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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 88-16 "A ON" ORDINANCE NO. ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT ON THE 7TH DAY OF MAY, 1988, AS PROVIDED BY LAW, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND TWO (2 ) COUNCIL MEMBERS-AT-LARGE; 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; 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 7 , 1988. The election shall be for the positions of Mayor and two (2 ) Councilmembers-at-Large. 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 7, 1988, a regular municipal election for said City for the purpose of electing a Mayor and two (2) Councilmembers-at-Large. 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 said Exhibit "A" are appointed presiding judges and alternates for the respective voting boxes with authority to select and appoin'% clerks. (See Exhibit "A" ) The presiding judge for each election precinct shall appoint two (2 ) clerks and the City Clerk 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 A MAYOR AND TWO (2 ) COUNCILMEMBERS-AT-LARGE" . "Notice is hereby given that a general municipal election, as provided by the Charter of the City of - 2 - Beaumont and the statutes of the State of Texas, will be held in the City of Beaumont on the 7th day of May, 1988, from 7:00 a.m. to 7: 00 p.m. for the purpose of electing a Mayor and two (2 ) Councilmembers-at-Large. 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 7, 1988 OFFICIAL BALLOT MAYOR (Vote for None or One) FOR COUNCILMEMBER-AT-LARGE (Vote for None, One or Two) 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, Raymond McInnis; 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 - 3 - voting shall be conducted by a clerk for Absentee Voting, namely Rosemarie Chiappetta, the City Clerk, and the place in which the absentee voting shall be conducted as designated at the City Hall, 801 Fain 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 5000 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 two (2 ) clerks. Dolores Lawless, 495 Yorktown, is hereby appointed Presiding Judge of the Absentee Ballot Board and she shall appoint the two (2 ) clerks. Section 8 . The election shall be held jointly with the Trustee Election of the Beaumont Independent School District. The Beaumont Independent School District will hold an election jointly with the City of Beaumont in seventeen (17 ) election precincts as set out in the Order calling such election for three 4 - (3 ) trustees for the Beaumont Independent School District dated February 18 , 1988 . The election shall be held in accordance with the following terms of agreement between the City of Beaumont and the Beaumont Independent School 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 Mayor and Councilmember-at-Large positions and BISD trustee 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. 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 (20 ) days prior to said election and to cause a copy of this ordinance to be published on the same day in each of two (2 ) successive weeks in some newspaper of general - 5 - circulation in the City of Beaumont, said publication to be made in accordance with the requirements of Article 1170, Vernon' s Annotated Civil Statutes, the first such publication to be made not less than fourteen (14) 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 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. - 6 - PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the - day of - _ 1988. Mayor - ATTEST: Rosemar' e Chiap pettg City Clerk 7 - JUDGES AND POLLING PLACES -- MAY 7, 1988 PRECINCTS POLLING PLACES JUDGES ALTERNATES 2, 1 Central 9th Grade Center Louis B. DeSoto Raymond Brown 4415 Concord 3250 Willowood 3015 Dogwood 3, 89 French Elementary Etta Lois Hope John Ray 1900 Pope 3486 Magnolia 2355 Primrose 4 BISD Administration Albert W. Henry Colbert Wright 3395 Harrison 875 Central Dr. 2925 North 5 Caldwood Elementary Jack Greer Pam Farnie 102 Berkshire Lane 4235 W. Broadway 435 27th Street 6 Central Sr. High School Beverly Morgan Vicky Lowrey 88 Royal Purple Drive 2490 Liberty 2556 Angelina 7 Career Center/BISD Chris Vieser Mrs. John Carter 2330 North 2425 Evalon 2475 Evalon 8 Gulf Coast Rod & Reel Victoria Crawford Melissa Sweet 2555 Gulf Street 480 Lethia P. 0. Box 2624 10 Dick Dowling Elementary Loretta Oliver Leslie Cantue 1300 North Street 2248 Pecos 1075 Long 11 Jefferson Cty. Courthouse Brenda Barthell Steven B. Lunceford 1149 Pearl 995 Royal 1415 Johns 12 Dunbar Elementary Revordia Williams Rhonda B. Crain 820 Jackson 1414 Sherman 860 Schwarner 13 New Day Church Dalton Dominque Dora Jean Chatman 1305 Fulton 760 Fulton 780 Doucette 14 Ogden Elementary School Ms. B.L. Thompson Florence Robichau 2300 Victoria 2250 Avenue A 1877 Terrell Exhibit "A" 15 David Crockett Harvey Smith Lulan Blackmon Middle School 2344 Avenue C 2227 Avenue E 1400 Royal 16 Fletcher Elementary School Lance R. Cisneros Lillian B. Turner 1050 Avenue E 650 Avenue B 1043 Avenue E 17, 79 Amelia Baptist Church Mildred Brown Jerry Browning 8055 Brighton 1075 Glendale 8830 Blaylock 18 West Brook 9th Grd. Ctr. Stella Melonson Leanna Mouton 3443 Fannett Road 4445 Booker 3175 Elinor Ave. 19 BISD Admin. Annex Elaine P. Porter Walter W. Porter 1025 Woodrow 4145 Chaison 4145 Chaison 20 Pietzsch Elementary Alma H. Wilkerson Lois Luke 4301 Highland Avenue 4285 Kenneth 4935 Howard 22, 23 Guess Elementary School Jackie Hubbard Mable S. Hogan 8055 Old Voth Road 10875 Old Voth Rd. 5660 Rosedale 26, 90 Municipal Airport Ms. B.M. Watson, Jr. Louisia E. Thompson Highway 90 P. 0. Box 507 Rt. 5, Box 394 China Beaumont 27, 78 Amelia Elementary Huberta Maynor Wanda Lowell Major Drive 575 Eldridge 575 Blanton 39 Blanchette Elementary Elizabeth Guillory Floyd Guillory 2400 Lela 2465 Potts 2465 Potts 62 Sallie Curtis Elementary Naldia Reeves Myra Butler 6225 North Circuit 725 Yount 63 Lucas Elementary Mrs. Timmie Sam Ms. Thelma Nobles 1750 East Lucas 1230 Fairway 325 E. Lucas 64 Tyrrell Park Elementary Wanda Goode Mary Murph 21, 28, 31, 5515 Phelps Rd. 5765 Crestland 5760 Crestland 35, 74, 92 Loop Loop 65 Regina-Howell School James L. Noble Peter J. Bevlagua 5850 Regina 1335 Rikisha 1985 Howell 66 Bevil Oaks Civic Ctr. Shirley Collins Rt. 2, Box 210 67 South Park High School J. 0. Keelan Viola Koenig 4500 Highland Avenue 675 Zavalla 5665 S. Kenneth 68 Austin Middle School Otis I. Stracener Frances Strachn 3410 Austin 4745 Ebonwood Dr. 3780 Empire Row 72 Commissioner's Precinct Marne Meynig Olita Holmes #1 Service Center 6815 Marshall Pl. 5840 Scenic Drive 4650 N. Major Drive 73 George Marshall Mary Weis Ken Weis Middle School 1045 Stacewood 1045 Stacewood 6455 Gladys 75, 33 Lamar University Mrs. Clotiaux James H. Clotiaux 4400 MLK, Jr. Pkwy. 655 E. Florida 655 E. Florida 77 St. Pius X Church Princess Hopson Jeraldine Sells 3355 McHale 5080 Helbig, #65 5080 Helbig 84 Fehl School Catherine Alverson Vietta Collins Evans 3350 Blanchette 3026 Corley 2480 S. 9th Street 85 Binswanger Glass Co. Vernon Durden Alice Dyes 4225 College Street 4035 Parrish St. 4665 Corley 842-5206 86 Oaks Educational Center Susan F. Lampson Judy Matherneux 850 Major Drive 8350 Collier Rd. 8150 Collier Rd. 87, 88 Pine Burr Baptist Church Mary Ehrensberger Martha Zellers 5095 Pine Burr 5670 Pineburr 5410 Concord