CC Resolution No. 2621RESOLUTION NO. 2621
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 5TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 2019, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTING COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR COUNCIL DISTRICTS ONE (1), 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 11, 2019, 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 5, 2019, 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 November 5, 2019, the regular municipal election was held for the
purposes of electing Council Members for Council District Nos. One (1), 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 October 28, 2019, and November 12, 2019, 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 18, 2019, canvassed the returns
of the regular municipal election held for the purposes of electing Council Members for Council
District Nos. One (1), 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
Laura Alvarado 214 51.07%
Mercedes Renteria, III 205 48.93%
Totals 419 100.00%
Total Percentage
Chris Presley 185 100.00%
Totals m 185 100.00%
Total Percentage
Charles Johnson 499 100.00%
Totals 499 100.00%
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 connection 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 Laura Alvarado received a majority of the votes cast at the election
for the office of Council Member District No. One (1), and accordingly, Laura Alvarado is
hereby declared elected to the office of Council Member District No. One (1) of the City of
Baytown.
Section 4: That Chris Presley received a majority of the votes cast at the election for
the office of Council Member District No. Two (2), and accordingly, Chris Presley is hereby
declared elected to the office of Council Member District No. Two (2) of the City of Baytown.
Section 5: That Charles Johnson received a majority of the votes cast at the election
for the office of Council Member District No. Three (3), and accordingly, Charles Johnson is
hereby declared elected to the office of Council Member District No. Three (3) of the City of
Baytown.
Section 6: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by
the City Council of the City of Baytown.
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INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown, this the 181h day of November, 2019.
ANDON CAPETILLO, Mayor
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ETICIA BRYSCfi, Ci Jerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACID RAMIREZ, SR., &
Attorney
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