Ordinance No. 15,214 ORDINANCE NO. 15,214
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING AND RESTATING ORDINANCE NO. 15,193 OF THE
BAYTOWN CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2022,
DECLARING THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE LAURA ALVARADO
ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT NO. ONE (1)
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND CANCELING THE ASSOCIATED
MUNICIPAL ELECTION PREVIOUSLY ORDERED TO BE HELD ON THE
8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE
COUNCIL MEMBER OF COUNCIL DISTRICT NO.ONE(1)OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN; ELIMINATING THE PROVISION THAT THE CITY CLERK IS
ORDERED TO INCLUDE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022, A
HEADING ENTITLED "UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES DECLARED
ELECTED" UNDER WHICH THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OF
COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. ONE (1) AND LAURA ALVARADO'S NAME
SHALL APPEAR; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, through Ordinance No. 15,147 adopted on July 28, 2022, the City Council
called its municipal election to be held on the 8th day of November, 2022, for the purpose of
electing Council Members of Council District Nos. One(1), Two (2) and Three(3) of the City of
Baytown; and
WHEREAS, only one candidate filed for such office for Council Member of Council
District No. One(1); and
WHEREAS, the deadline has now passed for filing for a place on the ballot and for
declaring write-in candidacy in such election; and
WHEREAS,Section 2.051,et seq. of the Texas Election Code provides for the cancellation
of an election if each candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot is unopposed; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk, the authority responsible for having the official ballot
prepared, has certified in writing that the candidate for the Office of Council Member of Council
District No. One (1) is unopposed for election and that no candidate's name is to be placed on a
list of write-in candidates for that office under applicable law; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk delivered to the City Council of the City of Baytown a
Certificate of Unopposed Candidate,which certification was attached as Exhibit"A" to Ordinance
No. 15,193 and incorporated for all intents and purposes; and
WHEREAS, under these circumstances, Chapter 2, Subchapter C of the Texas Election
Code authorizes the City Council to declare the candidate elected to office and cancel the election;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Ordinance No. 15,193 of the Baytown City Council, adopted on
September 8, 2022, is amended and restated to provide:
A. That the City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas,declares that Laura Alvarado,
who is unopposed in the November 8, 2022, municipal election, is elected to the
office of Council Member of Council District No. One (1) of the City of Baytown
and directs that a certificate of election following the time the election would have
been canvassed be issued.
B. That the Municipal Election ordered by the City Council of the City of Baytown in
Ordinance No. 15,147,to be held on the 81h day of November, 2022,for the purpose
of electing the Council Member of Council District No. One(1) is hereby canceled
in accordance with Section 2.053(b) of the Texas Election Code.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown on this the 22"d day of September, 2022.
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APPROVED A T FORM:
SCOTT LE D, City Attorney
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