Ordinance No. 14,482ORDINANCE NO. 14,482
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, DECLARING THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE HEATHER
BETANCOURTH ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER
DISTRICT NO. FOUR (4) OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND CANCELING
THE ASSOCIATED MUNICIPAL ELECTION PREVIOUSLY ORDERED TO
BE HELD ON THE 3RD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2020, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. FOUR
(4) OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; ORDERING THE CITY CLERK TO
INCLUDE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE CITY' S MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON THE 3RD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2020, A HEADING ENTITLED
"UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES DECLARED ELECTED" UNDER WHICH THE
OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OF COUNCIL DISTRICT NO. FOUR (4)
AND HEATHER BETANCOURTH'S NAME SHALL APPEAR; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, through Ordinance No. 14,419 adopted on June 25, 2020, the City Council
called its municipal election to be held on the Yd day of November, 2020, for the purpose of
electing Council Members of Council District Nos. Four (4), Five (5) and Six (6) of the City of
Baytown; and
WHEREAS, only one candidate filed for such office for Council Member of Council
District No. Four (4); 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. Four (4) 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 has delivered to the City Council of the City of Baytown, a
Certificate of Unopposed Candidate, which certification is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and is
incorporated herein 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 the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, declares that Heather
Betancourth, who is unopposed in the November 3, 2020, municipal election, is elected to the
office of Council Member of Council District No. Four (4) of the City of Baytown and directs that
a certificate of election following the time the election would have been canvassed be issued.
Section 2: That the Municipal Election ordered by the City Council of the City of
Baytown in Ordinance No. 14,419, to be held on the 3`a day of November, 2020, for the purpose
of electing the Council Member of Council District No. Four (4) is hereby canceled in accordance
with Section 2.053(b) of the Texas Election Code.
Section 3: That the City Clerk is hereby directed to include on the ballot for the City's
Municipal Election to be held on the 3'a day of November, 2020, a heading entitled "Unopposed
Candidates Declared Elected," under which the Office of Council Member of Council District No.
Four (4) of the City of Baytown and Heather Betancourth's name shall appear, and to take all other
action as may be required by law.
Section 4: 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 10`I' day of September, 2020.
B ON CAPETILLO, ayor
KAREN L. HORNER, Interim City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
CERTIFICATE OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF HARRIS §
TO: THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS
In accordance with Section 2.052, Texas Election Code, I, Leticia Brysch, City Clerk for the City
of Baytown, Texas, and the authority responsible for having the official election ballot prepared,
hereby certify that the following candidate is unopposed for election to office, for the election
scheduled on November 3, 202020.
Office: Candidate:
Councilmember, Heather Betancourth
District No. Four
WITNESS BY MY HAND AND SEAL of the City on this 10`h day of September, 2020.
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Certificate of Unopposed Candidate, Page 1