HomeMy WebLinkAbout032277 ORD - 11/17/2020One -reading Ordinance ordering a runoff election to be held on December 15,
2020 in the City of Corpus Christi for the election of Mayor and Council Member
Districts One and Four, designating polling place locations, enacting provisions
incident and relating to the subject and purpose of this ordinance.
WHEREAS, Ordinance 032176 ordered a General Election to be held on November 3, 2020
for the election of Mayor and Eight Council Members;
WHEREAS, Ordinance 032176 enacted provisions incident to and relating to said General
Election;
WHEREAS, the official canvass of said election reveals that none of the candidates for the offices
of Mayor and Council Member District One and Four received the number of votes required for
election; and
WHEREAS, the runoff election has been scheduled for December 15, 2020;
WHEREAS, the City has entered into a contract for Election Services with the Nueces
County Clerk pursuant to Contract No. 2020-299 filed of record with the Office of the City
Secretary;
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(s) of Mayor and Council Member Districts One and
Four shall be held December 15, 2020, with the names of the following candidates for the
respective office as follows:
Mayor
Council Member District One
Council Member District Four
Joe McComb
Paulette Guajardo
Rachel Ann Caballero
Billy Lerma
Kaylynn Paxson
Greg Smith
SECTION 2. That at said election herein ordered, all qualified voters of the City of Corpus Christi
eligible to vote in the runoff election shall be permitted to vote as provided by law.
SECTION 3. The names of candidates for said offices 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
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SECTION 5. 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 and in accordance with ordinance of the City Council. Nueces County participates
in the Countywide Polling Place Program under Election Code Section 43.007 as amended,
meaning that any qualified registered voter of the City of Corpus Christi can vote in the election
at any polling place identified in Attachment A. The polls shall be open from 7:00 am to 7:00 p.m.
on the day of the election.
SECTION 6. The City Secretary shall conduct the election as directed by Ordinance of the City
Council and by law.
SECTION 7. Early voting for the election in person may be conducted at the times and locations of
the temporary branch polling places set forth on Attachment B to this Ordinance hereto
incorporated by reference and made part of this ordinance. 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.
SECTION 8. 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 coordinatingthe election process,
tabulation equipment, and supplies in accordance with the 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.
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 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 judgment 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 the runoff election, that the notice of such election should be promptly
posted and published, that the City runoff election shall be held on December 15, 2020, 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 ordinances shall be read on emergency reading. The City Council hereby (1) finds that
such emergency and necessity do exist due to the need for immediate action necessary for the
efficient and effective administration of the City's runoff election and (2) suspends the
Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon ordinances at two regular
meetings so that this ordinance is passed and takes effect upon first reading as an emergency
measure on this !i'day of November, 2020
IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the1 day of November, 2020.
ATTEST:
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Rebecca Huerta Joe M
City Secretary Mayo
----Day of November, 2020
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,
Council Members
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
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Mayor Joe McComb
Roland Barrera
Paulette M. Guajardo
Gil Hernandez
Michael Hunter
Ben Molina
Everett Roy
Greg Smith
ATTACHMENT A
Election Day Polling Places
Magee Elementary -4201 Calallen Dr.
Hilltop Community Center— 11425 Leopard St.
Zavala Senior Center — 510 Osage St.
La Retama Central Library — 805 Comanche St.
Oak Park Recreation Center, 842 Erwin Ave.
Lindale Senior Center — 3135 Swantner Dr.
Ben F. McDonald Library —4044 Greenwood Dr.
Hamlin Middle School — 3900 Hamlin Dr.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center — 5151 McArdle Rd.
John F. Kennedy Elementary — 1102 Villarreal Dr.
Fannin Elementary School — 2730 Gollihar Rd.
Schanen Elementary — 5717 Killarmet Dr.
Parkway Presbyterian Church — 3707 Santa Fe St.
Montclair Elementary — 5241 Kentner St.
Ethel Eyerly Senior Center — 654 Graham Rd.
C. C. Christian Fellowship — 6602 S. Staples St.
Veterans Memorial High School — 3750 Cimarron Blvd.
Mireles Elementary — 7658 Cimarron Blvd.
Smith Elementary — 6902 Williams Dr.
ATTACHMENT B
EARLY VOTING
Early voting begins Saturday, December 5, 2020 and ends Friday, December 11, 2020
Early Voting Clerk: Nueces County Clerk Kara Sands
Early Voting Clerk's mailing address:
Kara Sands, Nueces County Clerk
ATTN: Elections Division
P.O. Box 2627
Corpus Christi, TX 78403
Main Early Voting Location
Nueces County Courthouse
rt Floor Atrium
901 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Dates: Times
Saturday, December 5 — Sunday, December 6, 2020 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday, December 7 — Friday, December 11, 2020 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Branch Polling Locations
Monday, December 7 — Friday, December 11, 2020
Hilltop Community Center— 11425 Leopard St.
Oak Park Recreation Center, 842 Erwin Ave.
Ben F. McDonald Library — 4044 Greenwood Dr.
Lindale Senior Center — 3135 Swantner Dr.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center — 5151 McArdle Rd.
Ethel Eyerly Senior Center — 654 Graham Rd.
C. C. Christian Fellowship — 6602 S. Staples St.
Veterans Memorial High School — 3750 Cimarron Blvd.
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published
at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated
in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells,
Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio,
Counties, and that the publication of which the annexed is a
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
AV1SO DE ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that the polling places below will be
open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 15,
2020 for voting in a runoff election in the City of Corpus
Christi to consider the following:
Se ,wtiiica, For la vresente, que las casilias electorates
citadas abate se abriran desde las 7:00 u.m. haste las 7:00
P.m. el merles, el 15 de diciembre de 2020, para votor en
una eleccl6n de desempate en la Ciudad de Corpus Christi
vara considerar la sieuiente:
TO THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
TAKE NOTICE that a runoff election will be held in the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas on December 15, 2020, FOR
THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR AND TWO COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
A LOS VOTANTES CALIFiCADOS RESIDENTES DE LA
CIUDAD DE CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
SE NOTIFICA uue se llevara a Cabo una eleccr'en de
desempate en la Ciudad de Corpus Christi, Texas, el 15 de
dieiembre de 2020, REFERENTE A LA ELECCION DE
ALCALDE Y DOS MIEMBROS DEL CONCIL!O.
ALL In obedience to an ordinance duly entered by the City
Council of Corpus Christi, Texas on November 17, 2020.
TODD en cumplimiento a ordenonzo debidamente inscrlta
por el Concilie de to Ciudad de Corpus Christi, Texas, el 17
de noviembre del 2020.
Registered voters will be able to cast their Election Day
ballots at any of these Vote Centers, in Corpus Christi
(subject to change), from 7:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. on
Tuesday, December 15, 2020:
Votanles registrodos padrhn emifir su voto en cualauiera
de los Centras de Vofacibn, en Corpus Christi (suiefos a
cornbios), de las 7:00 A.M- - 7:00 F.M. el mortes, 15 del
diciembre de 2020:
" Vote Centers located in Corpus Christi unless otherwise
stated; curbside voting available at all locations - call
(361) 888.0303:
.*Centras rte votacibn ubicados en Corpus Christi a menos
que se indique lo confrario; 1a volacidn en 10 ocera estore
disponible en todas los ubicaciones - Mame (361) 888-0303:
Ben F. McDonald Public Library - 4044 Greenwood Dr.
(Meeting Rm.); Corpus Christi Christian Fellowship - 6602
S. Staples St. (Fellowship Hall); Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Center - 5151 McArdle Rd. (Lobby); Ethel Eyerly Senior
Center - 654 Graham Rd. (Meeting Rm.); Fannin
Elementary - 2730 Gollihar Rd. (Cafeteria); Hamlin
Middle School - 3900 Hamlin Dr. (Front, Rm. 1); Hilltop
Community Center - 11425 Leopard St. (SW Wing, Bock of
the Bldg.); John F. Kennedy Elementary - 1102 Villarreal
Rd. (Atrium); La Retamo Central Library - 805 Comanche
St. (La Retama Rrn.); Lindale Senior Center - 3135
Swantner St..; Magee Elementary (Stor Annex) - 4201
Calallen Dr. (Bldg. 3, Rm. C2/C3); Mireles Elementary -
7658 Cimarron Blvd. (Front Entrance); Montclair
Elementary - 5241 Kentner St. (Art Rm.); Oak Park
Recreation Center -842 Erwin Ave. (Social Hall); Padre
Island Baptist Church - 14253 5. Padre Island Dr. (Foyer);
Parkway Presbyterian Church - 3707 Santa Fe St.
(Fellowship Hall); Schanen Elementary - 5717 Kfllarmet
Dr. (Left Side Entrance, Lobby); Smith Elementary - 6902
Williams Dr. (Front Lobby, near Rm. 9); The Valencia -
6110 Ayers St.; Veterans' Memorial High School - 3750
Cimarron Blvd. (Auditorium); Zavala Senior Center - 510
Osage St.
Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted
from 12.00 P.M. to 5;00 a.m. on Dec. 5 & 6, 2020 at the
Nueces County Courthouse ONLY; and 7:00 a.m. - 7:00
p.m. on Dec. 7 - 11, 2020 at the moin early voting polling
place, which is the Nueces County Courthouse, 901
Leopard, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401 and at the early
voting substations, as follows, in Corpus Christi (sublect to
change); curbside voting available 01 all locations - call
(361) 8860303:
La votocidn por anticipodo en persona se llevar6 a Cabo de
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. el 5 y 6 de dfciembre de 2020 en la
Casa de Corte del Condando de Nueces SOLAMENTE; y
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. et 7 -- 11 de diclembre de 2020 en el
!agar principal de voloci8n por anticipado, que es to Case
de Corte del Condado de Nueces, 901 Leopard, Corpus
Christi, Texas, 78401 y en los subestaciones de variation por
onticipado, de la siguiente monero, en Corpus Christi
(stilettos a comb -los); la votaci6n err 10 ocera estard
disponible en lodes ubicaciones - dome of (.361) 888-0303:
BEN F. MCDDNALD LIBRARY - 4044 Greenwood Dr_
(MeetingRm.); CORPUS CHRISTI CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP (Fellowship Hall) - 6602 S. Staples St.;
DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CENTER (Lobby) - 5151
McCardle Rd.; ETHEL EYERLY SENIOR CENTER - 654
Graham Rd.; HILLTOP COMMUNITY CENTER (South
Wing 41, Back of Building) - 11425 Leopard St.; LINDALE
SENIOR CENTER - 3135 Swantner Dr.; OAK PARK
RECREATION CENTER - 842 Erwin Ave. (Social Hall);
PADRE ISLAND BAPTIST CHURCH - 14253 S. Padre
Island Dr. (Foyer); THE VALENCIA - 6110 Ayers St.;
VETERANS' MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL (Auditorium) -
37'n Cimnrrnn RIvrt
NU' DEPARTMENT
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Applications for voting by mail should be moiled to be
received no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on
Friday, December 4, 2020. Applications should be mailed
to: Kara Sands, County Clerk, Nueces County, Texas, P.
O. Box 2627, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78403; fax (361)
888-0329; e-mail; nveces,countyclerkOnuecesw.com. It an
application for ballot by mail is faxed or emailed (or if a
federal postcard application is faxed), the applicant roust
also mail the originol application so that the early voting
clerk receives the original no later than four days after
receiving the emailed or foxed copy.
Las solicitudes de votacidn Por correo debar] ser recibidas
a mos tardar at cierre de operaclones (5:00 p.m.) el
viernes 4 de diciembre de 2020.. Se deben envier las
solicitudes a Kara Sands, County Clerk, Nueces County,
Texas, P.O. Box 2627, Corpus Christi, Texas 78403; fax:
(961) 888.0329; correo electrdnico:
nueces.countyclerkf'nuecesco.cam. Si se envie por fax o
correo electronic° una salicitud de boleta par correo (o si
se envie Par fax una solicitud postal federal), el solicitante
tombien debe envier la soiicitud original para aue el
secretarlo de votacion anticlpada reciba el original a mos
tordar cuotra Blas despu°s de recibir la copia envied° por
correo electrdnko o nor tax.
Is/ Rebecca L. Huerto
City Secretary
Secretarla de to Ciudad