Council hereby
finds that such emergeQ~y and necessity do exist, and IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO
ORDAINED, this the _~_~h~y of April, 2001.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED: /'~ Day of April, 2001
JAMES R. BRAY, CITY ATTORNEY
City-~torney
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, an
emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances at two regular meetings; I/VVe, therefore, request that you suspend said
Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present
meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
Respectfully,
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
ATTACHMENT A
PRECINCT
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45 & 46
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI RUNOFF ELECTION
APRIL 21, 2001
POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS
Kostoryz Elementary School
3602 Panama
Oak Park Special Emphasis School
3701 Mueller St.
Calallen Middle School
4602 Comett
Galvan Elementary School
3126 Masterson
West Oso High School
5202 Bear Lane
T. C. Ayers Recreation Center
1722 Winnebago
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
1080 S. Clarkwood
Chas. W. Crossley School
2512 Koepke
Bonilla Building (Atrium)
2727 Morgan Ave.
Zavala Senior Center
510 Osage
George Wiggins Homes (Recreation Center)
2320 Buford
Ben Garza Gym
1815 Howard
Mosier Garage
4637 Branscomb
DISTRICT
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS DISTRICT
49
'51
60
61 &77
71 &95
74
76
78
79 & 52
80
82 & 81
93
98
Scott Vetters Scout Hut
3221 McKinzie Rd.
Weldon Gibson Elementary School (Cafeteria)
5723 Hampshire
Adult Learning Center
3902 Morgan Ave.
Teenage Mothers School (TAMS)
3109 Carver
Lexington Elementary School
2901 McArdle
Cunningham Middle School
4321 Prescott
Port Avenue Drug Store
913 Port Ave.
John F. Kennedy School (Cafeteria)
5040 Rockford
Robert Driscoll Middle School
261 Driscoll
Skinner Elementary School
1001 Bloomington
La Raza Runaway Shelter
721 Omaha
Water Utilities Bldg. (Conference Room)
2726 Holly Rd.
Moody High School
1818 Trojan
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3
3
3
3
3
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99 Bennett Garage 1
417 Villa
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS DISTRICT
100 Tuloso-Midway Intermediate Elementary 1
1925 Tuloso Rd.
101 Tuloso-Midway High School 1
2653 McKinzie Rd.
* 103 Tuloso-Midway Middle School 1
9830 LaBranch
106 Tom M. Browne Middle School 3
4301 Schanen
* 107 & *23 Magee Elementary School 1
4201 Calallen Dr.
110 Hilltop Community Center 1
11425 Leopard
* 111 LULAC West Apartments (Community Room) 1
10702 IH 37
113 Garcia Elementary School 3
4401 Greenwood
114 & '15 St. John's Baptist Church Annex 3
5445 Greenwood
118 Trinity Church of the Nazarene 3
6225 Weber
121 C.P. Yeager Elementary School 3
5414 Tripoli
* Indicates Partially outside city limits. Only voters residing inside the city limits may vote.
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