Ordinance No. 5,196890209 --1
ORDINANCE NO. 5196
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON THE 6TH DAY OF MAY 1989, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING
FIVE (5) COUNCILMEN FROM THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS NOS.
ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3), FOUR (4), AND FIVE (5);
ELECTING THREE COUNCILMEN FROM THE CITY AT LARGE, AND 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, the Texas Election Code, and the Order of the
Court in Campos, et al vs. City of Baytown, et al, 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 Sections 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 6th day
of May, 1989, in said City for the purpose of electing the
following members of the City Council:
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Mayor at 1
from District No. One;
from District No. Two;
from District No. Three;
from District No. Four;
from District No. Five;
At Large Place A
At Large Place B
At Large Place C; and
3,rge;
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. 1 Carver -Jones Atriss Lewis
Elementary Judge & Presiding
Officer
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Willene Rideau
Alternate Judge
NO. 2 Travis Elementary Troy E. Peterson
Judge & Presiding
Officer
Mary Hiebert
Alternate Judge
NO. 3 Redeemer Lutheran Philip D. Prater__
Church Judge & Presiding
Officer
Glynn Young
Alternate Judge
NO. 4 James Bowie John R. McMillion
Elementary Judge & Presiding
Officer
Ruben DeHo os
Alternate Judge
NO. 5 Harris County Ed Frazier
Courthouse Annex Judge & Presiding
No. 8, 701 Baker Officer
Road
Ann Frazier
Alternate Judge
Section 3: That this election shall be held in accordance
with, and shall be governed by, the election laws of the State of
Texas. In all City elections, the Mayor and City Clerk of the
City Council shall do and perform each act as in other elections
required to be done and performed, respectively, by 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 on the bulletin board used for posting
notices of meetings 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. One (1), Two (2), Three (3),
Four (4), and Five (5), by a majority vote, that said districts
are as established, defined and outlined in the Judgment of the
Court in Campos, et al vs. City of Baytown, et al, Cause No.
H -85 -1021, In the U. S. District Court for the Southern
District of Texas, Houston Division, which divided the City of
Baytown into five (5) districts of approximately equal
population, and that three Councilmen shall be elected at large
by a majority vote. Each Councilman elected from a district
shall be a bona fide resident of the district represented by him.
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Three Councilmen are to be elected at large by a majority vote
for Places A, B, and C and a Mayor for the City to be elected at
large by majority vote.
The five Councilmen to be elected at this election from
respective districts shall hold office as follows: The three
Councilmen -elect receiving the largest number of votes shall hold
office for the term of two years and the two Councilmen -elect
receiving the smallest number of votes shall hold office for a
term of one year.
The three Councilmen to be elected at this election from at
large positions shall hold office as follows: The Councilman -
elect receiving the largest number of votes shall hold office for
a term of two years and the two Councilmen -elect receiving the
smallest number of votes shall hold office for one year.
Section 5: That the qualifications of the members of the
City Council shall be as follows: The Mayor and each of the
eight (8) 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 for at large positions and
shall have resided for at least six (6) months next preceding the
election within the district from which they were elected for the
district positions; 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 Section 141.001 of the Texas
Election Code.
Section 6: 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 or for the office of Mayor to be elected from the City
at large or for the office of Councilman 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. The
form of the sworn application for the candidates for the office
of Councilman shall be as set forth by Section 141.031 of the
Texas Election Code.
Section 7: That the form of the ballot for said election
shall be substantially as follows:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
FOR MAYOR AT LARGE
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FOR COUNCILMAN AT LARGE PLACE A
FOR COUNCILMAN AT LARGE PLACE B
FOR COUNCILMAN AT LARGE PLACE C
FOR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT NO.
(Appropriate District No. to be
completed for each ballot)
Section 8: 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 9: Each qualified voter who desires to cast an
absentee vote shall be entitled to an official ballot and the
right to cast such ballot in accordance with the provisions of
the Texas Election Code.
Section 10: 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. Charles Albright is hereby appointed Presiding Judge
for the Central Counting Station.
Section 11: There is hereby created an Absentee Ballot
Board which shall count all absentee ballots. Charles Albright
is hereby appointed Presiding Judge of the Absentee Ballot Board.
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Section 12: 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 9th day
of February, 1989.
D
MMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
ANDALL B. STRONG, Cit ttorney
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