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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 91-10 ORDINANCE NO. ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ON THE 4TH DAY OF MAY, 1991, AS PROVIDED BY LAW, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING WARD COUNCILMEMBERS FOR WARDS I, II, III AND IV; PROVIDING FOR PLACES WHERE SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE HELD; APPOINTING OFFICERS TO PRESIDE OVER SAID ELECTION; APPOINTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD FOR ABSENTEE VOTING; APPOINTING A MANAGER AND JUDGE OF THE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR JOINT ELECTION WITH THE BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PORT OF BEAUMONT NAVIGATION DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Charter of the City of Beaumont and the laws of the State of Texas relating thereto, a regular general municipal election is required to be held in the City of Beaumont on May 4, 1991. The election shall be for the positions of Ward Councilmembers I, II, III and IV. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. That in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Beaumont and the laws of the State of Texas relating thereto, there shall be held in the City of Beaumont on May 4, 1991, a regular municipal election for said City for the purpose of electing Ward Councilmembers for Wards I, II, III and IV. Section 2 . That legally qualified voters residing within the corporate limits of the City of Beaumont shall be entitled to a vote at said election. Section 3 . That said election shall be held in the City of Beaumont between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7: 00 p.m. at the places listed in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes and the persons whose names appear in Exhibit "A" are appointed presiding judges and alternates for the respective voting boxes with authority to select and appoint clerks. (See Exhibit "A") The presiding judge for each election precinct shall appoint two (2) clerks and the City Clerk may appoint as many additional clerks as are deemed necessary for the proper conduct of the election. Section 4. That said election shall be held and the qualifications of those voting thereat shall be controlled by the provisions of the Texas laws governing elections. Section 5. That notice of said election shall be given by publishing said notice as set out herein in a newspaper of general circulation in this city and county one (1) time, not more than twenty-five (25) days nor less than ten (10) days before said election. Said notice shall be in the following form: "NOTICE OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING WARD COUNCILMEMBERS FOR WARDS I, II, III AND IV. " -2- "Notice is hereby given that a general municipal election, as provided by the Charter of the City of Beaumont and the statutes of the State of Texas, will be held in the City of Beaumont on the 4th day of May, 1991, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of electing Ward Councilmembers for Wards I, II, III and IV. " Copy of said notice shall be filed with the County Clerk of Jefferson County, Texas, and another copy shall be posted on a bulletin board in the office of said County Clerk at least twenty (20) days prior to said election. Section 6. That the official ballot for the registering of the vote of the voters shall be as follows: GENERAL ELECTION CITY OF BEAUMONT JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS MAY 4, 1991 OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR COUNCILMEMBER, WARD I (Vote for None or One) FOR COUNCILMEMBER, WARD II (Vote for None or One) FOR COUNCILMEMBER, WARD III (Vote for None or One) FOR COUNCILMEMBER, WARD IV (Vote for None or One) Section 7. That an electronic voting system, as described by Title 8 of the Texas Election Code, shall be used for said election and the following are hereby appointed officers of said election to serve at the Central Counting Station which is hereby established at the Jefferson County Mid-County Building: Manager of the Central Counting Station, Tom Lawrence; Tabulation Supervisor, -3- Bob Crane; Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station, Rosemarie Chiappetta. The official ballot cards and ballot labels, respectively, for the election shall be prepared in accordance with the Texas Election Code. Absentee voting shall be conducted by a clerk for Absentee Voting, namely Rosemarie Chiappetta, the City Clerk, and the place in which the absentee voting by personal appearance shall be conducted as designated at the City Hall, Room 125, 801 Main Street, Beaumont, Texas, 77701, or City Clerk's Office, P. O. Box 3827, Beaumont, Texas, 77704, which address is the mailing address to which absentee ballot applications and ballots voted by mail may be sent. Said clerk should keep said office open for at least eight (8) hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on each day for absentee voting which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or an official State holiday; provided, however, except as authorized by Section 85. 005 (a) , Texas Election Code, said 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 she permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance at any time when her office is not open to the public. Absentee votes by personal appearance and by mail shall be counted by an absentee ballot board consisting of a presiding judge and three clerks. Dolores Lawless, 495 Yorktown, is hereby appointed Presiding Judge of the Absentee Ballot Board and she shall appoint the clerks. -4- Section 8. The election shall be held jointly with the Trustee Election of the Beaumont Independent School District and the Commissioners ' Election for the Port of Beaumont Navigation District. The Beaumont Independent School District will hold an election jointly with the City of Beaumont in 17 election precincts as set out in the Order calling such election for three trustees for the Beaumont Independent School District. The Port of Beaumont will elect two commissioners in the precincts as set out in the election order passed by the Port of Beaumont Navigation District. The election shall be held in accordance with the following terms of agreement between the City of Beaumont, the Beaumont Independent School District and the Port of Beaumont Navigation District: a) The expenses of the election within joint precincts shall be divided with each governmental entity paying an equal share of said expenses. b) Single ballot forms shall be used which shall contain the Councilmember positions, BISD trustee positions and the Port of Beaumont Navigation District commissioner positions. c) The herein-named election officers shall conduct the elections in said election precincts. d) Records for all elections shall be combined. e) One set of ballot boxes and stub boxes for all elections shall be used. f) Election returns shall be made on joint forms but the City Council of the City of Beaumont shall canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election. g) The City Clerk of the City of Beaumont is designated custodian of all records and of the voting ballots. -5- Section 9. A copy of this ordinance, both in the English language and in the Spanish language, signed by the Mayor of the City of Beaumont, Texas and attested by the City Clerk of said city, shall constitute the notice ordering said election and the City Clerk is directed to cause a copy of this ordinance, signed by the Mayor and attested by her, to be posted at the City Hall in the City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, said posting to be not less than twenty days prior to said election and to cause a copy of this ordinance to be published on the same day in each of two successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the City of Beaumont, said publication to be made in accordance with State law, the first such publication to be made not less than fourteen days before the date of said election. Section 10. This ordinance shall be finally passed on the date of its enactment and shall take effect immediately upon its passage and signature by the Mayor. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to attest to same and to affix the seal of the City of Beaumont hereto. Section 11. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the -6- remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 12 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the /.? day of �.�4 , 1991. - Mayor - ATTEST: City Clerk -7- JUDGES AND POLLING PLACES -- MAY 4 , 1991 PRECINCTS POLLING PLACES JUDGES ALTERNATES 1 Region 5 Education Ctr. R.G. Fones Thelma L. Coleman 2295 Delaware 4290 Harding 2375 Pierce (03) (03) 2 Central 9th Grade Center Louis B. DeSoto Gertrude Walling 4415 Concord 3250 Willowood 2810 Dogwood (03) (03) 3 French Elementary Etta Lois Hope John Ray 1900 Pope 3486 Magnolia 2355 Primrose (03) (03) 4 BISD Administration Dr. Bruce Drury Donna Drury 3395 Harrison 3555 Long 3555 Long (06) (06) 5 Caldwood Elementary Nancy Snedden Scott Snedden 102 Berkshire Lane 4385 W. Broadway 4385 W. Broadway (02) (02) 6 Central Sr. High School Frank Tamayo Agnes Tamayo 88 Royal Purple Drive 2590 Angelina 2590 Angelina (02) (02) 7 Career Center/BISD Chris Vieser Walter S. Pigford 2330 North 2425 Evalon 2395 Louisiana (02) (02) 8 Concord Homes Victoria Crawford Melissa Sweet Community Center 480 Lethia P. 0. Box 2624 2020 Cottonwood (03) (04) 10 Dick Dowling Elementary Ms. Jerrie Allen Leslie Cantue 1300 North Street 1404 Evalon 1075 Long (01) (01) 11 Jefferson Cty. Courthouse Rose Marie Owens Lorenzo L. Owens 1149 Pearl 1835 Pennsylvania 1835 Pennsylvania (01) (01) 12 Dunbar Elementary Revordia Williams Rhonda Crain 820 Jackson 1414 Sherman 860 Schwarner (01) (01) 13 Dunbar Elementary Dalton Domingue Dora Jean Chatman 820 Jackson 760 Fulton 780 Doucette (01) (01) 14 Ogden Elementary School Ethel Thompson Florence Robichau 2300 Victoria 2250 Avenue A 1877 Terrell (01) (01) 15 David Crockett Harvey Smith Loulan Blackmon Middle School 1498 Orange St. 2227 Avenue E 1400 Royal (01) (01) 16 Fletcher Elementary School Lance R. Cisneros Paul Schlett 1050 Avenue E 650 Avenue B 621 Avenue D (01) (01) 17 Amelia Baptist Church Mildred Brown Jerry Browning 8055 Brighton 1075 Glendale 8830 Blaylock (07) (07) 18 West Brook 9th Grd. Ctr. Stella Melonson Leanna Mouton 3443 Fannett Road 4445 Booker 3175 Elinor Ave. (05) (05) 19 BISD Admin. Annex Leonie Bodin 1025 Woodrow 1704 Harriot (05) 20 Pietzsch Elementary Georgia Hickman W. J. Hickman 4301 Highland Avenue 4373 Kenneth 4373 Kenneth (05) (05) 22 Guess Elementary School Ms. Jackie Hubbard Mable S. Hogan 8055 Old Voth Road 10875 Old Voth Rd. 5660 Rosedale (06) (08) 23 LNVA Lucille Bryan Wallace Bryan 7850 Eastex Frwy. 6910 Concord 6910 Concord (08) (08) 26, 90 Municipal Airport Bobby Watson Louisa Thomason Highway 90 P. O. Box 507 Rt. 9, Box 1467 China, TX 77613 Bmt. 77713 27 Amelia Elementary Ms. Huberta Maynor Wanda Lowell 565 S. Major Drive 575 Eldridge 575 Blanton (07) (07) 39 Blanchette Elementary Elizabeth Guillory Clara Marie Chaisson 2400 Lela 2465 Potts 3995 Houston St. (05) (05) 62 Sallie Curtis Elementary Naldia Reeves Margaret Turner 6225 North Circuit 725 Yount 5525 Hooks (06) (06) 63 Lucas Elementary Mrs. TimMie Sam Ms. Thelma Nobles 1750 East Lucas 1230 Fairway 325 E. Lucas (03) (03) 64 Tyrrell Park Baptist Mildred Neeley Katie Muirhead Church 5530 Seale Rd. 5410 Seale Rd. 5275 Phelps Road (05) (05) 65 Regina-Howell School James L. Noble Peter J. Bevlagua 5850 Regina 1335 Rikisha 1985 Howell (06) (06) 66 Bevil Oaks Civic Center Denise Collins Georgia Wing Rt. 1, Box 293 Rt. 3 , Box T149B Rt. 1, Box 978 (13) (13) 67 South Park High School J. O. Keelan Viola Koenig 4500 Highland Avenue 675 Zavalla 5665 S. Kenneth (05) (05) 68 Austin Middle School Otis I. Stracener Frances Strachn 3410 Austin 4745 Ebonwood Dr. 3780 Empire Row (06) (06) 72 Commissioner's Precinct Marne Meynig Olita Holmes #1 Service Center 6815 Marshall Pl. 5840 Scenic Drive c/o Commissioner N. Troy (06) (06) 4650 N. Major Drive P. O. Box 4025 (04) 73 George Marshall Stan A. Killian Barbara Killian Middle School 985 Stacewood 985 Stacewood 6455 Gladys (06) (06) 75 Lamar University, Laverne Clotiaux James H. Clotiaux McDonald Gym 655 E. Florida 655 E. Florida 4400 MLK, Jr. Pkwy. (05) (05) 77 St. Pius X Church Princess Hopson Jeraldine Sells 5075 Bigner Rd. 5080 Helbig, #65 5080 Helbig (08) (08) 78 Amelia Elementary Margaret Clampitt Judy Richardson 565 S. Major Drive 8575 Phelan 9340 Gross (06) (0'7) 79 Tennis Center Will Carter Jessie Cooper 6455 College 382 Georgetown 446 Georgetown (07) (07) 84 Fehl School Catherine Rush Vietta Collins Evans 3350 Blanchette 3026 Corley 2480 S. 9th Street (01) (01) 85 Binswanger Glass Co. Mr. Vernon Durden Alice Dyes 4225 College Street 4035 Parrish St. 4665 Corley (05) (07) 86 Oaks Educational Center Susan F. Lampson Judy Matherneux 850 Major Drive 8350 Collier Rd. 8150 Collier Rd. (06) (06) 87, 88 Pine Burr Baptist Church Mary Ehrensberger Martha Zellers 5095 Pine Burr 5670 Pineburr 5410 Concord (08) (08) 89 Ridgewood Church LaTanda Renfro Esther Egins of Christ 2343 Roman St. 2343 Roman St. 2455 Commerce (03) (03)