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ORDINANCE NO. 1436
AN ORDINANCE CALLING THE REGULAR ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF
LA PORTE: CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE
OFFICE OF COUNCILPERSON, DISTRICT 1: CALLING A RUN-OFF ELECTION,
IF NECESSARY: DESIGNATING ELECTION PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES:
PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES: APPOINTING ELECTION
OFFICIALS: PROVIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF ABSENTEE VOTING:
PROVI DING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES OF SAID ELECTION:
PROVIDING FOR NOTICE: PROVIDING FOR FILING DEADLINE AND FILING
FEES FOR CANDIDATES: PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF A JOINT
ELECTION WITH THE LA PORTE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: PROVIDING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE: FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW:
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section l. The incumbent Councilperson--District I, sub-
mitted his written resignation of office effective February 4,
1985.
Section 2. An election shall be held within the corporate
limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, on the 6th day of April,
1985, such day being the first Saturday in April, 1985, between
seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M., for
the purpose of electing the following City officials:
Mayor, for a 3 year term
Councilperson--District 1, for a 2 year term
Councilperson--District 2, for a 3 year term
Counci1person--District 3, for a 3 year term
A run-off election, if necessary, shall be held on April 27,
1985, between the same hours.
Sa id election, and said run-off
election, if necessary, shall be held in conjunction with a
Trustee's election to be held on the same date(s) by the La Porte
Independent School District.
Section 3. Said election shall be held at each of the
following voting places within said City, and the following
named persons are hereby appointed as officers of said election,
to-wit:
Election Precinct No.1: All voters living in such Pre-
cinct No. 1 (consisting of that portion of the City of La Porte
which is located north of an imaginary line 900 feet south
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of and parallel to Avenue "H", and west of the Southern Pacific
Railroad) shall vote at the Lomax Elementary School, which is
located at 10615 North Avenue "L" in the City of La Porte, Texas,
with the following election officers:
Sarah Armand
, Presiding Judge
Jerrie Neumann
, Alternate Presiding Judge
Election Precinct No.2: All voters living in such Precinct
No. 2 (consisting of that portion of the City of La Porte which
is west of Big Island Slough and south of an imaginary line 900
feet south of and parallel to Avenue "H", (and consisting of
that portion of the Ci ty of La Porte which is enclosed by San
Jacinto Junior College on the West: Spencer Highway [West Main
Street] on the North: Fairmont Parkway on the South: and
Underwood Road on the East) shall vote at the Baker School
Cafetorium, which is located at West Main Street and Underwood
Road, La Porte, Texas, wi th the following election off icia1s:
Bertha Cook
, Presiding Judge
Georgette Oliver
, Alternate Presiding Judge
Election Precinct No.3: All voters living in such Precinct
No. 3 (consisting of that portion of the City of La Porte which
is enclosed by Big Island Slough, Fairmont Parkway, the Southern
Pacific Railroad, and an imaginary line 900 feet south of and
parallel to Avenue "H") shall vote at the Leo Rizzuto Elementary
School, which is located at 3201 Farrington Boulevard, La Porte,
Texas, with the following election officials:
Janet Graves
, Presiding Judge
Roberta Sodaro
, Alternate Presiding Judge
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1436
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Election Precinct No.4: All voters living in such Precinct
No. 4 (consisting of that portion of the City of La Porte which
is east of the Southern Pac ific Railroad, north of "B" Street
and west of Broadway) shall vote at the DeWalt Special Services
Center, which is located at Madison and N. 6th Street, La Porte,
Texas, with the following election officials:
Lou Lawler
, Presiding Judge
Ruby Phillips
, Alternate Presiding Judge
Election Precinct No.5: All voters living in such Precinct
No. 5 (consisting of that portion of the City of La Porte which
is enclosed by Broadway, Little Cedar Bayou, Galveston Bay,
Donaldson Avenue, and Barbour's Cut Boulevard) shall vote at
the La Porte Senior High School, which is located at 301 E.
Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, with the following election
officials:
Reba Felscher
, Presiding Judge
E. W. Felscher
, Alternate Presiding Judge
Election precinct'No. 6: All voters living in such Precinct
No. 6 (consisting of that portion of the City of La Porte which
is enclosed by the Southern Pacific Railroad, "B" Street, Broadway,
Little Cedar Bayou, Galveston Bay, and the north line of the
Bayshore Municipal Utili ty District) shall vote at the La Porte
City Hall, which is located at 604 W. Fairmont Parkway, La Porte,
Texas, with the following election officials:
Nadine Jones
, Presiding Judge
Delores Gonzales , Alternate Presiding Judge
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l436
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The Presiding Judge at each of the above specified polling
places shall appoint as many clerks as he or she deems neces-
sary for the proper conduct of said election at said polling
place, provided that at least two clerks shall be appointed
in each case.
Section 4. Voting
voting, shall be by the
ballots of said elections
Code, as amended.
at said election, including
use of punch card ballots,
shall conform to the Texas
absentee
and the
Election
F. Section 5. Absentee voting by personal appearance shall
begin on the 20th day and shall continue through the 4th day
preceding the day of the election. Absentee voting by personal
appearance for the run-off election shall begin not later than
the lOth day before the run-off election. Except as authorized
herein, the clerk shall not permit anyone to vote absentee by
personal appearance on any day which is not a regular working
day for the clerk's office, and under no circumstances shall he
permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance at any
time when his office is not open to the public.
Absentee voting by mail shall begin on the 20th day pre-
ceding the date of the election and shall continue until ten
o'clock (10:00) A.M. on the second day preceding election day.
Absentee voting shall be conducted by a clerk for absentee
vot ing, namely, Lou Lawler , and the place
at which the absentee voting shall be conducted is designated
as the La Porte City Hall, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte,
Texas, to which address ballot applications and ballots voted by
mail may be mailed. Said clerk shall keep said office open for
absentee voting during his regular working hours and in any
event for at least eight (8) hours on each day which is not a
Saturday, a Sunday, or an official State holiday.
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Section 6. That all election materials including notice
of the election, ballots, instruction cards, affidavits and
other forms which voters may be required to sign and all absentee
voting materials shall be printed in both English and Spanish,
or Spanish translations thereof shall be made available in the
circumstances permitted and in the manner required by law.
Section 7. The City Secretary of the City of La Porte shall
forthwith issue Notice of said election by causing a substantial
copy of this Ordinance to be published one time in the BAYSHORE
SUN, which is hereby found and declared to be a newspaper of
general circulation in said Ci ty, not less than ten (10) days
nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the said
election.
Section 8. Upon a candidate tendering his application on
the form prescribed, the City Secretary shall furnish to such
candidate all information relative to the qualifications for
the office being sought: the method of placing the candidate's
name on the ballot: the amount of the required filing fee: and
any other pertinent information concerning said election.
Section 9. Each candidate for the office of Mayor or Council-
person must be a resident elector of the City. Each candidate
for the office of District Counci1person must also be a resident
of the district for which he files.
Section lO. The deadline for a candidate to make applica-
tion to have his name appear upon the ballot for such election,
is hereby designated and established as 5:00 o'clock P.M.,
Wednesday, March 6, 1985. No application shall be accepted
for filing prior to February 5, 1985. The filing fee for each
candidate for the office of Councilperson is hereby established
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at Fifty Dollars ($50.00). The filing fee for each candidate
for the office of Mayor is hereby established as One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00). The filing fees shall be used to defray the
cost of the election, and said fees shall be prorated and any
surplus shall be refunded to said candidates. As an alternative
to paying a filing fee, a candidate may obtain a place on
the ballot by filing a petition as provided for in City of
La Porte Home Rule Charter, Article 2.04 c.3.
Section 1l. Said election shall be held in accordance with
the provisions of the City Charter of the City of La Porte, and
the general election laws of the State of Texas governing general
and municipal elections, so far as same may be applicable thereto.
Section 12. Immediately after said election, the officers
holding the same shall make and deliver the returns of the
resul.ts thereof and the accompanying records for use in the
official canvass to the City Council of the City of La Porte,
and the City Council shall canvass said returns at the earl iest
practicable time, and shall, immediately after canvassing the
returns, declare the results of the election. The Mayor shall
immediately thereafter deliver to the candidate for whom the
majority of votes has been polled for each respective office,
a certificate of election. Such elected officials shall assume
their duties wi thin ten (10) days thereafter, Sundays excluded,
upon their taking the oath of office.
Section 13. 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 ineffec-
tive, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not
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1436
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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 l4. This Ordinance shall be in effect immediately
upon its passage and approval.
Section 15. The City Council officially finds, determines,
recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the
date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council
was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall
of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting,
as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-l7, Texas
Revised Civil Statutes Annotated: and that this meeting has been
open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed,
considered and formally acted upon.
The City Council further
ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the
contents and posting thereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 4th day of February, 1985.
CITY OF LA PORTE
By
ATTEST:
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Cherie Black, City Secretary
APPROVED:
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ORDENANZA NUM. 1436
UNA ORDENANZA LLAMANDO LA REGULAR ELECCION ANUAL DE LA CIUDAD DE
LA PORTE; LLAMANDO"UNA ELECCION ESPECIAL PARA LLENAR LA VACANTE
OFICINA DE CONSEJERO DEL DISTRIO 1; LLAMANDO OTRA ELECCION EN CASO
DE EMPATE, SI SEA NECESARIA';"DESIGNANDO LOS PRECINTOS ELECTORALES
Y LUGARES DE VOTACION; PROVEYENDO"EL usa DE LAS MAQUINAS DE VOTAR;
NOMBRANDOOFICIALES ELECTORALES; DANDO LOS METADOS Y FECHAS DE LA
VOTACION EN AUSENCIA; DANDO NOTICIAS; DANDO LA FECHA MAS TARDE
PARA.HACERSE CANDIDATO Y LOS GASTOS PARA ESTO; ,PROVEYENDO PARA UNA
ELECCION QUE COINCIDE CON LA DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR INDEPENDIENTE DE
LA PORTE; DANDO UNA CLAUSULA DE SALVAMIENTO, EN LA CUAL SE DECLARA
QUE SI UNA PORCION DE LA ELECCION RESULTA INCORRECTA 0 CON ERROR,
LAS PORCIONES QUE QUEDAN NO ESTAN AUTOMATICAMENTE INVALIDAS;
COMPLIENDO CON LA LEY DE LAS SESSIONES ABIERTAS; Y POR ESTO
PROVEYENDO UNA FECHA EFECTIVA.
SEA ORDENADO POR EL AYUNTAMIENTO MUNICIPAL DE LA PORTE:
Seccion 1: El consejero incumbente--Distrito 1, dejo
notificacion de su renuncia effectiva el 4"de febrero, 1985
Seccion 2: Una eleccion se celebrara dentro de los limites
de la' ciudad de La Porte, Tejas, el dia 6 de abril, 1985, tal dia
siendo el primer sabado de abril, 1985, entre las horas de las
siete (7:00) de la manana y las siete (7:00) de la tarde, con el
proposito de elegir los siguientes oficiales municipales:
Alcalde - para 3 anos
Consejero - Distrito 1 - para 2 anos
Consejero - Distrito 2, para 3 anos
Consejero - Distrito 3, para 3 anos
En caso de empate, otra eleccion se celebrara el 27 de abril,
1985, durante las mismas horas. Dicha eleccion, y dicha eleccion
en caso de empate, si necesarias,se celebran conjuntas con una
eleccion de los comisarios escolares durante la misma fecha por el
distrito escolar independience de La Porte.
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Seccion 3: Dicha eleccion se celebrara en cada uno de los
siguientes lugares de votacion dentro de dicha ciudad, y las
siguientes personas por esto estan designadas como oficiales de
dicha eleccion, precisamente:
Precinto electoral num. 1: Cada votante viviendo en tal
distrito num. 1 (consistiendo en aquella porcion de la ciudad de
La Porte ubicada al norte de una linea imaginaria 900 pies al sur
de y paralela con la avenida "H", y al oeste del ferrocarri1
Southern Pacific) votara en la escuela elementaria de Lomax,
ubicada a 10615 North Avenue "L" en la ciudad de La Porte, Tejas,
con los siguientes oficiales electorales:
Sarah Armand
Juez principal
Jerrie Neumann
Juez alternative
Precinto electoral num. 2: Cad a votante viviendo en tal
precinto num. 2 (consistiendo en aquella porcion de la ciudad de
La Porte al oeste de Big Island Slough, y al sur de una linea
imaginaria 900 pies al sur de y paralela con la avenida "H"
(consistiendo en aquella porcion de la ciudad de La Porte rodenda
alIa oeste de San Jacinto Junior Colegio; al norte de la calle
Spencer Highway (West Main Street); al sur de la calle Fairmont
Parkway; y este de la calle Underwood Road), votara en la
cafeteria de la escuela Baker, ubicada a la calle West Main &
Underwood Road, La Porte, Tejas, con los siguientes oficiales
electorales:
Bertha Cook
Juez principal
Georgette Oliver
Juez alternative
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Precinto electoral num. 3: Cada votante viviendo en tal
precinto num. 3 (consistiendo en aquella porcion de la ciudad de
La Porte rodeada por Big Island Slough, Fairmont Parkway el
ferrocarril Southern Pacific, y una linea imaginaria 900 pies al
sur de y paralela con da avenida "H") votara en escuela elemental
llomoda Leo Rizzuto, ubicada a 3201 Farrington Blvd., La Porte,
Tejas, con los siguientes oficiales electorales:
Japet Graves
Juez principal
Roberta Sodaro
Juez alternativo
Precinto electoral num. 4: Cada votante viviendo en tal
precinto num. 4 (consistiendo en aquella porcion de la ciudad de
La Porte al este del ferrocarril Southern Pacific, al norte de la
calle "B" y al oeste de Broadway)' votara en la De Walt Special
Services Center ubicada a Madison y la calle N. 6th, La' Porte,
Tejas, con los siguientes oficiales electorales:
Lou Lawler
Juez principal
Rubv Phillios
Juez alternativo
Precinto electoral num. 5: Cada votante viviendo en tal
precinto num. 5 (consistiendo en aquella porcion de la ciudad de
La Porte rodeada por Broadway, Little Cedar Bayou, Galveston Bay,
Donaldson Avenue, y Barbour's Cut Boulevard) votara'a La Porte
Senior High School, ubicada a 301 E. Fairmont Parkway, La Porte,
Tejas, con los siguientes oficiales electorales:
Reba Felscher
Juez principal
E. W. Felscher
Juez alternative
Precinto electoral num. 6: Cada votante viviendo en tal
precinto num. 6 (consistiendo en aquella porcion de la ciudad de
La Porte, rodeada de Southern Pacific Railroad, "B" Street,
Broadway, Little Cedar Bayou, Galveston Bay, y la linea nortena
del Bayshore Municipal Utility 'District) votara a la casa del
ayuntamiento de La Porte, ubicada a 604 W. Fairmont Parkway, La
Porte, Tejas, con los siguientes oficiales electorales:
Nadine Jones
Juez principal
Delores Gonzales
Juez alternativo
El juez principal de cada de los ya mencionados lugares de
votacion nombrara tantos dependientes como el cree necesarios para
llevar a cabo correctamente dicha eleccion en dicho lugar de
votacion, con tal que nombre por 10 menos dos en cada caso.
Seccio~: La votacion en dicha eleccion, incluyendo la
votacion en ausencia, sera por medio de maquinas de votacion, y
las balotas de dichas elecciones conformaran al codigo electoral
Tejano, como enmendado.
Seccion 5: La votacion en ausencia por aparecer
personalmente comenzara el dia 20, y continuara durante el dia 4
antes del dia de la eleccion. Excepto como autorizado por esto,
el dependiente no dejara que nadie vote en ausencia por aparecer
personalmente durante un dia que sea dia de trabajo regular en la
oficina del dependiente, y bajo ningunas circunstancias pueda
alguien votar cuando la oficina esta cerrada al publico.
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La votacion en ausencia por medio del cor reo comenzara el dia
20 antes de la fecha de la eleccion, y seguira hasta las diez (10)
de la manana durante el segundo dia antes del dia de la eleccion.
La votacion en ausencia se conducira por un dependiente para
esta, precisamente, Lou Lawler , y el lugar de la
votacion en ausencia se designa como la casa del ayuntamiento de
La Porte, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Tejas, y a esta
direcccion se puede conseguir balotas y mandar balotas terminadas.
Dicho dependiente guardara abierta su oficina para este proposito
durante las horas regulares de trabajo, y en todo caso, por lo
menos 8 horas cada dia que no sea sabado, domingo, 0 dia de
vacacion oficial del estado.
Seccion 6: Que todas los materiales de la eleccion inclusive
noticias de la eleccion, balotas, tarjetas instructivas,
atestaciones y otras formas que necesiten los votantes par~ firmar
y todos los materiales de la votacion en ausencia se escriben en
espanol e ingles, 0 sea que traducciones espanolas esten
disponibles bajo las circunstancias permitidas y de la manera
requerida por la ley.
Seccion 7: La secretaria de la ciudad de La Porte pronto
dara noticias de dicha eleccion por causar que una porcion
substanciel de esta ordenanza sea publicada una vez en al Bayshore
Sun, 10 cual por esto se halla y se declara un periodico de
circulacion general en dicha ciudad, no menos de diez (10) dias ni
mas de trenta (30) dias antes de la fecha de la eleccion.
Seccion 8: Al ofrecer un candidato su aplicacion en la forma
requerida, la secretaria municipal dara a tal candidato toda la
informacion tocante alas calificaciones referentes a la oficina
deseada; el metoda de poner el nombre sobre la balota, cuanto
cuesta para hacerse candidato, y otra informacion pertinente.
Seccion 9: Cad a candidato para la oficina de alcalde 0
consejero tiene que ser residente que pueda votar de la ciudad.
Cad a candidato en busca de la oficina de consejero de distrito
tambien tiene que vivir en ese distrito.
Seccion 10: La fecha mas tarde en la que un candidato puede
dar su aplicacion para que aparezca su nombre en la balota para
tal eleccion por esto se disigno y se establece como las 5 de la
tarde, miercoles, el 6 de marzo, 1985. No se puede hacer
aplicacion antes del 5 de febrero, 1985. El gasto para cada
candidato deseando hacerse consejero por esto se establece como
cincuenta dolares ($50.00). EI gas to para cada candidato deseando
hacerse alcalde por esto se establece como cien dolares ($100.00).
Estos gastos se usaran para disminuir el coste de la eleccion, y
dicho gastos se usaran de forma prorrata y si quede algo de los
gastos, este se devolvera a dichos candidatos. En vez de pagar,
un candidato puede lograr un lugar en la balota por hacer un
pedido 0 peticion conforme con la carta de reglamiento municipal
de La Porte, articulo 2.04 c.3.
Seccion 11: Dicha eleccion se celebrara conforme con las
provisiones de la carta municipal de la ciudad de La Porte, y las
leyes generales electorales del estado de Tejas que gobiernan las
elecciones generales y municipales, tanto que estas se aplican.
Seccion 12: Inmediatamente despues de dicha eleccion, los
oficiales contaran y entregaran los resultados y records
acompanantes de uso en el cuente oficial al ayuntamiento de la
ciudad de La Porte, y el ayuntamiento contara estos resultados tan
pronto posible, entonces inmediatamente declarara los resultados
de la eleccion. Entonces el alcalde inmediatamente dara al
candidato que gano la mayoria de la votacion en cada lugar de
votacion un certificado de eleccion. Tales oficiales eligidos
tomaran sus tareas dentro de diez (10)'dias, no inclusive los
domingos, al tomar su juramiento de oficina.
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1436
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Seccion 13: Cada y toda provlslon, parrafo, oracion, y
clausula de esta ordenanza ha side seperadamente considerado y
pasado por el ayuntamiento de la ciudad de La Porte, Tejas, y cada
dicha provision hubiera sido pasada seperadamente sin otra
provision cualquiera, y si una provision de esta resulte
inefectiva, invalida, 0 contra la constitucion, no importa la
causa, esto no danara 0 afectara la porcion que queda, ni ninguna
otra parte, sino la porcion valida quedara en vigor como si la
hubieran pasado por si sola.
Seccion 14: Esta ordenanza estara efectiva inmediatamente
despues de ser y pas ad a aprobada.
Seccion-12: El ayuntamiento oficialmente halla, determina,
recita, y declara que noticias escritas suficientes de la fecha,
la hora, el lugar, y el sujeto de esta reunion del ayuntamiento
fueron puestas en un lugar conveniente al publico en la casa del
ayuntamiento de la ciudad durante tiempo requerido por la ley
antes de esta reunion, como requerido por la ley de las sessiones
abiertas, articulo 6252-17, las leyes tejanas civiles revisadas
anotadas; y que esta session ha estado abierto al publico todo el
tiempo cuando esta ordenanza y otras cosas tocante a esta han side
discutidas, consideradas, 0 cuando se han tornado acciones
oficiales tocante a esta, como requerido por la ley. Mas, el
ayuntamiento ratifica, aprueba, y confirma tales noticias
escritas, sus contenidos, y que se han hecho publicas.
Pasada y aprobada este dia el 4 de febrero, 1985.
CIUDAD DE LA PORTE
Por
ATESTADO:
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Secretaria municipal
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Licenciado municipal