04-14-12 Special Meeting of La Porte City Council (council retreat)

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PARTI-CHARTER CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE 2.11. - Ordinances. 2.01. - Composition of city council. a. Members of council. City council shall be composed of a mayor and eight (8) councilpersons. The positions of councilpersons shall be designated as follows: Councilperson—District 1 Councilperson—District 2 Councilperson—District 3 Councilperson—District 4 Councilperson—District 5 Councilperson—District 6 Councilperson-at-large—Position A Councilperson-at-large—Position B. The mayor and the two (2) councilpersons-at-large shall be elected by a majority vote of the city at large. The city shall be divided, as described below in subsection b, into six (6) districts, Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and one councilperson shall be elected from each district by majority vote of the resident voters of such district. b. Formation of districts. City council shall divide the city into six (6) districts which are reasonably compact, contiguous and of as nearly equal population as practicable. It shall be the duty of city council to establish the boundaries of six (6) districts covering the entire city for the purpose of electing district councilpersons. Such boundaries shall be established by ordinance, which shall be final for purposes of this Charter. The first such establishment shall be made as soon as practicable prior to the first city election following adoption of this section. Any subsequent establishment shall be made when required by this Charter. Promptly following the addition of territory to the city by a boundary change, the city council shall, by ordinance, add such territory to an adjacent district or districts. Immediately following publication of the 1980 federal census, and at least every five (5) years thereafter, city council shall conduct an investigation and determine the population of the city and the population of each of the districts from which district councilpersons are to be elected. Each such determination shall be based upon the best available data, including, but not limited to, the most recent federal census. Each such determination shall be expressed in an ordinance, which shall be a final determination for purposes of this Charter. After any such determination, if the distribution of population among the various districts is determined by city council to be materially unbalanced, the city council shall establish new boundaries for the election of district councilpersons. C. Election. All candidates for city council shall be voted on and elected separately for positions and La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances Page 5 of 32