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1985-01-28 - ELECTION CANVASS RESULTS-RESRESOLUTION NO. R8S-S A RESOLUTION AND ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, ORDERING THE HOLDING 0P A REGULAR CITY OPFICERS' ELECTION ON THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL, 1985, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN AND FOR THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS; AND ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR SAID REGULAR CITY OFFICERS' ELECTION. WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter of the City of Pearland, Texas, and the laws of the State of Texas, provide that on the first Saturday in April, a Regular and/or General Election shall be held within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Charter of the~Clty of Pearland, and the laws of the State of Texas provide that the Election Code of the State of Texas is applicable to said Regular Election, and in order to comply with said Code, an Order and/or Resolution should be passed ordering the call of the Regular Election, establishing the procedures to be followed in said election and to designate the voting places of said election: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS: That the Regular City Officers' Election of the City of Pearland, Texas, shall be held in said City on the sixth day of April, 1985, for the purpose of electing the following officials for said City, to~,it: Member of the term; Member of the term. That said the following place persons are Council Position Number Two for a three-year Council Position Number Four for a three-year Regular City Officers' Election shall be held at in the City of Pearland, and the following named hereby appointed officers for said Election, to-wit: In Brazoria County Election Precinct Numbers 12, 21, 26, 2~, 29, 43, 46, 47 and 49 and Harris County Election Precinct Numbers 475 and 537 , said election shall be held at the Pearland High School Building, 2337 North Galveston Avenue, Pearland, Texas. Jack Farmer is hereby appointed as Presiding Judge, and Ruby Bozka is alternate Presiding Judge. The said Presiding Judge shall appoint the necessary clerks to assist him which shall he not less thanltwo (2) and not more than five (S) clerks. Kay Krouse is hereby appointed Clerk for absentee voting, and Tommie Jean Vial, Barbara Lenamon and Pat Vaught are hereby appointed Deputy Clerks for absentee voting. The absentee voting for the above designated election shall be held at the follow- ing place, ~o-wit: Pearland City Hall, 2335 N. Texas Ave., Pearland, Texas, P. O. Box 2068, (zip code 77588-2068) The polls at the above designated polting place shall on said election day be open from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 7:00 o'clock P.M. The poll or place of absentee voting, above designated, shall remain open for at least eight hours on each day for absentee voting which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or an Official State Holiday, begin- ning on the 20th day and continuing through the 4th day preceding the date of said election. Said place of voting shall remain open between the hours of 8:00 o'clock A.M. and 5:00 o'clock P.M. on each day for said absentee voting. The above described place for absentee voting is also the absentee clerk's mailing address to which ballot applications and ballots voted by mail may be sent. Absentee voting by sick or dis- abled voters after close of regular absentee voting period shall be in accordance with Subdivision 3 (e) of Article 5.05 of the Texas Election Code. In accordance with the Texas Election Code and a previous Resolution passed by the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, it is hereby determined that electronic voting systems shall be used in the above mentioned election for all voting, including absentee voting by personal appearance and by mail, and in accordance with the Texas Election Code, Jack Farmer as Presiding Judge, Rose Pine , and Blanche Massey as Clerks, are hereby appointed as a Special Canvassing Board for said election. The above called election shall be held in accordance with the Election Code of the State of Texas and only resident qualified voters of the City of Pearland shall be eligible to vote at said election. Notice of the above ordered election shall be given in accor- dance with the terms and provisions of Article 4.05 of the Election Code and Article 29 (e) of the Texas Civil Statutes, and the City Secretary is hereby instructed to have said notice posted and/or pub- lished in accordance with said Article 4.05 and 29 (e). That immediately after said election is held, the officer holding the same shall make returns of the results thereof to the Mayor of this City as required by the ~Elle~onE6de6f':the State~ -2- That all independent candidates at the Regular Election to be held on the sixth day of April, 1985, for Member of the Council Position Number Two and Member of the Council Postion Number Four, shall file their applications to become candidates for said positions with the Mayor of this City at the City Hail, 2335 N. Texas Avenue, Pearland, Texas, on or before 30 days before the.date of said election. The earliest day for filing applications shall be 30 days before the deadline for filing. That all candidates for the Regular Election shall file with said applications the loyalty affidavit required by Article 6.02 of the Texas Election Code. That the City Secretary of the City shall, in accordance with the terms and provisons of Article 13.32 of the Texas Election Code, post in her office the names of all independent candidates who have filed their applications in accordance with the terms and provisons of this Resolution and Order, and said names shall be posted at a conspicuous place in said office for at least 10 days before said Secretary orders the same to be printed on the Official Ballot for said election. The order in which the names of the candidates are to be printed on the ballot shall be determined by a drawing by the City Secretary as pro- vided by Article 6.05 (c), Subdivision 3 of the Texas Election Code. vide tion. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and instructed to pro- and furnish all necessary election supplies to conduct said elec- Notice of appointment of Presiding Judge of election shall be in accordance with Section 3.09 of the Election Code. of PASSED, APPROVED, ADOPTED, and ORDERED this the o~g 1985. Mayor day ATTEST: City~Scrf~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: -3-