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Home My WebLink About025170 ORD - 01/14/2003AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 5, 2003, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF ELECTION AND PUBLICATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF BRANCH EARLY POLLING PLACES; DESIGNATING POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY SECRETARY TO CONTRACT WITH THE NUECES COUNTY ELECTION OFFICER FOR EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND PRINTING NECESSARY TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION; 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 Council Members in the City of Corpus Christi, on the first Saturday in April in odd-numbered years, the same being April 5, 2003; and WHEREAS, it is provided in Section 3.004 of the Texas Election Code that municipal authorities shall order elections pertaining to municipal affairs, and other provisions of the Election Code provide for notice, appointment of officers to hold the election, and other matters related to the holding of the election. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. A regular City election (hereinafter '~the Election") for a Mayor and eight Council Members shall be held in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas on April 5, 2003. SECTION 2. At the Election all the qualified voters of the City of Corpus Christi shall be permitted to vote. SECTION 3. The names of candidates for the office of Mayor and the names of candidates for the office of the City Council members 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 date of the Election. Testing of precinct ballot counting equipment shall be conducted as prescribed by the Secretary of State's directive "Alternate Method of Testing Precinct Ballot Equipment". ,,,: ,) 1. 7 0 SECTION 5. The City Secretary shall conduct the Election as directed by ordinance of the City Council and by law. He is directed to request consideration by the U.S. Department of Justice by the submission of any change herein which require preclearance, and providing such demographic data and information as required by law. SECTION 6. Paper ballots and precinct ballot counters shall be used for the conduct of the Election on election day and for eady voting. Eady voting in person at each of the temporary branch polling places shall be conducted from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, beginning on March 19, 2003 and ending on April 1, 2003. Such eady voting in person may be conducted at the main early voting polling place located at City Hall in the lobby adjacent to the Utilities Business Office, 1201 Leopard, or at the temporary branch polling places hereby established as follows: Northwest Site Westside Site Southside Site Flour Bluff Site Central Site 11425 Leopard 4040 Greenwood 5151 McArdle 10110 Compton Road 901 Leopard Hilltop Community Center Greenwood Senior Citizen Center C.C. Area Council for the Deaf Nueces County Building Nueces County Courthouse In addition, early voting in person may be conducted at the mobile temporary branch polling places set forth in the attached Attachment B in incorporated by reference and made a part of this ordinance, during the days and hours specified therein. The City Secretary is authorized, in the event of an emergency, preventing any of the designated polling places from being utilized, to provide for suitable replacement locations. Each branch polling place and the main eady 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 on behalf of the City Council with the Nueces County Election Officer in accordance with Chapter 31, Subchapter D, Election Code, for the use of tabulation equipment, supplies and printing of ballots for the General Election and Runoff Election, if one is necessary, for costs of the election, in accordance with certification of funds. 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, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word of 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 election pertaining to municipal affairs, that the notice of such election should be promptly posted and published, that a regular City election shall be held on the first Saturday in Apd12003, 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 by 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 emerge~ncy and necessity do exist, and IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the t L~-t ~day of January, 2003. ATTEST: City Secretary MAYOR ~J THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI APPROVED: ~ day of January, 2003 JAMES R. BRAY, CITY ATTORNEY 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 ordinance at two regular meetings; lANe, 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 "MAYOR / THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Council Members The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. ! Brent Chesney Javier D. Colmenero Henry Garrett Bill Kelly Rex A. Kinnison John Longoria Jesse Noyola Mark Scott ATTACHMENT "A" CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI GENERAL ELECTION APRIL 5, 2003 PRECINCT 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 *9 '15 '16 17 18 '19 2O 21 POLLING PLACEAND ADDRESS First Presbyterian Church 430 S. Carancahua Windsor Park Elementary School 4525 S. Alameda Cedar Ridge Townhomes Party Room 4445 Cedar Pass Kostoryz Elementary School 3602 Panama Hamlin Middle School 3900 Hamlin Ethel Eyerly Community Center 654 Graham Oak Park Special Emphasis School 3701 Mueller Fire Station No. 4 2338 Rodd Field Road Calallen Middle School 4602 Cornett See Precinct 114 See Precinct 26 Alternative High School Center 1530 Airline Road Flour Bluff County Building 10110 Compton Road See Precinct 81 Galvan Elementary School 3126 Masterson Kiwanis Recreation Center 3933 Timon Boulevard PRECINCT *23 24 26/* 16 *'28K 29 30 31 32 33 *34 38 39/31 40/*'28K 41 42 43/83 44 POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS See Precinct 107 West Oso High School 5202 Bear Lane Grace Presbyterian Church (Conference Room) 6301 Yorktown See Precinct 40 Luther Jones Elementary School 7533 Lipes Avenue Oveal Williams Senior Center 1414 Martin Luther King See Precinct 39 Blanche Moore Elementary School 6121 Durant George Evans Elementary School 1315 Comanche Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 1080 So. Clarkwood Brooks Chapel A.M.E, Church 2101 N. Port South Bluff United Methodist Church 1329 7th Street Island Presbyterian Church 14030 Fortuna Bay Bonilla Building (Atrium) 2727 Morgan Avenue The Collector's 2766 Santa Fe Wm. Travis Elementary School 3210 Churchill Zavala Senior Center 510 Osage PRECINCT 45/46 46 47 48 49 50/59 51 52 53 56 57 58 59 6O 61/77 62/85 63 POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS George Wiggins Homes (Recreation Center) 2320 Buford See Precinct 45 Ben Garza Gym 1815 Howard Abiding Savior Church 4326 McArdle Scott Vetters Scout Hut 3221 McKinzie Road Lindale Recreation Center 3133 Swantner Weldon Gibson Elementary School (Cafeteria) 5723 Hampshire See Precinct 79 Sam Houston Elementary School 363 Norton Street La Armada Boys & Girls Hall 1455 Southgate Del Mar College (Harvin Center) Baldwin & Ayers Menger Elementary School 2401 S. Alameda See Precinct 50 Adult Learning Center 3902 Morgan Avenue Teenage Mothers School (TAMS) 3109 Carver Wynn Seale Middle School 1707 Ayers Parkway Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall) 3707 Santa Fe PRECINCT 64 65 66 67 68 69 70/89 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79/52 POLLING PLACE ANDADDRESS Wilson Elementary School 3925 Ft. Worth Montclair Elementary School 5241 Kentner Fire Station No. 7 3722 S. Staples Kaffie Middle School 5922 Brockhampton Church of the King 1012 Annapolis Baker Middle School 3445 Pecan Arrowsmith Apartments 5701 Williams Drive Lexington Elementary School 2901 McArdle Central Park Elementary School 3602 McArdle James W. Fannin Elementary 2730 Gollihar Cunningham Middle School 4321 Prescott David Crockett Elementary School 2625 Belton Port Avenue Drug Store 913 Port Avenue See Precinct 61 John F. Kennedy School (Cafeteria) 5040 Rockford Miller High School (Cafeteria 1 'Battlin Buc Blvd. PRECINCT 80 81/'19 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS Skinner Elementary School 1001 Bloomington Fire Station No. 15 14202 Commodores Drive La Raza Runaway Shelter 721 Omaha See Precinct 43 C.C. Area Council for the Deaf 5151 McArdle See Precinct 62 Recio's Restaurant 3150 S. Alameda Carroll Lane Elementary School 4120 Carroll Lane See Precinct 115 See Precinct 70 Fire Station No. 11 910 Aidine The Shores Apartments 7350 McArdle Road Cullen Place Middle School 5225 Greely Water Utilities Building (Conference Room) 2726 Holly Road Wm. Calk Elementary School 4621 Marie St. Cyril & Methodius Church - E1 3210 S. Padre Island Drive Norton Street Church of Christ 3001 Norton PRECINCT 97 98 99 lO0 101 * 103 106 '107/'23 109 110 '111 112 113 114/'15 115/88 116 POLLING PLACE ANDADDRESS Rosas Garage 4462 Dinn Moody High School 1818 Trojan West Heights Baptist Church (Fellowship Hall) 642 Scott Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School 1921 Overland Trails Tuloso-Midway High School 2653 McKinzie Road Tuloso-Midway Middle School 9830 LaBmnch Tom M. Browne Middle Schoool 4301 Schanen Magee Elementary School 4201 Calallen King High School 5225 Gollihar Hilltop Community Center 11425 Leopard LULAC West Apartments (Community Room) 10702 IH 37 Schanen Estates Elementary School 5717 Killarmet Garcia Elementary School 4401 Greenwood St. John's Baptist Church Annex 5445 Greenwood Club Estates Elementary School 5222 Merganser Elliott Grant Middle School 4350 Aaron PRECINCT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 Flour Bluff High School (Auditorium) 2505 Waldron Road Most Precious Blood Church 3502 Saratoga Fire Station No. 14 5901 S. Staples Woodlawn Elementary School 1110 Woodlawn C.P. Yeager Elementary School 5414 Tripoli Flour Bluff lSD (Maintenance/Transportation) 2505 Waldron Road Calallen East Elementary 3709 Lott Avenue Cimmaron Senior Apartment Homes 2802 Cimarmn Blvd. Mireles Elementary School 7658 Cimarron Indicates partially outside city limits. Only voters residing inside the city limits may vote. Portion of Kleberg County voting precinct located with City limits. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS (City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8) I, the Director of Finance of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officer that the money required for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, fi.om which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Amount Required: $ 80,000.00 Description of Contract, Agreements, Obligations, or Expenditures: Ordinane~ ordering a general election to be held on April 5, 2003, in the City of Corpus Christi for the election of Mayor and eight Council Members; providing for procedures for holdine such election; provJdin~ for establishment of branch early polling places; designating pollin~ place locations; authorizing the City Secretary to contract with Nueees County for equipment, supplies, and printine necessary to conduct the election; enacting provisions incident and relating to the subject and purpose of this ordinance. Fund fi.omwhichMoneyisto be Drawn: 530160-1020-10020 $30,000.00 530500-1020-10020 $45,000.00 520120-1020-10020 $ 5,000.00 _FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Director of Finance Date: /. Fund No. and Name Fund 1020General 10020 Activity/Project No.: Activity/Project Name: City Secretary Appropriation Ordinance: Yes No X Ordinance/Motion No. Council Meeting Date: January14, 2003 Notes/Descriptions: