O-2021-3823 canvassing the returns of the Special Election for D6

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ORDINANCE 2021-3823 AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE DISTRICT 6 SPECIAL ELECTION HELD WITHIN THE CITY OF LA PORTE ON THE 27TH DAY OF MARCH, 2021, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCILPERSON DISTRICT 6; DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION; FINDING THAT NOTICE OF THE ELECTION WAS DULY AND PROPERLY GIVEN, THAT THE ELECTION WAS PROPERLY HELD AND RETURNS THEREOF MADE BY THE PROPER OFFICIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Charter of the City of LaPorte, the City Council, at a regular meeting held on the I1i' day of January 2021, adopted Ordinance 2021-3815, calling a special election to be held in the city on the 27 " day of March 2021, for the purpose of electing a Councilperson-District 6; and WHEREAS the election having been duly and regularly held as called and provided in said ordinance and according to law, and the returns thereof having been 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: COUNCH,PERSON-DISTRICT 6 DOLORES TARIN 3 ROBBIE McLARRIN 66 RANDY ROWAN 15 WHEREAS the City Council of the City of La Porte finds that the election returns set out above to be accurate and correct. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1: Robbie McLarrin received a majority of the votes cast at the election for the office of Councilperson-District 6, and, accordingly, Robbie McLarrin is declared elected to the office of Councilperson-District 6, subject to the taking of the oath as provided by the laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 2: The City Council 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 the election, and in all things according to the law. SECTION 3: Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this ordinance has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other provision, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only.