CC Resolution No. 2805 RESOLUTION NO. 2805
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD
WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE 8T" DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022, FOR
THE PURPOSES OF ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS
TWO (2) AND THREE (3) OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; FINDING THAT NOTICE
OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION WAS PROPERLY HELD AND THE RETURNS
THEREOF MADE BY THE PROPER OFFICIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, on July 28, 2022, the City Council of the City of Baytown ordered the regular
municipal election of the City of Baytown to be held between the hours of seven o'clock a.m. and seven
o'clock p.m. on November 8, 2022, in the City of Baytown, Texas, for the purposes of electing Council
Members for Council District Nos. One(1),Two(2), and Three (3) of the City of Baytown; and
WHEREAS,on September 8,2022,the City Council canceled the election for Council Member of
Council District No. One (1) pursuant to Section 2.051, et seq. of the Texas Election Code since Laura
Alvarado was the only candidate that filed for the Office of Council Member of Council District No. One
(1); and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2022, via Ordinance No. 15,193, Council declared Laura Alvarado
elected to the office of Council Member of Council District No. One(1); and
WHEREAS, on November 8, 2022, the regular municipal election was held for the purposes of
electing Council Members for Council District Nos. Two (2) and Three (3) pursuant to the provisions of
the ordinance calling the election as well as the provisions of the City's Charter and state law; and
WHEREAS, between November 12, 2022, and November 21, 2022, the early voting ballot board
met to verify and count provisional ballots pursuant to Chapter 65 of the Texas Election Code; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Texas Election Code, the City Council of the City of
Baytown, at a special council meeting held on November 22, 2022, canvassed the returns of the regular
municipal election held for the purposes of electing Council Members for Council District Nos. Two (2)
and Three(3)of the City of Baytown(the"Election"); and
WHEREAS, the Election having been duly and regularly had and held according to law, and the
returns thereof having been duly made and the Election Judges having certified the results of the Election,
as hereinafter set out,and the City Council having duly and regularly canvassed the returns of the Election
and finding that the total votes cast at the Election were as follows, to-wit:
Total Percentage
Sarah Graham 705 59.19%
Michael Emmanuel 486 40.81 %
Totals '- 1,191 100
Total Percentage
Ken Griffith 1.289 51.33%
Charles Johnson 1,222 48.67%
Totals � 2,511 100%
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown finds the Election returns set out above to be
accurate and correct and no Election protest or contest having been filed with the Council or instituted in
coruiection with the Election returns;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby finds that the above-
referenced recitals are true and correct.
Section 2: That City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas, further finds that the notice of the
Election was duly and properly given as required by law and as provided in the ordinance calling the
Election and that the Election was duly and regularly held and the returns thereof duly and regularly made
by the proper officials of said Election and in all things according to law.
Section 3: That Sarah Graham received a majority of the votes cast at the election for the office
of Council Member District No. Two(2),and accordingly, Sarah Graham is hereby declared elected to the
office of Council Member District No.Two(2)of the City of Baytown.
Section 4: That Ken Griffith received a majority of the votes cast at the election for the office
of Council Member District No.Three (3),and accordingly,Ken Griffith is hereby declared elected to the
office of Council Member District No.Three (3)of the City of Baytown.
Section 5: This resolution 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 this the 22"d day of November,2022.
�iRANDON CAPETILLO, Mayor
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SCOTT LEm6ND, City Attorney
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