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AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
7 ON THE 4TH DAY OF APRIL, 1987, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING THREE (3) COUNCILMEN FROM THE RESPECTIVE
DISTRICTS NOS. TWO (2), THREE (3), AND SIX (6); AND THE
ELECTION OF A MAYOR FROM THE CITY AT LARGE; PROVIDING
FOR THE ELECTION OFFICERS; DESIGNATING THE PLACES AND
MANNER OF HOLDING•SAID ELECTION; PRESCRIBING THE HOURS;
ESTABLISHING THE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION; PROVIDING FOR
AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING AND PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.
Pursuant to Article II, Section 12, of the Charter of the
City of Baytown and the Texas Election Code, providing for the
manner of election and the term of office of the members of the
City Council of the City of Baytown,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the regular Municipal Election of the City
of Baytown, prescribed in said Section of said Charter of the
City of Baytown, and pursuant to Articles 41.001 and 41.031 of
the Texas Election Code, shall be held between the hours of seven
® (7 :00) o'clock a.m. and seven (7:00) o'clock p.m. on the 4th day
of April, 1987, in said City for the purpose of electing the
following members of the City Council. .
Councilman from District No. Two;
Councilman from District No. Three;
Councilman from District No. Six; and
Mayor from the City at large.
Section 2: That said City is hereby divided into Election
Precincts and their polling places shall be and election
officials shall be, for the purpose of this election as follows:
PRECINCT NO. POLLING PLACE OFFICIALS
NO. 12 YMCA Ken Donovan
Judge & Presiding
Officer
Marge Hartrick
Alternate Judge
NO. 13 Westminister A. L. Rieck
Presbyterian Judge & Presiding
Church Officer
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Blanche Rieck
Alternate Judge
NO. 28 Pumphrey Elementary Pete Alfaro
® Judge & Presiding
officer
Lupe Al faro
Alternate Judge
NO. 99 Lamar Elementary Gerald Dickens
Judge & Presiding
officer
H. H. Nitschmann
Alternate Judge
NO. 100 Ashbel Smith W. 0. Tidmon
Elementary Judge & Presiding
Officer
Grace Tidmon
Alternate Judge
NO. 101 Horace Mann Junior Lou Venia Robberson
Judge & Presiding
Officer
S. V. Robberson
Alternate Judge
NO. 102 Baytown Employees Remigio J. Garcia
Federation Bldg. Judge & Presiding
(Next to Brunson Officer
Food Market.)
Mike Munoz
Alternate Judge
NO. 149 San Jacinto Mariie Kloesel
Elementary Judge & Presiding
Officer
Clara Marti
Alternate Judge
® NO. 165 Travis Elementary Troy E. Peterson
Judge & Presiding
officer
Mary Hiebert
Alternate Judge
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NO. 248
NO. 249
No. 386
NO. 414
NO. 456 and
that part of
Harris County
Precinct #96
inside the city
limits
NO. 532
NO. 533
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the City
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Carver -Jones
Elementary
Redeemer Lutheran
Church
Stephen F. Austin
Elementary
Cedar Bayou
Junior
Harris County
Courthouse Annex
No. 8, 701 Baker
Road
James Bowie
Elementary
Alamo Elementary
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Atr iss Lewis
Judge & Presiding
Officer
Wilene Rideau
Alternate Judge
Philip D. Prater
Judge & Presiding
Officer
JoAnn Prater
Alternate Judge
Mary Hunt
Judge & Presiding
Officer
Henry M. Hunt
Alternate Judge
Charles M. Albright
Judge & Presiding
Officer
Mary Albright
Alternate Judge
Ed Frazier
Judge & Presiding
Officer
Ann Frazier
Alternate Judge
John R. McMillion
Judge & Presiding
Officer
Ronald McCleod
Alternate Judge
Cynthia Lee
Judge & Presiding
Officer
Byron Lee
Alternate Judge
3: That this election shall be held in accordance
shall be governed by, the election laws of the State
In all City elections, the Mayor and City Clerk of
Council shall do and perform each act as in other
required to be done and performed, respectively, by
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the County Judge and the County Clerk of the Commissioners'
Court. The notice of proclamation of this and all other City
elections shall be issued and posted at the polling places not
later than the twenty -first (21st) day before the date of said
® election.
Section 4: That one Councilman shall be elected from each
of the respective Districts Nos. Two (2), Three (3), and Six (6)
and a Mayor from the City at large by a majority vote; that said
districts are as established, defined and outlined in Ordinance
No. 3511 which divided the City of Baytown into six (6)
districts of approximately equal population, and was adopted and
approved by the City Council of the City of Baytown on the 22nd
day of November 1982, and as said Ordinance has been amended.
Each Councilman so elected shall be a bona fide resident of the
district represented by him; District One (1), Four (4), and
Five (5), as established in the aforementioned Ordinance and as
thereafter amended, are represented by three holdover Councilmen
and none shall be elected at this election from those three
districts. Said three councilmen to be elected at this election
shall hold office for a period of two (2) years.
Section 5: That the qualifications of the members of the
City Council shall be as follows: The Mayor and each of the six
(6) councilmen shall be citizens of the United States of America
and qualified voters of the State of Texas; shall have resided
for at least six (6) months next preceding the election within
the corporate limits of Baytown, and shall not be in arrears in
the payment of any taxes or other liability due the City; and
shall meet such other requirements as set forth in Article
141.001 of the Texas Election Code.
Section 6: (a) That any eligible and qualified person may
have his name printed upon the official ballot as an independent
candidate for the office of Councilman from his respective
district, by filing his sworn application with the Mayor of the
City of Baytown at least forty-five(45) days prior to the date
of this election.
(b) The form of the sworn application for the candidates for
the office of Councilman shall be as set forth by Article
141.031 of the Texas Election Code.
(c) Such sworn application may be accompanied with a
petition signed by qualified electors, although such petition is
not required.
® (d) Such sworn applications for candidates for the office of
Councilman shall be accompanied with an executed copy of the
"Loyalty Affidavit" as required by the Election Laws of Texas,
in substantially the following form:
"I, I of Harris County Texas,
being a candidate for the office of Councilman, swear
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that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws
of the United States and of the State of Texas."
SUBSCRIBED AND
Texas, this the
(NOTARY SEAL)
Candidate's Signature
SWORN TO BEFORE ME at Baytown,
day of , 1987.
NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
Section 7: (a) That any eligible and qualified person
may have his name printed upon the official ballot as an
® independent candidate for the office of Mayor from the City at
large, by filing his sworn application with the Mayor of the City
.of Baytown at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date of
this election.
(b) The form of the sworn application for the candidates
for the office of Mayor shall be ' as set forth by Article 141.031
of the Texas Election Code.
(c) Such sworn application may be accompanied with a
petition signed by qualified electors, although such petition is
not required.
d) Such sworn applications for candidates for the office
of Mayor shall be accompanied with an executed copy of the
"Loyalty Affidavit" as required by the Election Laws of Texas, in
substantially the following form:
"I , of Harris County
Texas, being a candidate for the office of Mayor, swear
that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws
of the United States and of the State of Texas."
® Candidate's Signature
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® SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME at Baytown,
Texas, this the day of ,
1987.
® NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
(NOTARY SEAL)
Section 8: That the form of the ballot for said
election shall be substantially as follows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
FOR MAYOR (FROM CITY AT LARGE)
FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT NO. TWO
FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT NO. THREE
FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT NO. SIX
Section 9: That any person eligible for the office of
Councilman or Mayor who has filed his own sworn application in
accordance with the provisions of this ordinance shall have his
name printed on the official ballot. Any such person may cause
his name to be withdrawn at anytime before the official ballots
are actually printed by filing, in writing, with the Mayor, a
request to that effect over his own signature, duly attested to
® by a Notary Public. No names so withdrawn shall be printed on
the ballot. No later than twenty (20) days before the date of
the election, the City Clerk shall have the official ballot
printed.
® Section 10: Each qualified voter who desires to cast an
f� absentee vote and who expects to be absent on the day of the
City's General Election, shall be entitled to an official ballot
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® and the right to cast such ballot in accordance with the
® provisions of the Texas Election Code of 1985, as amended.
Section 11: The City Council Chamber and Conference
Room area in City Hall of the City of Baytown, 2401 Market Street
® is hereby established as the Central Counting Station to receive
and tabulate voted ballots. The City Clerk is hereby appointed
Manager of the Central Counting Station and also Tabulation
Supervisor. Edna Oliver is hereby appointed Presiding Judge for
the Central Counting Station, and J. Rodger Read is appointed as
Alternate Judge.
Section 12: There is hereby created an Absentee Ballot
Board which shall count all absentee ballots. Edna Oliver is
hereby appointed Presiding Judge of the Absentee Ballot Board,
and J. Rodger Read is appointed as Alternate Judge.
Section 13: The Mayor is hereby directed to give notice
of said election by publishing a copy of the Election
Proclamation and Notice in a newspaper of general circulation
within said City; said publication to be made no earlier than the
thirtieth (30th) day or later than the tenth (10th) day prior to
the date of said election.
Section 14: 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, Texas, on this the 8th
day of January, 1987.
ETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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NDALL B. STRONG, City rney
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