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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1504 - general election results 5/6/1995 ORDINANCE NO. 1504 AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARlNG THE RESUL TS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS, ON MAY 6,1995; CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARlNG AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West University Place, Texas, (the "City"), ordained that an election be held in the City on the 6th day of May, 1995, for the purpose of electing one Mayor and four Council Members for two year terms; and WHEREAS, said election was called and notice given in accordance with the law, and the election was held in all material respects in conformity with the law; and WHEREAS, the returns of such election have been duly and legally made and submitted to the City Council of the City for canvassing, and a tabulation of the returns for each election precinct and for early voting, as canvassed and tabulated by the City i Council of the City and shown in Exhibit "A" attached hereto, reflect the vote totals for each candidate, as follows: Bill Watson 130 votes Tom Rushing 117 votes Teresa Fogler 117 votes I Stan McCandless 112 votes I " Linda Lewis 109 votes I NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, THAT: Section 1. All of the recitals contained in the preamble to this Ordinance are found to be true and are adopted as findings of fact by this City Council and as part of its judgement, particularly the resulLs of the elcctiDn described therein as canvassed and tabulated in the preamble hereof and as shown in, and made a part hereof for all purposes, Exhibit "A" attached hereto. II I I Section 2. As a resuli of such canvass and tabulation, it is hereby determined and declared that Bill Watson, with a total of ill votes cast for him, has been elected MA YOR of the City of West University Place, Texas, Tom Rushing, with a total of ill votes cast for him, Teresa Fogler, with a total of ill votes cast for her, Stan McCandless, with a total of 112 votes cast for him, and Linda Lewis, with a total of LQ.9 votes cast for her, have been elected COUNCIL MEMBERS of the City of West University Place, Texas. Section 3. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to make the appropriate entries of information appearing in the tabulation of precinct results shown in Exhibit "A" attached hereto in the election ier;ister maintained by the City in accordance with provisions of Section 67.006 oftne TEXAS ELECTION CODE. Section d,. If any word, phrase, clause, senteDce, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this ordinance and the application of such word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Section 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 6. The City Council officially finds, determines and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place arld subject of each meeting at which this ordinance was discussed, considered or acted upon was given in the manner required by the Open Meetings Law, as amended, and that each such meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during such discussion, consideration and action. The City Council ratifies, approves and confirms such notices and the contents and posting thereof. Section 5. The public importance of this measure and the requirement of the law create an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that this ordinance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and a state of emergency is hereby declared, and this ordinance is accordingly passed as an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force immediately from and after its passage and signature. PASSED AND APPROVED ~he 8th day of May 199') V oting Aye: V oting Nay: Absent: &P_ti ~ Bill Watson Mayor ATTEST: a ynn Holloway City Secretary (SEAL) James L. Dougherty, r. City Attorney EX~ HAil CITY Ui- vvt:ST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS GENERAL ELECTION MAY 6,1995 OFFICIAL TABULATION OF RETURNS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR MAYOR PRECINCT 183 PRECINCT 183 PRECINCT 133 PRECINCT 133 PRECINCT 87 PRECINCT 87 PRECIN EARL Y VOTING EARLY VOTING EARLY VOTING --------------------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------- ------------- ------------- --------- --------------------------- ------------- --------.----- ------------ ------------- ------------- ------------- -------- BILL WATSON 42 3 17 25 ----------------------- -""- ---- --- ----------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- --------..-..------------- ------------- FOR COUNCIL MEMBER --------------------------- --------------------------- STAN MCCANDLESS 33 3 16 23 ----------------------- --------~._---_._------ ------------------ ------------------ ----------------- ----- ~----------------- -------------- LINDA LEWIS 34 2 16 22 ----------------------- ------,~--------_._---- ------------------- ----------------- ------------- ------------------------ -------------- TOM RUSHING 35 3 16 23 ------------------ --------------- ------- ---------------------- '----------------------- -------------,~--------- - ----------------------- -------------- TERESA FOGLER 33 3 20 25 ------------------- ------------------ ---------------- -------------- ------------ ------------------- ------------ TOTAL BALLOTS VOTED PER PRECINCT 44 3 22 34 -------------------- -------------------- --- ----------------------- --------- --------------- --------------. TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS 2,104 2,045 2.373 ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------- --------- ---------