HomeMy WebLinkAbout028116 ORD - 04/14/2009AN ORDINANCE
ORDERING A RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 9, 2009 IN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE ELECTION OF 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 official canvass of said election reveals that none of the candidates
for the office of Council Member District Three, received the number of votes required for
election; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter271 of the Texas Election Code, the runoff election
has been scheduled for Saturday, May 9, 2009.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. A runoff election for the office of Council Member District Three in the
City of Corpus Christi shall be held Saturday, May 9, 2009, with the names of the following
candidates for the respective office(s) as follows:
Council Member, District Three
Priscilla Leal
Roland Barrera
SECTION 2. That at said election herein ordered, all the District Three 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. The eSlate direct recording equipment shall be used at the election
in accordance with 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 am to 7:00 p.m. on the day of the Election.
SECTION 5. The City Secretary shall conduct the Election as directed by ordinance
of the City Council and by law.
SECTION 6. Early voting in person at each of the temporary branch polling places
shall be conducted on April 27, 2009 through May 2, 2009 from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; and
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May 4, 2009 through May 5, 2009, from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. The temporary branch polling
places are hereby established as follows:
Greenwood Citizens Center 4040 Greenwood
Corpus Christi Area Council for the Deaf 5151 McArdle
Such early voting in person will also be conducted at the main early voting polling place
located at City Hall, First Floor, 1201 Leopard on April 27 - May 1, 2009 from 8:00 am to
5:00 pm, and on May 4 and May 5, 2009, from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.
The branch polling place and the main early voting polling place shall serve all election
precincts in District Three.
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 coordinating the election process, tabulation equipment, and supplies in accordance with
the joint election agreement to be executed with Nueces County. The City Secretary is
authorized to approve all lawful changes and additions to the procedures provided herein
in order to implement such agreement, including, but not limited to provisions for
substations and mobile voting sites.
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 election pertaining to municipal affairs, that the notice
of such election should be promptly posted and publish, that a City Runoff election shall
be held on Saturday, May 9, 2009, 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 thta such ordinances shall be read at two meetings
of the City Council, and the Mayor or five Council Members, copy attached, having 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 emergency and necessity do exists, and IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this
the pi day of April, 2009.
ATTEST.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
Approved: Iht day of April, 2009
Mary K
City Attorney
The City/of Corpus CJiristi
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Mayor
Corpus Christi, Texas
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`Day of
, 2009
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/we, 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,
H n Garre , Mayor
City of Corpus Christi
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Henry Garrett
Melody Cooper
Larry Elizondo, Sr.
Mike Hummell
Bill Kelly
Priscilla G. Leal
Michael McCutchon
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
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Attachment A
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI RUNOFF ELECTION
MAY 9, 2009
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS
4 Kostoryz Elementary School
3602 Panama
*15 People's Baptist Church
1355 FM 665
20 Galvan Elementary School
3126 Masterson
24 West Oso Jr. High School (Formerly WO High)
5202 Bear Lane
*34
60
70 & 89
71 8695
74
78
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Mission
1080 Clarkwood Road
Adult Learning Center
3902 Morgan Avenue
Arrowsmith Apartments
5701 Williams Drive
Lexington Elementary School
2901 McArdle
Cunningham Middle School
4321 Prescott
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
5040 Rockford
80 West Oso Facility (Formerly West Oso Jr. High)
1115 Bloomington
89 See Precinct 70
93 Water Utility Building (Conference Room)
2726 Holly Road
95 See Precinct 71
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS
98 Foy H. Moody High School
1818 Trojan Drive
106 Tom Browne Middle School
4301 Schanen
113 Garcia Elementary School
4401 Greenwood
114 St. John's Baptist Church
5445 Greenwood
118 Tabernacle of Praise Church
5918 Kostoryz
121 C.P. Yeager Elementary School
5414 Tripoli
* Indicates partially inside and outside city limits.