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Home My WebLink About027156 ORD - 02/20/2007ORDINANCE GOVERNING CITY ELECTIONS IN 2007, INCLUDING APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF ELECTION OFFICIALS, VOTING SYSTEMS, BALLOT BOXES, AND CENTRAL COUNTING STATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, regular City Council elections are scheduled for April 2007 and other City elections may be scheduled at other times in 2007; and WHEREAS, such elections must be conducted efficiently and in accordance with the Texas Election Code: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. This ordinance governs all City of Corpus Christi elections during the calendar year 2007. SECTION 2. The Presiding Judges and Alternate Judges specified in the attached and incorporated Exhibit A are appointed pursuant to Texas Election Code, Section 32.005. Each Presiding Judge shall appoint not less than two nor more than five election clerks (with any additional clerks appointed only upon the approval of the City Secretary), one of whom must be the Precinct's Alternate Presiding Judge, pursuant to Texas Election Code, Sections 32.031, 32.032 and 32.033. The City Secretary is authorized in the event of an emergency preventing any of the designated Presiding Judges and Alternate Presiding Judges from being utilized to provide for suitable replacements. SECTION 3. Arturo Chavarria is appointed Presiding Judge of the Early Voting Ballot Board pursuant to Texas Election Code, Section 87.002, and Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station pursuant to Texas Election Code, Section 127.005. SECTION 4. Armando Chapa, City Secretary is appointed Manager of the Central Counting Station pursuant to Texas Election Code, Section 127.002. SECTION 5. Diana Medina, Nueces County, Deputy County Clerk is appointed Tabulation Supervisor of the Central Counting Station pursuant to Texas Election Code, Section 127 003. SECTION 6. Lisa Garza, Nueces County Elections and Archives Manager is appointed Assistant to the Tabulation Supervisor pursuant to Texas Election Code, Section 127.004. 0.''715f, SECTION 7. City Secretary Armando Chapa is appointed the authority who is responsible for the : onduc' of City elections including training and is directed to make all necessary arrangements to lawfully conduct elections. SECTION 8. Compensation for persons appointed in or pursuant to this Ordinance is: a Appointments under Sections 2 and 3: Each Presiding Judge and Alternate Presiding Judge must be compensated at $7.00 per hour for services rendered; election clerks who are not City employees must be compensated at $7.00 per hour for services rendered, subject to Texas Election Code, Section 32.091: $25.00 must be paid to election judge or clerk for delivering precinct election records. keys to voting machines, or other election equipment., and unused election supplies after the election pursuant to Texas Election t.ode. Section 32.092; Presiding Judges, Alternate Judges, early voting clerks and deputy voting clerks will be compensated for atrending the t'-aining program al a rate not to exceed $7.00 an hour, pursuant to Texas Election Code, Section 32.112. Overtime must be paid s per Fair Labor Stan:r,arcis Act. Appointments tinder Section 4 and 7; No additional compensation to City salary. c Appointments ruder Section 5 and 6: No additional compensation to Nueces County salarit s. These services are part of services furnished by Nitteces County No additional compensation to City employee salary. Overtime must be paid as per the City C rmpensation and Classification Policy and the Fair Labor Standards Act. SECTION 9. 7 -he elee ronic voting system approved by the Secretary of State and the United States Department of Justice for Nueces County is adopted for earl\ voting and erection Pial.- noting. SECTION 10. The Nueces County- Courthouse is designated as the sole Central Counting Sta°ion for early vote tabulation. SECTION 11. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it may not affect any other section, paragraph, subdiv ,sion clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for :t is definite Intent of the City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, iphrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 12. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, the ii ity Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due T_c the need for immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of Cite, affairs. and (2) suspends the Charter rule that requires consideration of and ' :_iting upon ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the day of Februan 2007. ATTEST: A: rnando Chapa City Secretary APPROVED: February 12, 2007 Mar,/Kay Fischer City Attorney THE/CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI l Henry Garr: tt Mayor CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI GENERAL ELECTION - APRIL 14, 2007 PRECINCT JUDGE Sharon Pope i Laura t7astillo Robert Andrea- .1 Audelia Longoria Nancy Hemphill 6 Maria Guerra Trini (_iarcia Darryl Duran Anita ('ates I Margarita Horak I 1,oraine Johnson 2O Esmeralda Martinez 21 Ruth 1 Liz Gutierrez 26 & *16 Sam C. Dalton Alan Moravits Daniel Lopez Cameron Fox 3.; Lodia Sally Villegas *34 Norine Bernseii John 1 39 & 31 Catherine Hasstng *() 14 ATTACHMENT "A" ALTERNATE JUDGE Suzanne Cramer Jennifer Castillo Lettie Good Phillip Yarbrough Francis Thompson Erin Estrada Alonzo Garcia Anna Alvarez Peggy Bickham Bobby Parr Susie Smith Yvonne Martinez Brian Miller Aida A. Lopez Rebecca Bradford Richard Alonzo Geraldine Woods Sheri Phillabaum Aruze Thompson Virginia Means Amada Luna Delia Salazar PRECINCT JUDGE 40 & *28K Geroge Rueff, Sr. 41 Jesse Hix 43 & 83 Rene (iuzman 44 Shelby DeReese 45 & 46 Belia Aland 4 ; Andres Rodriguez Jr 48 Rosie Marcia 49 Larry Bell 50 & 59 William Tate ! C.F. Ginn. Sr. Marie Beatrice Moreno 56 Ken Gandy Alicia Garcia Kay Lund Fischer 60 Lydia Guartuche 62 & 85 Frances Power= 63 & 42 Antonia M. Mercado 4 Mody Boatright 65 Gerald N. Cheetham Anne Bauman -," Michael Posey Rosalinda Rodela >O Mary Lou Cano 70 & 89 Joan y. eith 71 & 95 Viola Van Houten Jovita Rossy Virginia Torres 7< ALTERNATE JUDGE Janet Oprisko Bertha Mireles Totsy Armadillo Dennis DeReese Mary Chavez Adelita Ida Worden Glenn Ellen Dreggors Adalberto Ayarzagoitia Lila Huling Mable C. Ginn Gabina Bazan Janie Arriaga Reynaldo V. Garcia Dorothy Vaught Irma Guerra Elva Estrada Linda Lamprecht Frances Boatright Jim Tansey Catherine Thomas Chris Carrigan Sylvia Hinojosa Cynthia Vail Roy Corkhill Adela Soto Margie Flora Lisa Torres PRECINCT JUDGE 77 & 61 79 & 52 ;0 81 & *19 4 3t 87 -�4 i0,► Ol *103 O *107 &. *23 00 Margaret Palac los Rosemary Martine/ Mary Lou.Garcia Shirley Stonun Yolanda Pantota Sylvia Mireles Jose Antonio Lopez Michelle Smith Bryan McCool Marco Figueroa Patricia Clark Ann Marie Hernandez Gloria Anes Robert Eisenberg Carolyn Sue Yaklin Emilia Campo Estella Mercado Albert Mendez Carlos Valdez Alitano Castro Linda Cavazos Maria Luisa Del Toro Aubrey E. Bryan Sabrina Winchester June A. Gilbersleeve .1.R. Covington Barbara Dunk ALTERNATE JUDGE Olga Gonzales Baldemar Martinez Toni Govella Julia Riojas Sandra Martinez Tony C. Hartwell Yolanda Flores Kelly Mitchell Max Maughan Carolyn Jensen Valerie Voeste Melvin Mills Rosa Mary Procer Marsha Clodfelter Bonnie Johnson Donna Blanco Ralph Cantu Gail Wayland Minnie Rodriguez Gloria Gonzales. Yolanda Carpenter Rodolfo G. Aleman Gustavo Rodriguez Dan Stoops Paul Eubanks Patricia Covington Sarah Zuniga PRECINCT JUDGE ALTERNATE JUDGE 1 1 ( 1 1 heresa Ross Marion Scisamore * 1 1 1 Keith t'argile Bill Tinney I 1 Wilma Rauh Olga Bell 1 1 ; Arlena Pullman Beverly Williams 114 & *15 Alma Lee Hams Gertrude Steward Hubbard 115 & 88 Nancy Stevens Carolyn Buntrock 1 1+) Mildred Ashmore Gene Bruce 1 1 Pamela Allen Glenda Turner 1 1 Alicia Rodriguez Rosario Ramos 1 1 9 Mary Saenz Sandy Garcia 12i) W. R. Payne Jerry Wade 12': .Jean Swenson Mary Lopez 12' Jerrold Towle Elia Towle 12 i Carmelita Shafer Delores Dees 24 Desiree Reece Sandra Wilson 25 Craig Whitley Pat Beseda C4 rpus Christi. Texas day of Februan.:, 2007 T() THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi. Texas For the reasons set forth in rhe emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at twt o regular meetings; 1/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule .end pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of he City Council. Respectfully, C uncil Members The above ordinance vas passed by the Brent Chesney M eiody Cooper Jerry Garcia Henry Garrett Bill Kelly Rex A. Kinnison J ,hn E. Marez Jesse Noyola Mark Scott Respectfully, Henry Gar ett, Mayor City of C. pus Christi following vote: qe, Hye �y�