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Appropriation
Agenda Date Requested:April 6, 2021
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Requested By:Lee Woodward, City Secretary
Department:City Secretary
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Exhibits:Election result tabulations
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Proposed Ord. 2021-3823
SUMMARY& RECOMMENDATION
The District 6 specialelection to fill a vacancy was held on Saturday, March 27, 2021.
The results of the election are unofficial until canvassed by the City Council in
accordance with the Texas Election Code Ch. 67. Unofficialtotals will be compiled on
election night and provided on the City website; completed unofficial totals,as called
for in EC 67.004, will be provided for the Council on the day of the canvass.
Following a successful canvass, the Mayor will providethe newly electedcandidate
with a certificateofelection (to be delivered
ACTION REQUIRED BY CITY COUNCIL
Adoption ofOrdinance 2021-3823, canvassing the returns of the special election
held on March 27, 2021, for the Councilperson-District 6race.
ORDINANCE 2021-3823
AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE DISTRICT 6 SPECIAL ELECTION HELD
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WITHIN THE CITY OF LA PORTE ON THE 27 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 La Porte, the City Council, at a regular meeting held
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on the 11 day of January 2021, adopted Ordinance 2021-3815, calling a special election to be held in the
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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:
COUNCILPERSON-DISTRICT 6
DOLORES TARIN XX
ROBBIE McLARRIN XX
RANDY ROWAN XX
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: ____________________ received a majority of the votes cast at the election for the office of Councilperson-
District 6, and, accordingly, _________________ 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 4: 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 5: 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 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict
only.
SECTION 7: 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 Act, Chapter 551, Texas
Government Code; 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.
SECTION 8: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon its passage and approval.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this, the ___________ day of ____________, 2021.
THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS
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Louis R. Rigby, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Lee Woodward, City Secretary Clark T. Askins, Assistant City Attorney